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July 05, 2003

We are family!

We came down to Guatemala for just a visit with our new son, but yesterday our attorney finally got final approval from the attorney general's office here, and the adoption is final! It will be a couple of weeks until we can bring him home; we have to wait for his new birth certificate, passport and visa. We are still in a state of future shock. To first meet a 2-year-old and find out that he really is your son in one day, in a country we have never been before, was ... indescribable. I am alternating between a lot of joy and sheer total stressing out right now. In our brief experience so far Guatemala seems very nice. The people are wonderful, the food is wonderful, and despite the horribly polluted air, I think I like Guatemala City. But there is so much to do now. I'm sure I will write much more about this for many years.

Posted by markj at July 5, 2003 11:53 AM

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Comments

Holy Moly!! I come back from holidays, and you are a daddy! At long last!! Huge congrats!!

Posted by: linda at July 6, 2003 07:05 AM

Congratulations a thousand times over.

Posted by: joy at July 7, 2003 01:39 PM

Congradulations! Hope everything turns out just the way you want it to be.

Posted by: Mike Owens at July 7, 2003 07:39 PM

That's wonderful news! I am new to your blog, I got into blogging when my wife and I went to Colombia to adopt a baby. Waiting for a referral was definitely the hardest part! Being a dad isn't easy, but it's so involved it's more like a whole new way to be, than "hard." I know I don't you, but I am very happy to read your news! Congratulations!

Posted by: Ben at July 7, 2003 09:39 PM

Amazing, wonderful, and exciting news. We just had #2. It's better everyday. :grin:

Posted by: joshua at July 10, 2003 07:45 AM

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