We have it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have a DNA match. Carol emailed us this morning with the results. 99.99%!!!!!! Which is the max result there is. We are REALLY excited. And the day before my birthday, too.

The next step in this process is Pre-Approval (PA). This comes from our government giving us permission to adopt this child and bring him home. Normally, this countdown would begin in just a few days, but the part of the US Embassy in Guatemala has closed the PA office (to anything coming in) until August the 27th which is the day we will begin our countdown to PA. It is a 60 day countdown at this time and day 60 will be October 25th. Based on timelines recently that 60 is more likely going to be a week longer than 60, but since closing to do some catch up work we could be pleasantly surprised. Lord Willing, I would really like the pleasant surprise to occur. Based on our timeline and an avg of everyone elses at this time we are looking at Clay being home in February 2008.

We are at the top of a steep journey to our child and we can see the end but it is still a long ways off. The plans for this wait: to enjoy each other, work on Clay's room, going to see him again in mid-September and go see parts of the country we haven't ever seen and for me to finish the latch hook rug I am working on and to get Clay's life book up to date. Oh yeah, I have also volunteered to act as activities director for our apartment complex.

Well, that is all I have for now and will update occasionally in this process to PA and home forever.