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It’s official! Maria is now part of our family! It has been a very busy week. On Monday, we checked out of our hotel pretty early, and drove over to the government buildings in La Mesa. There, we signed some Read more…

What a week it has been! We are excited to share our ups and downs. To catch you up on the last week, it feels like we have done so much and so little at the same time. Early Tuesday Read more…

We are having a great time bonding with our sweet Maria this week. Here is a snapshot of a day in the life! Her day starts with a huge smile and big hugs for Mama and Papa. Then we take Read more…

We got to meet Maria yesterday! It was a wonderful, exciting day, and she is the sweetest, loveliest little girl. We went to the family welfare office here in Bucaramanga (what a fun name to say. Don’t take my word Read more…

After an extended flight (with brief pit stop in Panama City, Panama for fuel while waiting for fog to lift at our destination airport), we made it to Bogotá yesterday morning! Though there’s only a two hour time change (we’re Read more…

Last Wednesday morning, we got to have a video chat session with Maria! We had a friend of Anna’s with us who was able to translate, and had the opportunity to ask a few questions we had. Despite varying signal Read more…

Our cascade of paperwork and approvals have gone through, and we have plane tickets to Colombia to go get our girl! We have been receiving tons of love and support to make sure we are ready to bring home Maria, Read more…

We received an email towards the end of October telling us we received approval from Colombia for our adoption! Our dossier had been approved. This is what we were waiting for. Wow, what an amazing blessing! From here, they estimated Read more…