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The Judge Signed!!!

Those were the happiest words we heard all week when our lawyer called on Wednesday.  That means we now have the opportunity to make contact with our daughter in her foster home!

Thursday night we made the trip to Asuncion and yesterday we spent six hours with Anahi!  We got to feed her, change her diaper, play with her and put her down for a nap.  We were supervised the entire time by a government social worker.  Thankfully, we had a great day and unbelievably she didn't cry even once!

Today and tomorrow we will spend the day with her again (unsupervised) and then we will wait for our interview with the judge on Tuesday, Aug 30.  If all goes well with our interview, we will be named legal guardians of Anahi and we will be able to bring our little girl home.  Then, we'll post all the pictures that we're dying to show you of our little princess.

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  1. danielAugust 20, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    Praise God, Norberto, Julie and Timmy! We are so happy for you and little Anahi. Can't wait to see pictures! Love, the Coughlins

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  2. The MillionsAugust 21, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    I am so excited for you guys! I know that you have been waiting a long time for this to happen. God is so good! Our first son is adopted and I can't imagine our lives without him. I tell him all the time that before the beginning of time that God knew he would be our son. We may be bringing home our little ones around the same time as I am pregnant with our third child and due in September. :)

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