Life with my little Pumpkin....

No words can express what the past few days have been like.... We have been so busy... Going to doctors, getting tests done, bonding, and learning each other. Angelena is very sweet, and loveable. She even knows how to givc kisses... At first I thought she was shy, but now.... She is full of laughs, kicking, smiles, and just plain goofy... She is a little jokester... She loves to keep you guessing... One minute she is fussing, and you look at her and tell her that is enough, and she starts to laugh at you... She whines, and thinks she is getting one over on you... Guess what... IT DON'T WORK... I just start playing with her, and she starts laughing. She has brought out a side in me that I haven't ever felt... It is amazing... And to say to her, mommy is coming... or come see mommy, or wheres momma's girl... It is kind of hard to believe that I am actually saying that about me.... AND GRANDMA.... hahaha... Little Tinker, has Grandma wrapped... She may say she's not... But, trust me, when you see them together, she is so WRAPPED around her little finger... But, who isn't!!!

Watch out CALIFORNIA here we come...We are going to CA for a visit 11/2-11/19. Family and Friends are going to be meeting Angelena for the first time... And Angelena will get her 2nd Airplane ride!!! This time, I will be sure NOT to give her a bottle right before boarding... That way she will have a settled tummy!

Well thats all for now... She is sleeping, and mommy realizes, that she needs to sleep when baby does, cause if she don't, she don't get any sleep!

Good Night!

As Promised.... A few more pictures

Where do I start....

Well, We are home... What a great feeling it is... Our trip was amazing, and I wouldn't have changed it for anything... Angelena has an awesome disposition... Or better yet.... she IS a "PULS" ... you all that know us, know what I mean! She has no problem telling you what she wants, and DON'T want... HEHEHE

Not only was it an amazing trip for me, but Ginger, my friend got to meet her daughter Maya for the first time also... Maya is so cute, sweet, and not even close to being as noisy as Angelena.... Unfortunately, Ginger had to leave her precious little angel in Guatemala for now. But she will be going back to visit, over Christmas...


It was a little scary in Guatemala. We stayed at the Grand Tikal, in Guatemala City, it reminds me of the Embassy Suites here in the states. Where there is an atrium on the main floor, and the elevators are glass where you can see out. All the floors surrounded the main floor to where you can look down into the lobby... Also, there are lower levels to this hotel which is a mall. We were warned not to go down there, it wasn't safe. At one point I looked over, and there were "police" in the lobby with machine guns.

Well got to go baby crying... more to come when I get a chance...

HUGS

"LIGHT FOR FLIGHT"

Hi Everyone-

Just wanted to send out a reminder for everyone who has the candles that I made to get ready to light them!!!!

We will be filing home Friday Morning, so for those who work, fire them up Thursday Night!!!

HUGS TO ALL.... AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT THOUGH THIS WONDERFUL LIFE EXPERIENCE!!!!

I love you all!!!

HUGS
ELLIE

Well here it is Sunday, morning.... Early... REALLY EARLY... How can anyone sleep? I will be going to Guatemala tomorrow to bring home my Angelena... I can't sleep, I an full of anxioty... I never thought this day would ever come.

Friday the 13th... Could it have gotten any better? First thing in the morning... The agency calls, then later in the afternoon, my work gives me a Baby Shower, and we had a suprise guest... My Mom... It the World to me to have my mom there with me. Angelena got alot of things. It was great! The area that they had it in looked amazing. They decorated with balloons and streamers. They hug a Pink Umbrella form the ceiling upside down and filled it with balloons too! They had purchased a beautiful cake and it was EXCELLENT! Once I get the pictures I will post them.

So, lets see... I will be going to work in the morning, they leave around 1pm, I have to pick up Ginger at the Love Field Airport, then, we have to rush to the DFW International Airport for our flight... I am really concerned about Gingers Flight coming in on time, we are scheduled to have Thunder Storms, and I am already getting paniced... For the drought season we have been having here in TX, why of all days are we going to get rain like they are perdicting... I guess you can say, NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP ME from getting Angelena...

Now, as for Angelena.... I have thought alot about her name, and thought, going though life "Angel" maybe a little hard to cope with... I also thought about, Lena.... But, I really like - ELENA... and it is the beginning of my name... HAHAHA, I just noticed that... Maybe I need to go back to the THINKING BOARD.... So forget this part of the post...

Anyway, I bought this car seat yesterday, because I had to have it for Angelena's ride home from the airport... Well, I opened the box, and guess what, it was completely assembled... How much better can it get! I pull out the little booklet and read it from front to back. Take the seat to the car, spend 1 hour putting the car seat in... Well sort of... EASIER SAID THEN DONE... "Latch Hooks vs' Seat straps" what a joke... I can tell you the seat is IN the car, but as for being hooked up right.... Well lets just say, I shut the car door and walked away... I think I will be visiting my local fire department once daylight hits.... Well, I think I am going to try to sleep again...

So, if you don't see anything posted for a week or so, you will know why.... I am having Mommy time...

SHE IS COMING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to pick Angelena!!! I am flying out Monday and will have her in my arms FOREVER TUESDAY!!!!! Embassy appointment is Wednesday and Thursday, and we are flying back home on FRIDAY!!!!!

DOING THE HAPPY DANCE!!!!!!!!!

BC FORM GC!!!

Say that 100 times over....

What does that mean... We have recieved the new Birth Certificate from the Guatemala City Registery... IT IS OFFICIAL... NO turning back now.... ANGELENA IS MINE... We are being submitted to the US Embassy in Guatemala for the appointment to go get her... We are estimating the appointment to be the week of 10/23. This is refered to as the "PINK". She will be in my arms forever...

HAHAHAHAHA

I am about to bust... This is so exciting....

Well that all for now!!!!

Hugs

Almost there.... FATE STRICKS AGAIN

I recieve an email form the agency on Friday, saying the US Embassy in Guatemala is requiring additional forms before they will issue the appointment date. So paper chased this weekend and is over, everything will be FedEx on Monday, we should be submitted for "PINK" Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest, and maybe by Friday, we will know our appointment date.... For those who don't know the meaning of "PINK", it IS actually a PINK PIECE OF PAPER that your Embassy Appointment is on. And, that is when I am going to have Angelena in my ARMS FOREVER!!!!!

Also, we have the actuall copy of the "Adoption Decree" from Guatemala, and yes it is in Spanish... I have completely translated it to English. Angelena's Adoption Decree states the Adoption is as of: August 22, 2006... You know me with dates and how I say everything correlates... Let me tell you... FATE HAS STRUCK AGAIN.... Angelena's adoption is final on the Guatemala side on my Birthday.... Now all we are waiting for is the US side...

Well that's all for now... Here's to the next "PULS" driver!!!!

Pregancy of the Heart...

When people adopt, the child is part of the family the minute they decide to adopt. A love fills in heart, and aches till your child is born, pictures make it more real, and the love grows stonger. It is adoption of the heart, or Pregancy of the Heart... You are in the gestation period of the adoption, and extended 9 months from start to finish... I think that is EVEN HARDER!!!

Our Family Tree
We've added to our family tree
A stronger one to make
A child from another plant
Has become our new namesake.

Just as a limb is grafted
From one tree to another,
It alters and improves the plant
Making it, uniquely, like no other.

Our family tree has been improved
Adoption made this so.
For love, much more than bloodlines,
Makes us thrive and grow.

We chose to share our life and love
And all the joys to come
Our "family tree" has blossomed
With the arrival of our cherished one.

I found that poem, not sure who has written it, but I think this explains feels very well.