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!
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6 comments:

  1. shaebaby1April 6, 2009 at 12:18 PM

    Tara and Todd-
    How exciting to see the referral dates getting so much closer to your LID! We are so excited just thinking about that little angel. Thanks for making this site so we can all stay up to date and know that while this wait is excrutiating for you, you are not alone in this. We love you!

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  2. AnonymousApril 6, 2009 at 12:19 PM

    this is a test

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  3. shaebaby1April 6, 2009 at 4:30 PM

    Goody goody gumdrops! I can't wait for Baby Rock! I'll be a big cousin! This is great Auntie Tara and Uncle Todd! I am so excited! Love, Rylee

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  4. shaebaby1April 6, 2009 at 4:36 PM

    Yea! Yea! I really want to be a new cousin! I can't wait for Baby Rock to get here!
    Love, Delaney

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  5. AnonymousApril 7, 2009 at 7:22 PM

    Hi there neighbor and 4-14-06 groupie! Great job on your site! You included everything you need.

    I see we are listed as Appleton - weird...

    We get more excited each week as our China girls are moving closer each day to a real home and family.

    Talk later!

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  6. AnonymousApril 8, 2009 at 11:18 PM

    Join Facebook! (Your afro nephew from Cloud)

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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.

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