Saturday, September 29, 2007

It's been 12!

It has been 12 months that our paperwork has been logged in China. I tried not to think (obsess) about it too much.

My feelings were of mixed emotions. Glad to get through a big milestone but then WHY does it have to be this long?

To be the eternal optimist (which is always challenged) I went to the closet with gifts from friends & family for our China girl. It is packed! see below!
She is blessed and probably not even born yet - this chick has more "stuff" than most children--- her brothers were not so well gifted this early:) Yeah, that's the way it should be for our Asian princess anyway.


I have put together a little rhyme for this occasion.SUNG to 12 days of Christmas.



On the 1st month of LID china girl rec'd...
One lady bug toy.

On the 2nd month of LID china girl rec'd...
Two china dolls and

On the 3rd month of LID china girl rec'd...
Three pairs of boots and

On the 4th month of LID china girl rec'd...
Four special blankets and

On the 5th month of LID china girl rec'd...
Five rubber duckies and

On the 6th month of LID china girl rec'd...
Six golden treasures and

On the 7th month of LID china girl rec'd...
Seven dress shoes and

On the 8th month of LID china girl rec'd...
Eight cute dresses and

On the 9th month of LID china girl rec'd...
Ninth special books and

On the 10th month of LID china girl rec'd...
Ten quilt squares and

On the 11th month of LID china girl rec'd...
Eleven lucky dragon flies and

On the 12th month of LID china girl rec'd...
Twelve little socks and

* ok.. they didn't all actually come in that month but you get the idea- she is loaded! Now all we need is HER!

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Outta there!

AUGUST is Outta there! Congrats folks! That was fast- good signs? Anyone see a dragon fly?

September LID is next.
Please no phone calls....


The CCAA has finished
the review of the
adoption application
documents registered
with our office before
August 31, 2006.
The CCAA has finished
the placement of children
for the families whose
adoption application
documents were
registered with our
office before
November 25, 2005.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Fundraiser

This past weekend we were a part of a fundraiser. Called: An Afternoon at the Museum: a Kid's view.

The kids from 5 families worked on some type of research through the summer to exhibit. There was a cafe, silent auction and art work on display. We were even lucky enough to have a firetruck visit for an hour.
The kids did the planning through a series of meeting over the summer. The kids range in age from 10-5yrs. The kids donated the money raised to Habitat for Humanity and Love without Boundaires. They raised $300. We are so porud of them. It was a long day too.



This is Brett with his Hockey display.



This is Garrett with his animal facts and tree frog display.



Here is the display for the donations.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Dang Nebit!


This is probably the nicest way I can state how upset we are that the latest news is that there were only 4 days LID referrals.
To explain for those not in this twisted mess what just happened is that the Chinese government agency took the whole month of Aug. to move 4 days of LID paperwork. The last 3 referral trends were 7 days. Now it is lower.
When we signed on there was about 3 weeks of referral dates for each calendar month. It has been getting progressively slower- which means - the wait for us is LONGER.
Current predictions for the BEST case scenario from NOW is 2 years for us to recieve a referal. Why this is happening is not clear- not easy to give ONE reason.
We need a miracle that this is not the trend.