Waiting 4 Baby Rock: April 2009

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Happy Easter and Happy Spring!

We hope this posting finds you planning a wonderful Easter celebration or fondly remembering the day if you're reading this after Sunday. Whether you view the day as a religious celebration of a promise or a chance to relish spring's renewal and life, may you find time to reflect and to cherish the day with loved ones. For those with little ones waking to a basket of goodies and the excitement of an egg hunt, have a blast! By the way, how do you know when the kiddies have located all of the eggs? Does E.B. always hide the same number, and, if so, how do you know? Does the Easter Bunny have a blog with a link for new parents? We need to know...we'd hate to find a rogue egg rotting under the couch next July! (Yes, we are certain that we'll be hunting eggs by next Easter!) Quick update on that topic: We don't anticipate hearing word of a new referral batch until the end of April/beginning of May. For those sending out positive thoughts, however, hope for April 20th or so and for a group of at least five days (through 3-15-06)--that would be very good news for us!

Monday, April 6, 2009

News of LID 3-9 Referrals!

At least two countries are reporting referrals for families with a March 9th (2006) LID. We are encouraged by this, of course, but also realize that the news is confusing and inconsistent with common practice. CCAA (China Center for Adoption Affairs) doesn't typically divide a day, so many are wondering why only a handful of 3-9 LIDs were matched. Our source site suggests that either these families were actually 3-8 LIDs or more 3-9 LID referrals are on the way. Hope for the latter!

Sunday, April 5, 2009

As of April 4th, LIDs of March 7th and 8th (2006) received their referrals--very exciting! Baby Rock seems so close when we think of the calendar...just five weeks away... No, it's not quite that simple or hopeful, but five to eight months? Perhaps!

Greetings, Guests!

We will use this blog to share news as we move one step closer to Baby Rock each day.

For those who need a bit of background...
We decided to adopt a baby from China in September/October of 2005. After completing mountains of paperwork, background checks, fingerprinting, etc. (collectively called the dossier), we were officially on China's waiting list on April 14th, 2006. This moment of acceptance is called the log-in date (LID). This date is quite significant because families are matched with children according to LID. If you follow referral dates (the date a waiting child is matched with a waiting family), you will be able to see how close we are to being matched--at least in theory. When we started the process three and a half years ago, China was matching month for month, meaning one month of LIDs were taking one month to match. Now, unfortunately, one month of LIDs is taking about four months or more. So...we wait...we vent...we cry...we breathe...we hope...we believe.

*To our family and friends-
A huge hug and thank you for sharing our frustration and our joy as we practice patience and faith, knowing Baby Rock is just over the horizon.

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