Levi Douglas Bradley: No news today just missing my boy!

Our Adoption Story

Levi was born on April 21, 2007 in Chinautla, Guatemala, a small town known for pottery. He weighed 6.7 pounds and was 19.7 inches long. He was in private foster care in Guatemala City where he lived for 10 1/2 months with his foster mom, her son and daughter and Isaac, his foster brother. Throughout our difficult adoption journey, Isaac's mom, Nancy and I became very good friends. God placed our boys together and had the perfect plan in place long before we ever realized it. When I was undecided on an adoption agency, I joined an online forum where Nancy provided me with information about her agency and recommended them to us. We decided to sign with the same agency and I emailed Nancy back to let her know. Over a few months we emailed back and forth to learn we were both from TN and lived only 30 minutes apart... we thought wow, it's a small world. Little did we know a few months later we'd both get referrals, earlier than we expected, of 2 beautiful Guatemalan angels. When they turned 2 months old our agency called and decided it was time to tell us that they were in the same foster home together and had been since they were 1 day old. We were amazed they were together. Even more so, God amazed us once again when we learned shortly after that they were born on the same day and were from the same town... no longer a coincidence that was for sure. We were being told by the foster mom how attached they were and acted like brothers. But, Nancy and I got the chance in January '08 to go to visit them and see it for ourselves. It was an amazing time of bonding with our boys that we will never forget. After that trip it seemed when one of us would reach a roadblock in the crazy process of international adoption the other would be delayed with something else. We stayed right together until the very day we picked them both up. We had our US Embassy appts the same day and we flew home through Atlanta on the same flight on March 11, 2008 when they both entered the US as citizens! It was an awesome time for us in the Atlanta Airport when we rec'd the congrats they were official! We've made friends for life with Nancy, Eric, and with Isaac's extended families. We look forward to many years of watching them both grow up so close together. Over the past year, as we went through battle after battle to bring our boys home, Nancy and I both would never think of one without the other in our endless prayers to keep them safe, happy and healthy until they could be home with their forever families. We're finally parents and it's what we've both waited for, for so many years.. our families are finally complete!!!

Sunday, January 20, 2008

No news today just missing my boy!

I haven't heard a thing new about our case but, still waiting to hear something from the agency that we're out of PGN. I am hoping and praying this is our week. Someone on the yahoo forum got out from a November 21st resubmit. We're a November 23rd resubmit so hopefully they are at least working on cases right around the same date. Generally your in PGN for about 8 weeks sometimes a little longer (can be less but, that is rare). Most cases when you go in on like 23rd of November he usually signs close to the 23rd of January. Please keep us in your prayers this week especially that we get out of PGN with no more kickouts. We're getting to the point where we can hardly stand the waiting anymore. It is driving us crazy we just want him home so bad. I am really missing him today and so is Steve. If he'd just spent a few days with him too then I think he would really be crazy from the waiting and from missing him. It was so hard on Steve to see him on the webcam and not be with him it liked to have killed him. Anyway, hopefully soon we'll be able to both be with him and welcome him to his new home with his new family. Until then we have to wait it out and pray hard. Thanks in advance for your support and prayers. - Tracy (aka Levi's mommy)

1 comment:

Nancy and Isaac McGee said...: I just saw your post and I to am missing Isaac a lot. I just prayed earlier for you to be released from PGN this week, hopefully today. I know how bad you want that and I want it for you. It really is a great feeling to know you are past that hurdle. I just know you will hear something this week. Today our boys are 9 months old and I wish them a happy day filled with lots of laughs and I hope they know how much we love them and miss them. Oh and I love the new pictures you posted.; January 21, 2008 at 12:41:00 PM EST