Meredith and Papaw sitting on Meredith's Great Great Grandpa's tractor. Papaw why aren't we moving???
Aunt Becca took more pictures that I will post later.
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We just had a wonderful time with Meredith at the Engine and Tractor Show. She was so sweet and so much fun. I think she really enjoyed it. I know we all enjoyed being with her.
The civil registry held their promise our birth certificate was just picked up. So now on to the next step. What is the next step you ask???? Well as we speak they are submitting the birth certificate to be translated into English this should be ready to pick up tomorrow afternoon or Monday morning. Then they have to apply for Meredith's passport which could take 24-72 hours to return. Then it is on to the embassy to wait for PINK!!!! Keep in mind all those crazy days the embassy is closed in the next 2 weeks. So we could find out our appointment next week or the following week. I still feel like we won't travel till after Easter. But hoping for a awesome surprise. Oh Rebecca got her birth certificate too today, so Zachary is now officially a Steen. As it appears right now we will get to be in Guatemala together!!! COME ON PINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't believe that its been 2 years since my mom, my sister, and I traveled to Guatemala to bring home our precious little girl. We are celebrating Gotcha day this year with a trip to the Newport Aquarium. Meredith is very excited to see the fishy's and pingins (Penguins). Here are a few pictures from Easter weekend, I will post more from tomorrow's trip on Sunday. Meredith is coloring her first Easter Eggs. Meredith on Easter morning seeing what the Easter Bunny left her. How did all that fit in that bucket? The duck was not in there it was from a trip to Walmart with Mamaw and Papaw a couple weeks ago, it goes everywhere Meredith does. Here is Meredith at Mamaw's on Easter Sunday. You can see a little bit of baby Blake and CaCa in the background. This is the dress that Aunt Ib gave here she loves it.
That is the million dollar question. Our attorney is submitting our case to the civil registry on Monday or Tuesday. This is the agency that will update Meredith's birth certificate with Morris Seales or just Seales for her last name. In many Hispanic countries the baby is given the mother maiden name and the fathers last name. So we'll just have to wait and see when we received the paperwork. Right now it is taking 10 working days to get the new birth certificate. Then the attorney will apply for Meredith's passport and that usually takes a few hours, and Meredith will have one last doctor's appointment with an US embassy approved doctor. Once the Dr appt is over and the passport is picked up, everything must be translated back into English. The final adoption decree, passport, and Dr report are submitted to the US Embassy and right now they are taking 6 working days to set the appointment. So we are really looking at the last week in March as our pick up date. There i...
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