January 16, 2008

7 Weeks in PGN today since we were resubmitted! (12 weeks total that we've been stuck in this step!) The average stay in PGN is around 8 weeks now, so we might only have one more week to go!! I heard that we are still with the 2nd reviewer, but we should be sent for final signature soon. I really hope so, because it's starting to feel like we will never get out of the black hole that is PGN. Maybe on my birthday we'll get our long awaited approval. Then within 4-6 weeks we will be bringing Karly home!

January 14, 2008

I was told today that the members of the Central Authority that were sworn in on Friday, will not be the final members because the new President takes office today and he wants to appoint his own members. So, if this is the case, we're no closer to the Central Authority being ready to start registering cases than we were last week.

According to the JCICS, they are recommending that any case that is already in PGN, and has an Aviso filed, should be automatically registered with the Central Authority. That would be good news, but we are still waiting for the Central Authority to publicly announce that they are going to accept that recommendation. There are still rumors going around that PGN is not working on any cases at all, but we are still hoping that's not really the case and that we can get out of PGN by Jan. 30th. But the quicker the Central Authority is up and running, the better for everyone adopting from Guatemala. If you want to know more, you can always go to www.guatadopt.com. They post important information about what's going on with Guatemalan adoptions.

January 11, 2008

We got word that Guatemala has sworn in the members of the Central Authority today. They are expected to start working possibly as soon as next week. This is good news, but knowing how slow things move down there I am still anxious for them to start the process of registering cases. In case you don't know, all cases must be registered with the Central Authority in order to be grandfathered in and allowed to continue under the old adoption system. So, we need them to get up and running and to register our case so we can finish our adoption under the law that was in place when we started this whole process.

January 4, 2008

Today we got more pictures of Karly! She looks absolutely gorgeous! She's even wearing an outfit that we took down for her in August. I think the pictures were taken on Dec. 20th, but we just got them today.

January 4, 2008

Today guatadopt.com came out with a new statement regarding the legal situation in Guatemala.

"We are getting mixed information but our ground forces are trying to clarify the reality of the statement. At this time, we believe (based on the information) that PGN is not accepting new cases but they are continuing to process cases. Under the new law, they are in a questionable position because the law states that all cases must be registered with the Central Authority...you know, the one that does not exist yet. So, I believe that the translation is that they are still working on cases, but there may not be any "approvals" until this has been ironed out."

There is a lot of speculation as to what is happening right now, and we are hoping and praying that PGN is still working on cases as usual and that they will still issue approvals. We would love to get out of PGN by Jan. 9th, so that we could possibly avoid having to do another home study.

November 28, 2007

Well, today we finally got resubmitted to PGN. So, our wait starts all over again! Ugghhh!! We are really hoping that there are no more errors in our file and that we can get out of PGN ASAP!

November 21, 2007

Today we got new pictures of Karly. She is almost 7 months old (on the 26th she will be). I guess our attorney felt bad for us since we got kicked out of PGN and tomorrow is Thanksgiving.

November 19, 2007

Well, today we got some really bad news. We were kicked out of PGN because of a typo in the Social Worker's report. Apparently we were kicked out last week, maybe around the 15th, and my attorney in Guatemala is already working on getting the error fixed and he will let us know when we are resubmitted. This is very disheartening news, since we'd already been in PGN for 3 weeks and we were hoping that we would be getting out within the next 3-4 weeks. Back to square one again....

October 23, 2007

Today we finally got the word that we were submitted to PGN. This is a big step and we hope to have a short stay! This is one of the biggest stumbling blocks that we have to overcome before we can bring Karly home. This is basically where 3 reviewers will go over all of our paperwork with a fine tooth comb and if everything is in order, then we can expect to be out of this step in about 8 weeks. Then, we can bring Karly home about 6 weeks after that. If they find any errors, they must be fixed and we must be resubmitted into PGN and basically start our 8 week wait all over again!