[lou0728]

I'm not kidding. This part is harder for me that ANY other stage of this adoption. Knowing Essie is LEGALLY our daughter and not being able to go get her literally kills me some days. With Anne Pearce I was down there waiting it out 2 weeks after we got out of PGN. I didn't really have to wait..... I had to wait to come home, but that was different. I realized last night that I have been WAITING on SOMETHING for 2 years with these adoptions; PA PGN ORANGE FC PASSPORT BC CNA RENAP PINK.... PICTURES UPDATES LACK OF NEWS... always waiting. All that waiting times 2! Once for each daughter.....I will be so happy when all 4 of my children are finally under the same roof, and I can stop waiting. I can just relax in the moment and know that all is well.....

[TeeTee]

Lou I was that exact same way! As soon as our DD was legally ours I could not wait one second longer to go get her! I bugged my poor agency for info on a daily basis about 2nd DNA etc...I am happy you are close!! Hang in there.

[purejoy]

I said I wasn't going to be one of "those people" who couldn't just bask in the peace and happiness of being out of PGN. I said I would ride out the joy through the very end. I said the wait for pink would be blissful -- I'd pack and prepare and wait with integrity.

Boy, was I wrong!

I have been bonkers this whole week. I predicted that we would have pink yesterday and am kicking myself for it now. I can't wait for the process to be done so I can go back to ENJOYING the weekends, rather than wishing them away so we can get back to news-bearing weekdays!!

[DPline]

I really think it is universal! My kids have been home 3.5 years and I have gotten over all the other waiting (3 months for DNA, 100 days and 95 days in PGN, etc.) but when I read your post, the whole wait after PGN came rushing back at me. That wait from PGN exit to Pink is just horrible!

With my daughter, I traveled before Pink (this was before the days of appointments) because I couldn't stand it any more. With my son, we paid an absolutely obscene amount of money to travel on less than 24 hours notice just for the sake of getting down there once we had Pink.

May she be in your arms very, very soon!

[Guatemom]

HA!!!!! NO WAY!!!! I don't think it ever really gets 'better' as far as the wait. Whether you adopt once or whatever, NO.
I thought the next time around (with Cristian) I'd have it "all under control"...yeah right!
Actually I think it was worse at times b/c I DID have an idea of at least what to expect~whereas with Connor, i didn't even find this site until 1/2 way thru his process; so I had no one to compare notes with...completely & totally naive to the whole adoption process. So sometimes just the knowing intensifies the wait, I think!
I'm sure I'll be that way again in future adoptions. I'll say I won't be, but you watch, lol...

[robandjulie]

I'm still in denial of the crazy yet to come. Those 5 weeks waiting for the final signature reduced me to a complete wreck. We got the signature almost 2 weeks ago and so now...? Nothing can hurt me. Yes, he's legally our son and it's frustrating to not have him here...but for the first time in this process I really believe he's my son and will be home. And after 9.5 months of wondering if he would be coming home at all, a few weeks or months of waiting for him to come home feels like a breath of fresh air.

All that said--once we hit 3-4 weeks in Mixco and the home stretch with colors...I'm sure I'll go bonkers.

[HopeandaPrayer]

I have to say that after over 8 months in PGN I am just happy to be OUT of that H_ll Hole! Yes, I am anxious to get our BC and with our luck that will take weeks (Chinautla-the next Mixco) but I can honestly say my stress level has gone way down. I know now that the adoption has been approved and that alone is keeping me happy for now. Being in PGN for SO long was absolutely horrible and I would never wish that experience on anyone.

Terri

[ana-mom]

I know what you mean - we have been waiting for 1 girl or the other since July of 2006. As much as I love my baby girls, I'm actually relieved we won't be doing this again.

I figure just 2-3 more weeks and we'll be all done.

[shoegirl06]

I feel for you girlfriend... With Lib's adoption - I didn't have anyone else's timeline to compare with except the 2 others from our agency who we were in process with around the same time. With Derek's, there were SO many changes (ORANGE, CNA,etc)!! Our caseworker called when he was out of PGN, had the new BC AND was being submitted for ORANGE, so she spared me the agony (she had been on vacation). The wait for PINK was enough to send me over the edge, though!!

Essie will be home SOON and in your arms FOREVER!

[kzwief]

Well, I for one can't WAIT to wait for Orange and Pink. 7+ long months in PGN...the next wait can't be that long. I'm probably think differently when I am there though.

[hbrown22]

You are so right. The hardest wait for me was my wait for pink. Seriously, you'd think after PGN I'd be all relaxed and excited but no. It was so much worse! I think because it is just sooooooo close.

[DeeVee]

Oh my goodness, yes! It is getting more and more difficult to wait now that the end is in sight! I think for me it is not knowing when I will be travelling.... I have to line up childcare for my three kiddos at home (I have three friends on standby), and if our USE appointment turns out to be the first week of Sept, I will miss DS's first day of kindergarten (9/2). I am hoping and praying my appt. is the last week of August and I that I get home before Sept. 2. But the not knowing... I am stalking my e-mail like a madwoman

[Betelnut]

I personally found the PGN wait the worse. Since my case was in there for months and months, the wait was awful. Once we got out of the PGN, I relaxed. It was almost over.

[TXTennis]

From PGN to pink was the hardest wait for me and it was really only a matters of weeks at that time. For us we were waiting to see if we would get our DD home for Christmas.....

[isabella123]

we started this adoption 2 years ago & after waiting 8 weeks for our BC...I'm at my wits end!!! I have not been this stressed since we started. I always got agrivated when I saw people post that they were having a hard time waiting for pink, but now I understand. This is unreal! Believe me, a TON of weight was lifted when we got out of pgn, but this is a different kind of impatience...if that makes since?

I can't wait for all of our children to be safe in their homes!!! Best wishes!!!