After our third kickout on 4/18, our lawyer decided to file our case in Family Court instead of putting us back into PGN. She felt PGN was playing games and causing unnecessary delays. It's not the usual process, so no one really knows for sure what's going to happen. I was told to figure about two months.
Our lawyer has been filing family court cases, based on the baby's age, every few days since the end of April. Our case was filed on my birthday, 5/3. I just found out that one of the cases she filed has already been approved. So, that could mean we'll see an approval in a few weeks, or it could mean nothing. We just don't know! We've gone from one arbitrary process to a different arbitrary process.
Our lawyer is also going on vacation next week so unless there's a huge surprise in the next few days, we won't hear anything else for a while.
On the medical side, we decided to go ahead with the circumcision, however the operation has still not been scheduled. Since it's not commonly done in Guatemala, I suppose they're looking for someone experienced. It will definitely not happen until after she returns from vacation.
On another note, we got an email from the foster mom on Bobby's first birthday last Friday. They were going to have a little celebration for him on Sunday. It was a huge surprise to get that email. We gave her our email address back in January but never heard anything. When we talked to her on the phone a few weeks ago, she apologized and said that email was too confusing for her. We told her not to worry about it.
So, that's the (lack of) news for now.
. Marvin Estuardo is born