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This blog began as we documented our adoption of our third child, Caleb. It is now an eclectic journal of our often amusing lifestyle with 4 young children.

We do try to "keep it simple" because our lives are obviously busy enough! We try to hold true to what we firmly believe is the most important: family, friends, and faith.

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8/30/07

Latest update, but not the news we wanted to hear

We learned today that our case was "kicked out" of PGN. PGN is basically the Guatemalan Attorney General's Office, that gives the final approval for all Guatemalan adoptions. When an adoption case is "kicked out", it means that something is wrong with one of the documents. So, our attorney has to fix the problem, and then we are resubmitted. Although we don't know what the problem was, we were resubmitted on August 13th.

As a general rule of thumb, it takes about 8 weeks to be approved by PGN (if we're not KO'd again). Then, it can take another 4-8 weeks after that until we are able to travel to Guatemala and bring Caleb home with us forever.

So now we are realistically looking at December. If we are KO'd again, we might not even have him home by Christmas. It's not the news we wanted to hear, to say the least.

Finally, here's a new photo of Caleb that we received. Love, Keith and Kris


4 comments:

veggiemom said...

That just stinks!!!

Thinking of you guys -

Kerri and Ruby

Gail said...

Sorry about the KO.
Caleb is adorable!!
Gail

Anonymous said...

Our thoughts and prayers are with you. ALthough this is a bump in your road, the end result of this long and stressful journey will be something so wonderful that no one can take away from you!

All our love,
Denise Jeremy Brenna and Delaney

Anonymous said...

You are in our thoughts as your rollercoaster ride continues. We understand the ups and downs of a rollercoaster ride too well. Our hearts go out to you. Stay strong and positive. Soon he will be home to give lots of hugs and kisses. We hope that day comes soon. Lots of love to you from Jeremy, Jen and the trips.


Caleb, 9 1/2 months

Caleb, 9 1/2 months
Here is a great picture of Caleb we took during our visit trip.

Caleb, 4 1/2 months old

Caleb, 4 1/2 months old
This is our favorite picture from the group we received with our referral.