But we still can't come home til Feb. 23 . . .

Didn't want to muddy the sentencia announcement with the not-so-great news that followed: we will need a document to apply for the girls' visas, and apparently only one ICBF official can sign it, and she is out of the country until next Thursday. So, even though the sentencia is great news, we will still be here until at least Tuesday, Feb. 23. We've decided to change Chris's ticket to next Saturday night if we can, and then get tickets for me and the girls for the following week once we know exactly when. Sigh. At least we have a clearer picture of how it will go, and we do have sentencia!!