Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Gruzin's new style

He's just special; we've always known it. He knows when we need a walk or when we need a "lean." He knows when a young one is a little nervous and needs a little space; he knows when a young one is fearless and ready to play. He even waits out the storm with patience when a little, furry ball of energy is hanging off his tail! Todd decided Gruzin was just too wonderful to keep to ourselves and spent spring in various training and testing sessions with him. Those of you who know Gruzin will not be surprised to learn that he passed immediately and has been sharing his wisdom, energy and that Golden Retriever "lean" with others ever since. His hospital "'jacket" arrived last week, making it official. He's too modest to show off to all of you, so we're doing it for him!
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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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