Process to Have Bella Escorted Here

Once we recieve all of the documents on Bella which include the birth certificate and passport from Guatemala which can take up to 2-3 weeks we then will send those forms to the USCIS In Bloomington Minnesota. Once the USCIS processes the documents they will issue a visa 39 for the escort to bring Bella here. It is difficult to predict how long this process will take once the docs are received and filed in Bloomington. They can legally take up to 90 days to process. So once again we will wait but this will be our final step to get our daughter home.

Beth, Mike & Buddy

WE ARE OUT OF PGN!!!!

Much to our surprise we got a phone call last night around 8:00 from Milena at our agency telling us that we are out of PGN. We were filled with a ton of emotions excitement, nervous, happy, scared. If we would go to Guatemala we could have her home in 2-3 weeks but because of our situation of me being pregnant and my due date in December (but the doctor said that I could deliver any day) we have to have her escorted here which may or may not take longer. Milena said the Guatemala side of it will go fast but it all depends on how quick the US will be with the immigration portion. We will be very busy getting all the extra paper work completed so this can go as quick as possible and we can finally have our Bella home. We definately will have a wonderful Thanksgiving knowing that we are going to finally have two wonderful amazing children very soon. We have been truely blessed in life with wonderful families that have supported us through this journey. Please keep us in your prayers. Our beautiful Bella is finally coming home!!!!!!!!!!

Beth, Mike & Buddy

Medical Update

We received a medical update today and Bella went to the doctor on 10/27/06 and she weighs 20.1lbs, she is 27.6" tall and her head circumference is 16.9". They also stated that she is healthy.

Beth, Mike & Buddy

9 Months Old

We received some pictures and our little Bella and she looks cuter every time we see her. She is getting to be such a big girl and looks so adorable with her two front teeth. She seems to be so happy in the pictures that we receive which is reassuring that she is being taken good care of. We have not received any further updates on when she is going to come home. Please keep us and Bella in your prayers that she gets to come home soon.

Beth, Mike & Buddy