The judge ruled today!! Yeah!! We found out late today...it was kind of crazy because we got an email from our lawyer but her English is not the best so the email was kind of confusing. After 3 or 4 emails back and forth from her and our contact in St Paul we found out that we indeed get a decision today. The next steps are that first we have a 3 day waiting period. So on Tuesday May 17th we are being picked up at 6:45 AM to get Danni's Ecuadorian passport, id card and a physical. This will take the entire day. So we are glad Michelle is here as she can stay home with Emma while we do all this with Danni. After that it takes about 4 days to get the adoption certificate to get to the US Consulate which is in Guayaquil - an hour flight from here. Our attorney is estimating that we will get an appointment at the US Consulate on Monday May 23rd and all be able to fly home on Wednesday May 25th. It is a tight schedule so again we need all your thoughts and prayers to make this work out!!!
We had a fun day visiting a museum in Old Town Quito. We have walked past this place at least 3 times and never realized it was a museum. It is an old hospital that was closed and then restored as a museum. It had a lot of history of Quito including an old wing of the hospital where they kept patients in isolation. It was one big room and then there was 5 ft by 5 ft dugouts into the wall where a bed was and each patient was housed. It was very interesting. There was also a music area where you could listen to all different type's of Ecuadorian music and actually play some instruments. Danni loved putting the head phones on and then he would dance! He didn't like the instruments - Emma was being quite loud on them and he didn't like the noise.
I have told you that Danni LOVES to play with the computer and the iPod. We wont let him have it unless he asks for it in English...so he best words are "game please"!! Tonight he was playing with the iPod in his bed and I went to give him a shower. He shut the game off, looked at me, and then turned back and put the iPod under his pillow!!!! What a stinker!! He had the biggest smile on his face! I left it but had Emma pull it out so I can't wait until he is looking for it and he realizes it is gone!
Not sure what we are doing tomorrow. We have so much that we still want to do before May 25th and now we feel pressured to get it all in!! Next week we are going back to Papallacta - Michelle has to experience that place for sure!! Chow! Mari
