Saturday, November 25, 2006

Cute Little Chelsea!


I love this picture of our kitty, Chelsea, that Doug took! Look at her mouth! She was "talking" to Doug and he actually got a shot of her with her mouth open. Can you tell that we love our cats? hahahahahahahahaha Goodness knows when we get our baby, we'll probably take THOUSANDS of photos a day! Enjoy!

Friday, November 24, 2006

Doug and Tabby Chillin'


I couldn't resist taking this picture of Doug and our cat, Tabitha (Tabby), watching tv together. Can you tell that Tabby is a "Daddy's girl?"

Sock Monkey Ornament


Doug and I were down in Greensboro, NC last weekend and visited a museum where they had these little sock monkey ornaments. I bought one to hang on our tree this year since we don't have our "little monkey" yet. One day I'll be able to tell Rebekah that we got it the Christmas before we got her. Isn't it the funniest looking thing?Hahahahahahahahahaha

November Secret Pal Goodies Arrive!


Our dear secret pals with the March DTC Group sent us our November goodies. The theme for this month was "travel essentials" and included things that we could use when we FINALLY get to travel to China to get Rebekah. It was so much fun opening the box! They sent us a beautiful totebag with children on it (very colorful), a diaper ducky with bags for dirty diapers, disposable washcloths,disposable bibs, a thermos (for mixing formula and carrying it around China), a formula powder storage bowl, a Tide-To-Go Pen (which I LOVE!), and a pretty card. They are such awesome goodies and made it seem more REAL that one day we will be actually going to China and getting our baby girl!

Friday, November 03, 2006

CCAA Update


Well for those of you who are always asking us, "When are you going to get to actually GET your baby?" you need to know that all of that depends on the speed at which the CCAA (China Center of Adoption Affairs) processes the dossiers and issues the referrals. This morning we woke up and checked the site to find that they have now reviewed dossiers (the mountains of paperwork that families submit in order to adopt)through January 31, 2006. Remember that our Log In Date was April 5, 2006. I've heard that they always have two months worth of dossiers in the review room at a time so I'm guessing that they have February and March in there now. Hopefully they will review ours next. Yesterday a lot of people online were getting referrals and it has been wonderful to read their exciting news and to dream about the day when it will be our turn! Usually once you get your referral with the baby's pictures and information, you then have to accept the referral, and then you travel 6-8 weeks later. The CCAA has issued referrals for those dossiers with LID up to August 25, 2005. We're hoping and praying that they speed up and hopefully we will get to travel maybe in the summer???????? Keep praying for us and we'll hang in there. Love to you all!

Thursday, November 02, 2006

How To Leave Comments Here

A lot of people have sent me emails wanting to know how to post messages on our blog. It's simple. Click on the "comment" at the bottom of each post. You will go to a screen to leave the message. If you are not a blogger, just choose the anonymous option, type your message, type the secret code you are prompted to type and the message will be left for me. If you do this anonymously, please remember to type your name in the message so I will know WHO it is from! Have fun! Susan