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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

!!!!! O U T !!!!!

I can not believe I am writing this...............

WE ARE APPROVED AND OUT OF PGN!!!!!!!!

Thank you God!!!!!! Thank you to everyone for all your prayers and support!!! Thank you to our attorney for submitting a clean file that was approved on the first attempt!!!!

We are still in shock!!!!! We just came home from printing our new pictures of Olivia at Kinkos and having dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant (we do the same routine every time we get new pictures). I went to check my e-mail and the very first one was from my coordinator and the subject line read "You are approved!!! It took a few minutes to realize what this meant but when we did there wasn't a dry eye in the room, even the dogs were misting up. My heart is still pounding!!! I just keep reading the e-mail over and over and over and looking at the attached approval with Sr. Barrios signature.

Olivia is officially our daughter and tomorrow my coordinator will call me and fill me in on what happens next and how long it will take until we can travel. Right now we are relishing in the fact that she is our daughter and she is coming home!!!!! Our sweet baby girl is coming home!!!!!!!

Please continue to pray pray for an uneventful and speedy homecoming for Olivia, Amanda and Bella, Roseann and Brody and all of the other families who have exited PGN and are waiting to bring their children home. Please continue to pray for all of the families who are still in process. Shannon and Analise, Bekah and Eloisa, Whitney and Ellie, Bethany and Caroline, Amy and Samantha, Courtney and Elijah, Becky and Tabitha, Courtney and Stella , Carry and Brady, Kristi and Sydney, just to name a few.

The power of prayer is incredible!!!

21 comments:

Shannon said...

OH MY GOSH!!!! I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU RIGHT NOW!!!!!

You what happens now!!! It's time for our out!! We always get our stuff right after you!!!

Oh, Sharon, I am over the moon for you!!! No KO's!!! That is the way it is supposed to be!!!! PRaise God!!

Gail said...

Praise God!! I am so happy for you!! You should have Olivia home by Christmas!!
Gail

Bekah said...

Praise the Lord! What amazing joy and I am sure the relief is totally overwhelming! She is precious and she will be home with you soon! Congratulations!

Melissa said...

Halleujah! Another baby is coming home! Thank you God for answering our prayers!

Jodie said...

congratulations!!! that is wonderful!! here's to a speedy pink!

Karen D. said...

Praise God!!!!!! Now, if Andrea would just get Pink!!!

We need to do dinner again! That was a blast!!

Love ya!
Karen and Abbie

Madelyn's Mommy said...

I am so happy for you!!!!!!!!!! I cried when I read your post! Olivia will be home for the Holidays! I will call you tonight I have to tell you congrats atleast over the phone if not in person! Thank you God for being so wonderful!

Andrea

JuJu - said...

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I am sooooooooooooooooo happy for you!!!!

I am giving you a big ole shout out on MY BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love and HUgs!

Julia:)

Alleen said...

wooooooooohoooooooooooo!!! I can't believe I missed this yesterday!!!

AWESOME, AWESOME news!!!!

Ruthanne said...

WOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! That is GREAT news!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!! Hope Pink is super speedy!!!!!!

Crystal said...

SHARON!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN STALKING YOUR BLOG BUT I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!! OOOH SHARON I HAVE TEARS OF JOY RIGHT NOW FOR YOU TEARS OF JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SOOO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XOXOXOXO SOOO SOOOO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jenn said...

WooHoooo!! That is so exciting! I am so happy for you guys!! Congratulations!

nikki said...

Yippppeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Olivia Grace is coming home!!!!!!
Now you can have your own LIVapalooza!!!!!!!!!!!!

jajbs said...

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so happy for you. Thanks for the shout out for prayers for us! God IS good and He does answer prayer!!!


amanda

Courtney said...

Hooray !!!! This is so exciting. I am so happy for you. Thanks for the prayers and mention of us in your blog. We appreciate it. I can not wait to hear more details. Congrats!
Courtney

Whitney said...

Whoooohoooo! Praise the Lord! So happy for you all!!

Unknown said...

Congratulations!!! That is so great, I hope you get a quick PINK! Olivia's new pix are adorable. She will probably be close to the age Ava was coming home, it is a great age! So far every age has been, enjoy every second!

Anonymous said...

GOD IS SOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!!PRAISING GOD FOR YOUR BABY GIRL!!!!!!Believing that sweet Olivia will be home soon!

Natalie said...

Sorry I'm so late, but CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!! I am SO excited for you guys!

Tracy said...

Sharon & Bill,

Congratulations! We are so lucky that we had such a great agency working on our behalf. Be prepared for the post-PGN wait...I thought it was more excruciating than the PGN wait.

Hopefully Olivia will be home for Thanksgiving. Your family will have lots to be thankful for this year. She will definitely be home for Christmas and her first birthday.

If you have any questions about your upcoming trip or gifts for the foster family, feel free to give us a call or email.

Sarah said...

Congratulations on your OUT!! I hope you will be seeing PINK very soon and your beautiful Olivia will be in your arms forever very soon!!

Sarah and Sophie~Bug

Olivia Talking

Thank you Shannon for the great idea of filming the DVD while it plays!! This will have to do until I get the proper program. The quality is not very good doing it this way but it's better than nothing.