Happy 3 months to Caroline-and we are out of Family Court

Hi Everyone,
What a great Monday. We received word today that we have been approved through the family court system in Guatemala. Now all we are waiting on is pre-approval from the US Embassy. Once we are issued that, which could take another month unfortunately, we will be entering PGN. PGN is the final step on the Guatemalan side and can take anywhere from 4-8 weeks. When we are approved through PGN, we will be bringing her home in 5-7 weeks. If everything continues to go our way, we could definitely be going for a spring pick-up trip!!!!!!!

Have a Merry Christmas Everyone,

Sarah

DNA Results Received

We received Caroline's DNA results today from the lab. This is what is needed for the US Embassy to give us their final blessing to finish our adoption. This is called PA and could take up to 60 days, but they seem to be averaging around a month. Once we receive this, then we will be submitted to the second Guatemalan court system. We also received a beautiful picture of she and her birth mother and she is wearing one of the outfits we sent to her. I will always cherish it.

Love to all,

Sarah and Jamey

What a Doll!

Hi Everyone,

Enjoy the updated pics of Caroline. Again, she doesn't look like she wants to be disturbed but it is so great to see how she is growing and she appears to be very well taken care of.

Updated Measurements on Caroline

Hi Everyone,

We also received updated measurements of Caroline.

1 month 20 days:
length: 51 cms.
weight: 8 lbs., 4 oz.
head circum.: 34 cms

She was 7 lbs at birth, so she is putting on weight. I think alot of that is in her cheeks :)

DNA Test and Birth Mother Interview Complete

Hi Everyone,

What another great Monday! Can you tell we get our updates on Mondays from our adoption agency. I was informed today that sometime in the last couple of weeks that Caroline's Birth Mother had her interview with the court system where she explained why she is giving Caroline for adoption. This is where she signs off one last time to her parental rights. The DNA test was also complete and these results are required by the US Embassy. At this point, we should be out of the Family Court system in 2-6 weeks. Once that happens, we will be submitted to PGN which is another court system within Guatemala. I am so happy for how quickly everything is moving. We will keep you all updated.

Love,
Sarah and Jamey

Entered Family Court

Hi Everyone,

What a surprise today. We found out that we entered the Guatemalan family court system on 11/12. We have already been in a week. This part of the process can take anywhere from 6-12 weeks to complete depending on the social worker who is assigned to our case. This is where the birthmother will be interviewed. We are excited to see movement on our adoption. Happy 2 mos to Caroline. We will keep you posted as we hear more.

Love to all,
Sarah and Jamey

Entered Family Court

We entered Family Court

Hi Everyone,

What a wonderful surprise. I was just notified that we entered family court today. This is where the interview with Caroline's birthmother will take place. Family Court can usually take anywhere from 6-12 weeks. This is usually the longest of the 4 steps. I have heard that they try and clear all cases before the end of the calendar year, so if that happens, that would be great and may take less time. This is step 2 of the 4 step process, so we are moving right along. I will keep you all updated and as always thank you for your love and support. Happy two months to Caroline.

Love to all,
Sarah and Jamey

We entered Family Court

Hi Everyone,

We just received a surprise e-mail from our adoption agency. Our case was submitted to the Family Courts today. This is where the final interview with Caroline's birthmother will take place. Family court can take anywhere from 6-12 weeks depending on what social worker we get assingned to. I have heard that they try to push all cases through before 2008, so hopefully we will get stuck in the group and be out in less time, but I am just happy to hear that we have made it in. This is step 2 in the 4 step process. I will update you all as we hear more. As always, thanks for all your love and support. Caroline is officially now two months old.

Love,
Sarah and Jamey

DNA Authorization Received

Hi Everyone,

Our case is moving forward. We received word today that we have received authorization from the US Embassy to have Caroline and her birthmother's DNA taken. This will hopefully happen sometime in the next couple weeks which means our paperwork has now been officially submitted. She will be two months old on Saturday and her foster mother has now received two packages from us. We have sent clothes (pink of course), rattles, blankets, a disposable camera to have pictures taken for us, and a photo album with all of her family members. I translated everything to Spanish so her foster mother knows who we all are. We will keep you all posted as we make more advances in this amazing process.

Love to all,
Sarah and Jamey

On Friday I logged on to my e-mail and found updated photos of Caroline. I would guess she is about 6 weeks old in these photos, but I am not totally sure. She doesn't seem too happy about the bow on her head but at least we finally have a picture of her with her eyes open. Enjoy!

Waiting for DNA Authorization

Many people keep asking us, if we have any updates on our adoption. Now that we have been paired with Caroline, we can officially begin the process to adopt her. The first thing we are waiting for is authorization from the U.S. Embassy to obtain a DNA test on Caroline and her birth mother. That will take place once our file has been submitted to family court. We are hoping to hear about that within the next week. We will keep you all posted.

1st Attempt at a Blog

Hi Everyone,
Welcome to the King Family Adoption Journey Blog. I am not very technical, so you all will have to forgive me, but this is our story thus far. We began our adoption journey this spring, March to be exact. On October 9th, we received the call from our adoption agency, FTIA with information on our daughter who was born on September 17th. Her name is Caroline Maria King and we can hardly count the days until we bring her home. We hope all of our friends and families enjoy watching our journey along this website.