WE ARE OUT OF PGN AND COMING HOME!!

Hallelujah! I can't believe that we are actually on our way home soon. What a relief. We spent 6 weeks waiting to get into PGN because of a missing document and then 8 weeks exactly in. We had no previos (kick outs) though so we are counting our blessings. We got the phone call yesterday afternoon while walking in the market! Amanda took a couple of pictures of me with Blake immediately after the phone call to show how excited we were!! Now we have to get Blake's passport, new birth certificate, 2nd DNA test and then we'll wait for our Embassy appointment once all of this is submitted. Once we have our appointment there, we pick up Blake's Visa the next day and we are free to return home!! I can't wait for Chris to come pick up his son and then return as a family together. We have never been happier. Blake will turn 9 months on November 7th so I'd say by the time we get home this whole process will have taken about 9 1/2 months. We have no regrets whatsoever even though it got really tough emotionally along the way. Blake is worth every minute, hour and week we waited. Right now it's 5:50am and Blake is wide awake playing with tupperware on the floor next to me! You got to love these early mornings! I think on Monday we'll be able to go to the city together to get his Passport picture taken and to pick up his adoption decree (which his biological mom will sign for the last time in the next couple of days). Thank you friends and family for your continual support, prayers and love to bring Blake home. We cannot wait to take him to the park, have Christmas together, have him meet his new doggies Remi and Lucky and meet his new family. What a joyful time! Here are some new pictures of Blake with his cool red flip flops! Mayela and Melina - you did good! He loves them!! Miss you all.