Kris and I were married in April of 2001. We were blessed to add Alec to our family in 2002. After a few years of struggling with secondary infertility, we decided to adopt from the beautiful country of Guatemala. Our sweet daughter Mikayla Faith joined our family forever in January of 2007. We are so blessed and feel like our family is now finally complete!
As coordinator of the North East Ohio Guatemalan Adoptive Families Group, I felt it was important that we give back to a country that gave us so much! Together, our group donated the money to sponsor the follwing two students, Pedro and Ana. With our donations, these two sweet children will now be able to attend school this year. Please consider helping a child attend school! www.mayanfamilies.org
Pedro Martin
Ana Lucia
~Our Timeline~
Decided to Adopt From Guatemala 2-5-06 I-600a to USCIS Cleveland 3-7-06 First Homestudy Visit 3-7-06 Second Homestudy Visit 3-20-06 Final Homestudy Visit 4-9-06 Dossier Sent to our Agency 6-6-06 I-171H Arrived!!! 6-15-06 A Princess is Born! 6-17-06 Referral of Mikayla Faith 6-30-06 POA to Guatemala 7-17-06 DNA Authorization 8-1-06 Enter Family Court 8-14-06 DNA Test/SWI COMPLETE 8-23-06 Out of Family Court 9-1-06 Visit Trip 8-31 to 9-5 DNA Results 99.93% 9-8-06 Pre-Approval 10-6-06 IN PGN 10-11-06 PGN Kick Out 11-2-06 Re-Submitted to PGN 11-2-06 OUT OF PGN 1-2-07 Villa Nueva Birth BC 1-12-07 SUBMITTED FOR PINK 1-17-07 PINK SLIP RECEIVED 1-22-07 FLY OUT!!!! 1-27-07 Embassy Appointment 1-29-07 HOME FOREVER 1-31-07
I will just never forget being at the airport waiting to see you and Mikayla and Alec and Kris walk around that corner! It was a memory forever in my heart. I layed in bed so many nights imagining that day knowing that Mikayla was really here with us. What a cold night that was and she looked so precious in her "America coming home outfit" and then having to put her in her snowsuit! Welcome to Ohio, right! One year has already passed. I want the time to stop for awhile. It is going by too fast for me. I love you all so much, Grandma Cheryl
Love the pictures and the video. One of my most favorite moments was landing and getting to finally introduce my daughter to my family and friends. Mikayla is just beautiful. Happy one year home sweet Mikayla!
What a year!! Happy 1st year home as a family of FOUR!!! Mikayla has come so far in the past year and keeps getting cuter all the time! I can't wait to see what this next year will bring!LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the video!!!! And the year in review...adorable!!! Thanks for sharing! Love ya!
A year already?? How is that possible? She is a beautiful little girl who obviously has filled your lives with joy. I love the year in pictures. Hope I can remember that for September when our year comes around--I'm totally going to steal it! :)
19 comments:
Oh my, how she has grown while staying equally cute all the way through. Love the year in review. Happy day!
Kerri and Ruby
What an anniversary! God is so good and faithful!
Blessings,
Stacy
WOW It's amazing that it has been a year already!!! Love all the pictures and seeing how she has changed!
I will just never forget being at the airport waiting to see you and Mikayla and Alec and Kris walk around that corner! It was a memory forever in my heart. I layed in bed so many nights imagining that day knowing that Mikayla was really here with us. What a cold night that was and she looked so precious in her "America coming home outfit" and then having to put her in her snowsuit! Welcome to Ohio, right! One year has already passed. I want the time to stop for awhile. It is going by too fast for me.
I love you all so much,
Grandma Cheryl
I love all of the pictures - getting to "watch" her grow up in one post! Congrtulations on your "anniversary"
Peace and Hugs,
Becca
Love the pictures and the video. One of my most favorite moments was landing and getting to finally introduce my daughter to my family and friends. Mikayla is just beautiful. Happy one year home sweet Mikayla!
Andrea
What a blessing our children are to us. Mikayla is just beautiful.
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Andrea
I love all of the photos! It is neat to see how she has grown each month. May the next year be just as amazing!
Hugs, Jaime
i'm so blessed to know this family and the journey you've been through! mikayla faith is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Anniversary!!
Beautifuul...beautiful...beautiful! I have to go find some Kleenex now :) Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!!!Mikayla is a cutie!!!I love your blog, stop by mine sometime.www.skyliesmiles.blogspot.com
Wow! She has changed over the past year!
Mikayla is beautiful!! Happy Homecoming Anniversary!!
Robyn
What a year!! Happy 1st year home as a family of FOUR!!! Mikayla has come so far in the past year and keeps getting cuter all the time! I can't wait to see what this next year will bring!LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the video!!!! And the year in review...adorable!!! Thanks for sharing! Love ya!
Happy Family Day!! Wow! I cannot believe that it has been a year! I loved looking at the year in pictures of your beautiful Mikayla. Hugs!
A year already?? How is that possible? She is a beautiful little girl who obviously has filled your lives with joy.
I love the year in pictures. Hope I can remember that for September when our year comes around--I'm totally going to steal it! :)
Happy Forever Family Day!!! We are so blessed to have these children in our lives.
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