When you read to me 

When I fell asleep 

When you fed me at the rice and beans place 

When we went shopping for Mom´s ring

We are approved!

Dennis and I received word from our lawyer today that we are out of PGN. We need to apply for the birth certificate and we will be on our way home. This is the best news I could have received on this rainy day in Antigua. I´m thrilled because the hard part is over for us. I´ll keep you all updated on the progress. We couldn´t be happier.

More soon

Mother and daughter

i couldn´t resist posting this one...

All together now...

today is my last day here at sta. rosa i will be leaving for the airport soon. this visit was so amazing for me to see how big mia has become, she has developed muscles for squirming, and she is mastering loud googles with eye-contact. i am so sad to be leaving without mia and laurie today... not to worry, they are both doing just fine here, mia has the most courageous mom and she is well cared for by her.

we hope all goes smoothly in PGN this week so that next week we can hear from our attorney that we are able to move to the next stage in the process. hearing that we have made it through PGN would mean that we have about 3 weeks to go. all good wishes are welcome at this stage in the adoption.

Mia and some of her friends at sta. rosa...

this is how mia spends her time, socializing with her friends on the couch in the apartment.

Laurie reading to Mia at bed-time...

from the new people magazine of course!

The rainy season in Guatemala...

rain doesn´t stop us from running around antigua to explore the city... mia has become quite the little helper (notice her holding the umbrella)

Mia sends a big hug to all her blog-fans!

XOXOXO and a big hug to all...

we took mia into guatemala city this afternoon for her final "well baby" doctor appointment. she weighs 17.5 lbs. is 72 cm. tall and had to have polio drops and a vaccination shot in her thigh. she was a trooper through it all and slept most of the way home to antigua in the car.

laurie and i ran some errands and had a quick dinner by ourselves this evening while the nanny looked after mia. we noticed a lot of soldiers with big guns on patrol in the city. we were a little concerned at first, but then found out the president of guatemala is visiting antigua today, so it´s just beefed up security. i have one more day here before leaving for minneapolis. it is going to be hard to leave this time without the girls.

papa´s back in town...

i arrived in guatemala city on friday afternoon and took a cab to antigua to see the girls. it was so wonderful to see laurie and mia after the last three weeks apart. mia has grown so much, and she is very talkative too.

mia and i enjoy walking through the city looking at all the wonderful sights, the first stop we made this morning was to cafe condesa for coffee... our first errand together to bring back a latte for laurie.

we are all going out this afternoon for lunch and to the pool tomorrow morning.

Good-bye Kellie and Leah

Kellie and Leah left this morning after a great four day visit. They were both becoming baby pros by the time they left. Mia had so much fun spending time with them and was sad to see them leave. They fell in love with Antigua and plan on returning. Mia recieved a box from her aunt Debbie today filled with lots of surprises. She is very thankful and will send a picture to show how much she loves the teething necklace. She hasn´t stopped chewing on it since I gave it to her. We are having a great time. We really don´t have anything new to report on the adoption front. We´re just looking forward to seeing Dennis on Friday. Hope everyone is doing well.

Kellie and Leah have arrived...

My friends, Kellie and Leah arrived on Thursday and we´ve been having a great time shopping, eating out and just visiting. Mia loves playing with them and really likes it when they tell her all about their pets...(Bernie, Gracie and Gilda)

We´ve tried a few new places to eat and went to the market for a few hours yesterday. Today was Mia´s first pool visit. She really liked getting in the water and watching all the other kids playing. I think it wore her out since she took a nap and slept right through all the screaming kids playing in the water. Dennis has booked a trip for this Friday. Hopefully, he will be making a trip back soon to take us home. I´m thinking that I will hear something next week.

Enjoy the pictures.

kellie and Mia

Mia and Leah having a talk

Leah, Kellie and Mia

Mia resting for her first big pool adventure

Mia´s first swim

More pool time