One Krafty Family & a Pug: The Christmas tree is up!

Friday, November 30, 2007

The Christmas tree is up!

We got the Christmas tree up. To celebrate our 10th Christmas together, we FINALLY bought a tree topper. I've always wanted something the lights up or an angel. Aaron's always wanted a Tiffany crystal pointy thing. Neither is a fan of the other's choices, thus far. We found a star made out of pine cones. It is very, "us."

Here is a video of Jonathan singing the only 3 words he knows for Christmas. Jingle. Bell, and Hey!

jumpcut movie:On the 1st Day of Christmas . . .

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An encouragement during the wait

J - "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever." Heb. 11:8

A - "And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed." Deut. 31:8

C - "Cast all your care upon him, for he cares for you." I Peter 5:7

K - "Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings, from the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me." Ps 17:8,9

I - "In every thing give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." I Thess. 5:18

E - "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning." James 1:17

And a great "Get Out of PGN" verse:

"I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. He has put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God; many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord." Ps. 40:1-3

Adoption Timeline

January 14, 2007: announced to my Dad that we decided to adopt just like he adopted me & my brother and will name her after Mom, 4 days before he passed..

Oct. 13 Baby born!

Nov. 9 171H - Daddy spies María José on the agency website before making a phone call that changes our lives

Dec. 11 DNA authorization

Dec 17 Submitted to family court

Dec. 22 DNA drawn

Jan 3 DNA results

Jan 7 Family Court interview

Feb 13 CNA registration confirmed

Feb 15 Out of FC confirmed

Feb 28 Preapproval Email for the Embassy

March 6 Told we were submitted to PGN, but untrue.

March 26 Submitted to PGN, confirmed.

May 1 Called PGN to find out we had been kicked out since April 24th.

May 2 Attorney confirmed he retrieved our file before PGN closed it's doors for an internal investigation.

May 6 Heard we are back in PGN. PTL! untrue

May 15th Emailed to double check and just as we feared... we have not been put back into PGN.

May 18th Signed and stuffed support letters. Praying like crazy for God's provisioning to bring Baby home.

May 21-25 Tenth year anniversary in Guatemala meeting our sweet baby and considering (or confirming) a calling to missions in Guatemala permanently.

June 9th Re-entered PGN

July 4th Birthmother Interview in PGN

July 15th OUT of PGN!!!!!!!

July 23rd Birthmother's final consent and applied for Mixco birth certificate listing us as parents.

July 30th Adoption halted for final payment

Aug 1st Miracle! Final fee donation

Aug 15th DNA approved by Labcorp to prove the baby has not been switched.

Aug 18 Email sent from US Embassy in Guatemala caught in CAM's spam filter! We won't know about our "pink slip" for 6 days.

Aug 25th We miss our 7:15am US Embassy appointment.

Aug 26th Aaron at US Embassy begging for mercy. Jackie's last night with at her foster home.

Aug 28th US Embassy issues a travel visa to a grateful Daddy. They are "clear for take-off!"

Aug 29th Jonathan meets his lil sis for the first time at Dulles Airport!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why the name Jacqueline?

One question we hear a lot is how we chose the name Jacqueline. First let's pronounce it right. The middle 'que' is pronounced KWUH as in "JAK kwuh lin". Aaron doesn't "hear" the big difference between Jak-lin, Jak-uh-lin, and Jak-kwuh-lin, but those are 3 distinct names. Promise. If you aren't sure you are spelling it right, make sure you have an even 10 letters. That silent e in the middle que is easy to miss. Luckily saying Jackie is a no-brainer.

She is named after Mom who passed away from a typical cold turned pneumonia turned bizarre complications turned unfortunate medications/dosages turned respiratory distress she started the weekend she sat on a parent's advisory board forum for new parent the first week of my (Carrie's) sophomore year. Mom and I were very, very close and her passing devastated me then and still pains me at the oddest moments today ... when I smell Beautiful at the Estee Lauder counter, see figure skating on TV, or when I volunteer to bring cupcakes in for Jonathan's school just like she would have stayed up late bake.

One Krafty Family & a Pug

Friday, November 30, 2007

The Christmas tree is up!

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