99.99%...

So can it get any better than this?

DNA Results were emailed to me just now! It is official... There is NO TURNING BACK NOW!!!

Do you hear that Angelena.... YOUR BO BO is in no Doubt your Biological BoBo....

Let the official Rat Race and Stocking begin!

HUGS

PICTURE DAY....

Well this was surely a suprise, after I have HOUNDED everyone for a month.

Here are Angelo's legistic's

Are you ready for this??????

9 lbs - 4 oz

21 Inches Tall

This little boy is 2 1/2 months old, and has almost doubled his weight...

As for him being under the weather:

He has a small hernia, that they are hoping will resolve itself before he is a year old? No surgical procedures were necessary. He had "Flu"ish symptoms and had "Anti-Flu" meds. He is Neurological healthy, and is growing accordingly.

I am getting to where this process can't go fast enough! But you know, I have only been in this rat race for 3 1/2 months now... Not even comparable to other people... I guess I am just being selfish. BUT GUESS WHAT.... WHO CARES! HAHAHA...

I was going to update my blog this morning, with a big black hole as a picture. With the title "the unknown"... I got busy and saved it instead of posting it... THEN I got the email and had to revise my posting... I like to end the week with a postive note!

Do you realize, that: Angelena is 15 months old today... and she only weighs 18 lbs. Her little brother is already 1/2 her size... Sure do hope she has a little BIG brother! She will need that protection from all those little boys out there that will fall in love with her.... HAHAHA...

Anyway... Enjoy!

NEWS NEWS NEWS...

My Credit card has been charged... DNA HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR ANGELO...

Now we sit and wait for the results... Should be about 2 weeks...

His birthmother got to see him and still is willing to let him be raised with his sister...

The day I left Guatemala, I was told they were doing DNA pictures. Well, it has been confirmed that the DNA was completed.

This is a very Happy and Sad moment. Happy, because this is one step closer for Angelo coming home... Sad, because DNA means, his Birth Mother had to sit there with him on her lap, get swabbed, with the baby, to prove that she gave birth to him, and is now giving him up. This also means that the The Birth Mother only has to sign off 2 more time... I couldn't imagine having to go through this... But this is her second time... Which to me would be double hard.

On a good note: when I left Guatemala, I had given Angelo's foster mother a photo book for her to share with Angelo. She asked if I minded that the Birth mother see it, cause they were going to the Attorney's office to do the DNA that very moment. I thought that was sweet. Angelo and Angelena's birth mother would get to see pictures of Angelena and how well she is doing. After I got on the plane, I started thinking... What if she changes her mind... What if she didn't like the pictures she see's... what if... I know it is only normal to feel that way, but hey.... I am a Mommy...

So here is the adoption poem for Angelo... I know I posted this a long time ago for Angelena, but it is now Angelo's turn...

Not flesh of my flesh

Nor bone of my bone,

But still miraculouslyMy own.

Never forget

For a single minute:

You didn't grow under my heart,

But in it.

--Fleur Conkling Heyliger

No News is Good News....

I haven't heard on how Angelo is doing... But I thought I would share a few of my favorite pictures...

News....

I recieved some news late yesterday... Which I pretty much knew already... Angelo is not feeling very good. He is being well taken care of.... So please keep him in your prayers.

I am getting the pictures of him downloaded and will share as soon as possible. He is my son, and he WILL come home.... He is a little fighter, just like his mommy and big sister... More to come later.

Ellie

The Anticipated Hand-off....

Well it is about 5 am and Angelo is finally asleep. We resorted to hanging out in the bathroom so Aunttie Gin and Aunttie Deborah could get some real sleep! Do you know what you can do in a bathroom, in a hotel, with a 7 week old baby? HAHAHA.. First MAKE COFFEE.... then sit and talk to him... rock... sing... look at the walls... and do your own business... ONE HANDED OF COURSE! Motherhood is bliss...

Now back to the title... They are coming to pick up Angelo at 4pm today. When I first got him, I knew we would be handing him back, and I know from past experience, it would be tough. I figured that because I have done this before, it should be fairly easier.... But, now as I have got to know Angelo, I am already crying... He is an amazing little boy, that has the biggest, sweetest, content attitude.. He tells you what he wants or needs, and then is pretty much laid back. He isn't feeling very good, but for what he is going through, he is a tough little squirt. God, I never new I could love him this way so quickly.

I know you want pictures, but my camara will not down load on this computer, so it will have to wait till I get home.

My trip here was painful... Delays after delays, I was supposed to be here in Guatemala at 6:45 am on Friday, but didn't get here till 9:30ish, and they were to bring little Angelo to me at 10. Well, the Delays after Delays, didn't stop at the airport, it even happened with them bringing me Angelo... Needless to say... PEOPLE FORGOT! I finally got to see that sweet little small fry around 4pm in the afternoon, and then we had a dinner date with Maya's Foster Family at 5. So it was really busy. We finally got to the room and tried to go to sleep... But small fry wouldn't have it.... Accordingly to the Foster Mother, he has been extremely constipated... She was right, I would rub his tummy, push his feet into his chest, warm water, everything... Nothing would work... He would sleep maybe an hour at a time... This has continued all weekend... He finally got his equipment working a few times, and felt alot better yesterday... So guess what he did... SLEEP! ALOT.... WHICH MEANS... That is why he refused to sleep from about 2am this morning till a few minutes ago.... He is laying flat on my chest as I type this...

There has been alot I learned about him... Like... He loves to lay on his side... He loves to be held against your chest... He loves to take bathes... He looks SO MUCH like Angelena, it isn't even funny... His little facial expressions and movements when he is sleeping, they must dream the same things... They is other things I found out about him too.... Like what kind of milk he like!!! He is soooo tiny, but mighty!

God I love him so much, and for those of you inquiring minds, that knew I was thinking about changing his name....

Here is what his name is and fits him PERFECT....


ANGELO EDWARD...


Yep... Not changing a thing!

more to come later.... Angelo is call.....