HEY ALL--- HE'S COMING HOME!!! I am just a little excited! Steve and I wanted to let you know that we have our appointment at the US Embassy on March 7th to go pick up Levi. We will be leaving on March 6th and will not be able to return home until March 11th. Because our opponent fell on a Friday we are stuck there over the weekend. Levi's visa to leave the country will not be ready until after 3:30pm on Monday. Therefore, our flight will be on Tuesday morning. We'll be bringing him back this time and not having to walk away leaving him behind.
However, we will be leaving behind what has come to be a part of our existence for nearly a year now. We will be heartbroken for the foster mom as she will be losing both Levi and Isaac at the same time pretty much. And, our thoughts and prayers will be with all the Guatemalan children who never find the same opportunities that Levi and Isaac will have here in the US. Nancy is actually going to be getting Isaac the day before on the 5th. Her Embassy appointment is the same day on the 7th. That is dad's birthday and he and mom are going to Guatemala with us so, what better present than a grandson? I was there this year on my birthday and there was no better preset than that let me tell ya! Anyway, we have our flight booked and are working on the hotel reservations now. Nancy is waiting for confirmation where she booked hers but, as of now unless something changes, we will be on the same flight back (Guatemala to Charlotte). She will be flying back into Tri Cities but, we'll be driving back from Charlotte. At least we will be able to take a picture of Levi and Isaac (unless they are really upset from the flight) of their feet touching US soil for the first time and doing so together... priceless. We've seen many pictures like that other adoptive parents have taken and it is so cute! Please do keep Levi in your prayers but, he was taken to the doctor today and given a shot for "a cold" that he wasn't able to shake?? He and Isaac were sick but, Isaac is over it and Levi can't get over it according to the foster mom when Nancy called her tonight with a translator. Nancy said she didn't sound too bad right now so, hopefully she is ok that her time is getting closer everyday. Bless her heart she told her too she has no prospects for a job right now after she isn't fostering right now. She says nobody will hire her due to her age. Pray for that and for Levi. Also, us as always that we make it through all this. Love and blessings- Tracy (AKA
1 Samuel 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him
Levi
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!!!
Friday, February 22, 2008
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I am so excited, this is the best news. I cannot wait to meet the newest member of your family. Levi is such a blessed little boy to be coming home to a family who loves him so much! Give him a kiss from me (I must admit, he might just have the most kissable cheeks I have recently seen). Give Daddy, and the proud grandparents a great big hug as well!!
Love you-and CONGRATULATIONS MOMMY!!
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