This is what we've waited nine weeks for! They expect to get the new, improved birth certificate next week and deliver our file to the US Embassy by the end of next week. Then the lawyer who is handing over the file will get the DNA authorization from the Embassy, they will do a second DNA test to make sure she's the same baby who was tested at the very beginning. The results will be fedexed to Labcorp in NC, and once the Embassy receives the hard copy results, they will schedule our Embassy appointment. That has been traditionally scheduled 10-14 days in the future. So, we're thinking that we'll at least be traveling by the end of June!
Our Agency person, Julie, was very happy to deliver good news, as there hasn't been much of that coming out of Guatemala lately and lots of families are waiting for any good news in the face of ever-increasing new rules and regs and uncertainty.
That probably means that we will NOT be meeting Ann & Mark & CO in Missoula for the half marathon. We will have to find another one later or in the fall. I know Mark's been training for it.
I will post more updates as I get them. I will hear from the Agency once the file is handed over, when the DNA is done, etc...
Here are a few more of the recent pics:
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