Friday, October 31, 2008

Another Halloween....No Baby To Dress Up


Today Doug said, "Well this will be our last Halloween without little Rebekah." Oh gosh how many times have we said that??? How many Halloweens have been "our last one without Rebekah?" I just won't believe it until I have her in my arms and she's dressed up in a costume to go trick-or-treating. Happy Halloween to everyone and let's hope and pray that CCAA hurries up and matches us to our babies. I think we've all endured enough.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Marching Pandas Bandanas


Yesterday I received the two Marching Pandas bandannas that my friend, and fellow adoptive parent, Tonja made for us. She and another adoptive mom volunteered to make them for our DTC (Documents To China) Yahoo Group. They are so cute. When I took them out of the bag, it really hit me that our turn to get our daughter WILL be coming in a few months (of course we still don't have a clue when it will happen). Some people are saying early Spring but I'm betting we go in the summer when it will be 125 degrees in Guangzhou! Everything else has been hard about this adoption so why would it work out that we travel when the temperatures are cool??? Oh well....we WILL go whenever we get a match and we'll endure the temperatures no matter what.
Thanks to Tonja for the lovely bandannas!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, democracy is alive and well! After signing a petition, writing letters to Congressman Goode and Senator Webb, we FINALLY found out today that Immigration has changed the rules and will be letting us renew the I600A instead of having to fill out the dreadful I800A. The I800A would require a brand new homestudy, updated medicals AGAIN, background checks from EVERY place we have lived since we were 18 years old, and MOUNDS of paperwork! The process for the I600A is MUCH easier and smoother! When I got the news I just sat here and CRIED! Thank goodness something worked out! Now if China would only speed up and get us matched with our girls! Thanks to all my friends and family who signed the petition and prayed for us about this matter! Love you all!

Sunday, October 12, 2008

CCAA Referrals

Well, the CCAA has matched families logged in before February 15, 2006. We are LID April 5, 2006 so we continue to wait indefinitely. They have to finish Feb. and then March and THEN it will be our turn since we are in the first week of April 2006. On goes the wait..........

Sunday, October 05, 2008

30 MONTH LID-iversary

This SUCKS!