Made it through review....

Today China posted on their website that May 2006 dossiers have made it into the matching room! One step closer to baby Sloan!! I made it through review...thank goodness for some progress!!

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July!! This is how Molly spent most of the evening...fireworks are not her favorite! ;)

Another LID anniversary(one day late)!

First Birthday!!

Today is my May 16th LID's first birthday!! Please join me in having cake!!! Hopefully it won't celebrate a 2nd!!

Macy Jean Update

Cousin Brian and the sweetest co-pilot Macy Jean



Today Mighty Macy was at St. Jude's for her 6 month follow up. The scans show she is still cancer free! Praise God!


Oh, and Happy Birthday to my Big Brother Darin....39 years old today!! Yikes...that's crazy!! It seems like just yesterday you were tormenting me...your sweet little sis;-)!!

43 years of wedded bliss...

I want to wish my Mom and Dad a Happy 43rd Wedding Anniversary today!!

New Wishes

I received 2 new Good Wishes for Sloan's quilt.
The one above is from my Aunt Mary and Uncle Dwight...I love the fabric!

The one below is from my cousin Stephanie and her son Cason. They really made it special!!

Agency report

Here is part of an email I received from my agency..nothing new, but thought I would share:

I’m writing to thank you for your support through prayer and fasting on behalf of orphans waiting to be adopted. I was able to meet with officials from the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) to discuss a number of the issues that have arisen with the China Program over the last year or so.


The issue that I sought the most clarity on was the increased wait-time that families are experiencing. The CCAA is, in many ways, experiencing problems due to their own success. China has been a reliable and stable adoption option for inter-country adoption for over ten years – and with other countries causing problems (Russia and Guatemala are two big sending countries that have had problems recently) the number of dossiers being sent to the CCAA is far more than ever before. The CCAA gets thousands of dossiers a month, from all over the world, and countries that have never worked with China in the past are lining up to work there.


The CCAA staff believes that the new restrictions (going into effect on May 1st) will restrict the number of dossiers being sent to their office—and will eventually allow for the wait-time to decrease. Unfortunately, we don’t yet know when this will start to be evident for our waiting families. The CCAA staff will also be coordinating new ways to help special needs and older children find homes. This summer will be the beginning of a focus on new projects the CCAA will be undertaking to help ensure more of China’s orphans can find families.


My prayer is the children who could be adopted in China—but aren’t yet registered with the CCAA—would be registered quickly. There are still a number of orphanages that have never sent children to the CCAA and these are the orphanages and children who need our prayer the most.

This and That

To those not in the adoption community...the wait continues to lengthen. It looks like May's referral cut off was November 1st, 2005. That puts me with a possible referral in late 2008. Sigh...not much I can do...just stay busy and have a lot of things to look forward to!!

Eleven

Well...eleven months have now passed!! Since around month 7...the estimated number of months until my referral has increased to the number of months that have passed. I hope this stops soon! Anyway...last night I returned from a long weekend in NYC with a couple of friends. I made it out just before the monsoon! It was nice to have a diversion from the wait!!


P.S. Thanks Joannah!!

Happy Easter !!

Ten Months

I really can not believe I've been waiting 10 months since my paperwork was logged in China! Time really passes quickly. Currently the wait is 17 months for a referral but I wouldn't be surprised if it went up to 24...que sera, sera.

On another note..I leave for a little vacation tomorrow!! I'll be skiing in Tahoe for a few days...pray I return in one piece!;-)

Lady Bug Sighting!!

Look what came in the mail today...who could it be from?? Thank you so much for the treat, I needed it!

Gung Hay Fat Choy

Happy Chinese New Year to all!! Year of the PIG!!

Nine Months

Well it's been nine months since my log in date. Thank goodness I don't look like the above picture!! Eeekk!! That can't be real, seriously, can it?!?!

Macy Jean Update

Mighty Macy was at St. Jude last week for her 3 month check up.....she was given a clean bill of health!! Great news for Macy and her family! They will remove her Hickman line this week, no more chemo for now and hopefully forever!!

Ahh..a vacation!

Well I managed to plan a vacation to have something to look forward to during this long wait. Click here to see where I'm going in March!

Coffee "forbidden" in the Forbidden City

Starbuck's may get the boot.

Sunday Funny

The Wait

Well, the first 8 months of waiting really went by quickly. When I started the process this is the time I was expected to receive a referral for baby Sloan. Now it would be a miracle if I was half way to a referral. For some reason this month I feel I have hit the wall??? brick wall??

I guess the holiday hustle and bustle took my mind off the wait. I guess I need something to look forward to!! Time to plan a vacation!

Eight months...

It is that time again. I have now been waiting 8 months. I hope I am at the halfway point! Hey, a girl can dream!

Sunday Funny...