Saturday, March 27, 2010

Still waiting...and planning and waiting and planning...

We owe you an apology. We suggested you stalk us; we said we'd post often; then, we give you nothing for nearly two weeks! We are here. We are here. WE ARE HERE! (Had to throw in a little "Horton Hears a Who") We have not heard even a whisper of a rumor, but that happened last month too--nothing and then, without warning, we hear referrals are in the mail! We are hoping to hear by the end of next week although our agency is suggesting the week after. (Our prediction is Friday, April 2nd--Tara's dad's birthday. How cool would that be?!) We are so close now. Actually, it doesn't seem real. We've been waiting for so long, not knowing how much longer and constantly being disappointed by the reality of the wait. We may just have to wait to see Baby Rock's face before we believe this is finally happening. Wow--we are going to see our baby's face in the very near future...okay, maybe it's sinking in a little bit now. Thanks for your continued support and the heal clicking! We will post again soon...promise. : )
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  1. shaebaby1March 28, 2010 at 4:39 PM

    Sorry you haven't heard anything yet. The wait must be agonizing knowing she's so close now. We will be watching closely for your post over the next week. While it would be cool to have the referral arrive on Dad's birthday, sooner would be even better!! Either way, it'll be the perfect when it happens, right? Have a wonderful week!

    Love, Kevin, RJ, Rylee and Delaney

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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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