The latest news from Guatemala

Well, not much to post about our case specifically other than we called PGN and we're still with the 2nd reviewer. If we make it until this Friday, we'll be in 6 weeks of the average 8 week stay in PGN. However, with the holidays (we assume) Nancy should have been out last Wednesday. She hasn't called yet this week so, she doesn't know where her file is at to date. Pray we both hear something soon. I feel like that is all I ever post but, it's all we have is prayer and just hoping this is all over soon. We're a little over 8 days away from seeing our boys and the stress is just building for me. I hate, hate, hate leaving Steve here!!! It's starting to set in but, he keeps telling me he'll be fine. I know he is a big boy and can take care of himself but, it won't keep me from worrying. It would help if I didn't have to add to it all that his laptop crashed and is down completely until it can be serviced. We have to figure out an alternative plan because that is the only way we have for him to see Levi on his live webcam. We had already worked the bugs out and had it installed and working good until it crashed the other night...not good! HP is sending for it this week but, it won't make it back before we leave next Thursday night. Nancy and I have arrangements with the attorney's facilitator to pick us up on Saturday morning in at our hotel and take both boys to the pediatrician they see monthly (until they are out of PGN then they start seeing the US Embassy panel of doctors). We are meeting him at the request of our agency since both boys have been sick pretty often for the past few months. Boy, will that be an early morning and our initiation I guess. We have to have both babies up, awake, bathed, dressed, ourselves dressed and ready to be downstairs to meet her to take us there by 8:20am!! That is am!! Man do I hope they sleep good and not stay up all night since it's their first night with us Friday night. If we're up all night they'll be really excited to see the doctor I am sure. The newest thing for us to worry about is the town where Levi and Isaac were both born has a corrupt mayor. He's against adoptions and stalls making the new birth certificate. The babies have to have the new bc before they can have their Embassy appt for their Visa to exit the country. They have to have that step done before they can have their 2nd DNA test done, etc.. Basically, you can't move until the new bc is obtained. He has been stalling the new issued bc for some time now (so we've learned from our own research this week about it) and the average wait has been anywhere from 6 to 8 weeks in addition to the 6 or so the agency/attorney takes to have him ready to leave Guatemala. We're looking at being closer to his first birthday. It doesn't seem at all fair and we're just hoping and praying we can also get with the attorney while on our trip and see if she has a plan in place for this situation before we are faced with it. We'll see. Praying something or someone can make him speed up. What makes tit so bad is that they are our legal children after PGN and the final birth mother sign off. But, without the new bc listing us as his parents and giving him our last name, he can't get a Visa meaning he can't leave the country without it. It's always one hurdle after another. Praying for some answers soon to all this mess. Will keep you posted.- Tracy (aka Levi's mommy)