October Journal

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2006 11:13 AM, CDT We are still waiting for the DNA match to be completed. It was to take around a week and it has been two. I have been e-mailing with a couple from Minnesota who is adopting a daugther from Guatemala and they went for a visit. When they were down there in their hotel alone there were 40 couples bringing babies home to the US this week. There is a larger number I think due to the Hauge Treaty that will be inplemented in 2007. Which makes adopting from another country more paper intensive for the adoptive parents as well as the agencies. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2006 08:17 PM, CDT I just received word from a couple, I know who are adopting from Guatemala who live in Minnesota, that their daughter, who they were at the end of the adoption process, died today due to the Rotovirus. She was healthy and almost home. Please pray for them in their sorrow. The couple had just been down there to visit their little girl two weeks ago and they at least had that time with her. The video and pictures to hold onto. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2006 11:10 AM, CDT We recieved Christina's new medical update. She did really grow. She is up to 9lbs 8 oz. and 19.5 inces long in one month. They are obviously feeding her well. She must be taking after her Daddy already...loving that food:) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 04, 2006 10:51 PM, CDT Today we recieved new pictures of Christina...she has really grown. She has gorgeous big brown eyes. She is so beautiful. Our love is growing for her even more each day. We are praying to God she comes home soon. Please keep her in your prayers. MONDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2006 10:42 AM, CDT The DNA sample was taken from the birthmother and Christina and sent to the Lab in North Carolina. Once it is a match to make sure Christina belongs to the Birthmother (a save guard from baby being stolen) then it will go to family court. A picture of the Birthmother and Christina were taken together and sent with the sample. We will receive the results and picture when they are completed. At this point the Birthmother has signed off (that she wants adoption for her child) twice. Once in the hospital before she was put in Fostercare and once when the DNA sample was taken. She needs to sign off one more time when she makes the final visit with the child after a social worker interviews her to make sure she is doing this because she wants to and not because of pressure or money.