Take a look at those cheeks now. This picture was taken 4 days after his surgery and he looks none the worse for the wear. Whew! It is hard enough to be so far away from him, but to know he was in pain, and not being able to hold and comfort him....well that tore me apart. The stress of the waiting got to me big time! The agency was telling me that they were pushing the lawyers to get the DNA testing done. You are not supposed to visit until the results are in and there is a match. The reasoning being that this is one more step where the birth mom can change her mind, and the last time she will see the baby. (They schedule the tests together and require a photo of the two together for the records)
This is where things began to slow down. We waited and waited, but no DNA was scheduled. The agency couldn't get information from the lawyers. As April came and went, all we knew is that this first step in the actual official adoption process was not initiated. We were still hopeful and hoping to bring him home this summer. Every adoption has snags and delays. What time we were losing now would be made up later. Not a problem. We just needed to keep the faith.
By the way, check out that head of curls on our boy! I guess they finally gave up on greasing it down to try and control it. I had never seen such curly hair on any of the Guatemalan children from the adoption websites. I just always assumed he would have stick straight hair. We are so delighted to see the curls! Between his enormous dark eyes and the curly hair, he is one gorgeous little guy. The funny thing, though, is that he looks so much like Ashley! She has the same dark eyes and square face, and they were born on the same day (11 years apart). She has started calling him her 'mini-me'. I think she already feels a special bond with him. Isn't God wonderful!
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