Hi, we're Alan and Kristi. This blog is about our journey to our daughter and life in general. Alan and I have been married for 6 1/2 years and we have 3 kids. AJ is 13, Luke is 3 1/2 and Sydney is 23 months old. Our mission is bringing our daughter home from Guatemala! Please let us know you are here and leaves us a comment!
11/06 - Started paperwork 11/15/06 - SYDNEY BORN 12/9/06 - Sydney's referral 12/29/06 - FP's 1/05/07 - P.O.A. 1/22/07 - Dossier ready 2/10/07 - Homestudy 2/17/07 - HS to state 5-6 week delay w/state 3/22-26/07 - FIRST visit!! 3/27/07 - HS finally in Atlanta!!! 4/26/07 - I171H issued 5/17/07 - DNA 5/29/07 - Waiting for P.A. /DNA 99.9%! 6/28-7/3/07 - 2nd Visit Trip W/A&L!! 7/21/07 - Pre-Approval 8/07/07 - Still no PGN! WHY? 8/11/07 - Still NO update! 8/15/07 - Sydney 9 mos today!! 8/16/07 - Still no PGN.... 8/23/07 - File WASN'T in FC until 8/1!! 9/4/07 - Error on SW report 9/5/07 - OUT OF FAMILY COURT!!! 9/14/07 - Entered PGN 9/19/07 - With 2nd reviewer 9/27/07 - Uh oh.... KO!! 10/21/07 - Still no news! UGH!!! 10/24/07 - Legal document filed 11/2/07 - WE GOT OUR DOCUMENT!!! :-) 11/15/07 - SYDNEY'S 1st Birthday 11/19/07 - Back in PGN 11/20-23 *3rd* Visit Trip/T'giving 12/3/06 - KO #2 12/18/07 - Back in PGN 12/25/07 - Syd's 2nd Christmas 1-26-30/08 - 4th visit and a new lawyer 1/29/08 - 2nd reviewer 2/12/08 - KO#3 3/12/08 - NEW document needed to resubmit to PGN 3/31/08 - Resubmitted to PGN 4/4/08 - 5th Visit Trip 5/2/08 - Still waiting on ANY kind of update 5/6/08 - ALL ADOPTIONS ARE ON HOLD 5/17/08 - Guate Families Picnic in Franklin TN & 1 year since DNA 5/23-26/08 - SURPRISE GIFT - A visit trip!!! 5/27/08 - W/2nd reviewer....not sure what date 6/23/08 - BMI COMPLETED!!!!! 7/3/08 - KO'ed AGAIN #4 7/10/08 - Back in PGN 7/31/08 - Out of PGN!!!! 8/5/08 - JOKE'S ON US....BACK IN PGN W/AN ERROR 8/13/08 - New docs picked up 8/20/08 - All docs in/ready for BC submission 8/26/08 - File submitted for NEW BC!!!! 9/16/08 - HS update Part I 9/20/08 - HS Update Part II 10/3/08 - Released from RENAP!!!! 10/9/08 - Docs on the way to Sayaxche for new BC 10/28/08 - NEW BC 10/31/08 - Passport 11/3/08 - ORANGE! 11/5/08 - 2nd DNA 11/11/08 - NEVER GIVING HER BACK!!!! 11/12/08 ---- PINK 11/18/08 - Embassy Appt 11/20/2008 - SYDNEY HOME FOREVER!!!