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The news we have been waiting for...
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I am so thrilled I started crying...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112002642.html
Guatemala adoptions are being resumed! It says it will open to 4 countries to start with, not sure if it is the US, I had heard through the grapevine that they are starting in Europe first, but I am sure US will follow soon. I am so happy, we are hearing of hundreds of babies left to die because there is nowhere to place them.
God has answered many prayers!!!!
I will pass on any more info I get, I know many of us here were hoping for this.... :)
"Octomom" to: 5 handsome  & 3 beautiful  ! My cancer/adoption/life blog: www.believinginfaith.blogspot.com Bio: 23, 20, 14, 12, 7, 5 , Adopted from Guatemala: 3 (came home at 7 months), Co-parenting 15 months! (came home at 4 days old, she lives with us half the week) We're doing it again! Certified to be a foster/adoptive family AND updating our private homestudy. we are ready for what God gives us! (Secretly hoping for boy/girl sibling pair, but REALLY want a BOY!!) To accompish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also BELIEVE.
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YES YES YES !'
Thanks for letting us know. Keep posting as you get more info.
To the World you are only one, to the one you may be the World
We are adopting our DD
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That is awesome!! I hope Canada is one of them... but I doubt it, it has been closed to us forever
5 boys 1 girl and a little black pug That's a lot of KIDS!
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That is such good news! I will probably go for Guatemala if the US reopens for them!
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This is great news - I also am very interested in this!! Thanks for keeping us updated.
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Dinos&Cars
Dog is Boys' Best Friend...
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Oh what wonderful news! I was becoming really worried with all the countries closing (like Korea) or getting more restrictive (like China.) And while I am thinking of it - Guat doesn't have a BMI (weight) restriction like the Asian countries, does it?
Because of finances DH only wants to look into foster (and not now because he is losing his job and that is ANOTHER infuriating story at how he has been treated at work...) but anyway you never know when something can happen maybe I will buy the winning lottery ticket who knows....
 
![]() "![]() Build me a son, whose heart will be clear, whose goals will be high, a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men, one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget to weep, one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past." ~Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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Dinos&Cars
Dog is Boys' Best Friend...
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Hey 8 in 08 I found a t shirt for you 
![]() "![]() Build me a son, whose heart will be clear, whose goals will be high, a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men, one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget to weep, one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past." ~Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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 Dinos&Cars:Hey 8 in 08 I found a t shirt for you
Oh my God, I HAVE to have that shirt! Where did you find it???? I love it!!
"Octomom" to: 5 handsome & 3 beautiful ! My cancer/adoption/life blog: www.believinginfaith.blogspot.com Bio: 23, 20, 14, 12, 7, 5 , Adopted from Guatemala: 3 (came home at 7 months), Co-parenting 15 months! (came home at 4 days old, she lives with us half the week) We're doing it again! Certified to be a foster/adoptive family AND updating our private homestudy. we are ready for what God gives us! (Secretly hoping for boy/girl sibling pair, but REALLY want a BOY!!) To accompish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also BELIEVE.
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Eight, are you thinking about Guatemala again yourself?
J's soccer team had an end of season soccer party a few days ago, and there were two families there with children from Guatemala. One adopted two boys a month apart from the same foster home (now both six years old), and the other adopted a girl (now almost four) from Guatemala after adopting a boy from Russia. It was really neat to hear their stories. The one with the girl from Guatemala just had a biological baby five months ago. Their adopted kids came home at 12 months and 18 months, so this is their third child but their first experience with an infant. That is an interesting perspective!
Mom2RJA
R, 2000
J, 2003
A, 2009
MS/IUI 10/2/07 at GIVF, natural cycle, 1 follicle, 94.7% sort purity, BFN
MS/IUI 8/25/08 at HRC, Clomid + Ovidrel, 3 follicles, 92.99% sort purity, BFP!!!
Beta #1 on 9/9 (15 dpo): 153, Beta #2 on 9/11 (17 dpo): 395
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Mom2RJA:
Eight, are you thinking about Guatemala again yourself?
Not right away. My next baby/child/children will be coming from the US. Both our homestudies will be done within the next month (the state one and the private update) and I know that there is someone right here "in our own backyard" that is going to join us. :)
One day, however, we will bring back special ones from Guatemala, that I also know. My heart and soul is THERE.
"Octomom" to: 5 handsome & 3 beautiful ! My cancer/adoption/life blog: www.believinginfaith.blogspot.com Bio: 23, 20, 14, 12, 7, 5 , Adopted from Guatemala: 3 (came home at 7 months), Co-parenting 15 months! (came home at 4 days old, she lives with us half the week) We're doing it again! Certified to be a foster/adoptive family AND updating our private homestudy. we are ready for what God gives us! (Secretly hoping for boy/girl sibling pair, but REALLY want a BOY!!) To accompish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also BELIEVE.
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Crap! I was hoping I had more time! LOL! Do we know WHEN things might be a go?
Plan A - MS/IVF/PGD planned for March with Dr. Potter @ HRC for another - I cancelled. Just doesn't feel right. Plan B - foster/adopt our little princess! Ugh - was told there is NO NEED in our area so we can't be licensed Plan C - still working on this one......
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Patience is a Virtue. Repeat 10 times.:
Crap! I was hoping I had more time! LOL! Do we know WHEN things might be a go?
You have plenty of time. By Dec 3 all countries have to "apply" and then the powers that be in Guat will decide who gets ot do this pilot program. Even if the US is chosen, it will take time to get it started and then you have 2 years. After that, the hope is that adoptions will resume completely...lets just hope they don't go all "China" on us and have ridiculous restrictions. Until now, Guatemala had one of the most liberal and easy programs. :/
"Octomom" to: 5 handsome & 3 beautiful ! My cancer/adoption/life blog: www.believinginfaith.blogspot.com Bio: 23, 20, 14, 12, 7, 5 , Adopted from Guatemala: 3 (came home at 7 months), Co-parenting 15 months! (came home at 4 days old, she lives with us half the week) We're doing it again! Certified to be a foster/adoptive family AND updating our private homestudy. we are ready for what God gives us! (Secretly hoping for boy/girl sibling pair, but REALLY want a BOY!!) To accompish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also BELIEVE.
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Dinos&Cars
Dog is Boys' Best Friend...
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eightin08:
Dinos&Cars: Hey 8 in 08 I found a t shirt for you
Oh my God, I HAVE to have that shirt! Where did you find it???? I love it!!
cafe express
http://www.cafepress.com/+guatemala_beautiful_baby_white_tshirt,51517060
I tried to post it before but then my computer went all wonky 
![]() "![]() Build me a son, whose heart will be clear, whose goals will be high, a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men, one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget to weep, one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past." ~Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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Dinos&Cars
Dog is Boys' Best Friend...
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oh and more
http://shop.cafepress.com/guatemala-adoption-gifts
I like the Guatemama one - cute
also I like they have a prince shirt (if girls are princesses then boys are princes!  )
![]() "![]() Build me a son, whose heart will be clear, whose goals will be high, a son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men, one who will learn to laugh, yet never forget to weep, one who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past." ~Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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