Meet our foster family...

Starting from the left...Blanca, who is a neighbor of our foster family. She speaks english and used to live in California- she's really helpful with the translating. Then Maria, the best foster mom ever! And her 16 year old daughter Ana who is so incredibly sweet. The only person missing from the picture is her son, Alberto. He works as an electrician and couldn't make it to our breakfast goodbye. Ana is in high school although she is now on vacation. Guatemala's schools run January through October.

We talked with Maria last night and Nathan is doing very well. He's growing along well. He was just at the doc's office yesterday and he said Nathan was in excellent condition. He is an absolute peanut but tracking along in the 5th-10th percentile just beautifully. Maria said he looks like he may start teething soon- just in time for our next trip! There are some days where I feel really optimistic about the progress we've made and other days where I wonder when it will ever be over. I recognize these emotions are part of this rollercoaster but I am so ready to get off....at least get me off this PGN ride... I did call PGN again a couple days ago and we are still with the 2nd reviewer, no previo's. I will call again in 10 days or so and get another update. The longer we go without a previo, the better chance we have of getting out the first time. If we don't get a previo in the next few weeks, we have a good chance of getting an approval around the first week of December (though I am completely prepared for a previo). I wish it wasn't so unpredictable, but hey, it's all part of PGN fun... :-)

Hope you all have a great weekend!