No definite travel plans yet...
Thank you for all of the well wishes and support, everyone. We know many of you have been wondering about travel--as have we! We do not know our departure date yet and will, most likely, not know until the week prior to leaving. (Yea...so much for planning) We are hoping for a mid-May departure and will share our news as soon as we receive official word. Oh, and for those dog lovers out there worrying about Gruzin during our absence--thank you. We promise he'll be well cared for (aka spoiled) when we're in China; we've roped family into doggie/house sitting. : ) (Thank you, family!)
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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ReplyDeleteAmy D.
Gruzie I ♥ you! GRUZIE!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day,Tara! What a beautiful gift--Emmaxia gets cuter every day. And, what a perfect time to travel--you'll hardly have to plan for a sub at all. See? It all works out for the best. Don't be too quick to auction of suitcase room. You need to buy at least 18 small gifts from China for your daughter--one to give her each Adoption Day! I wish we had done that for Syl. Now I scramble online every year to order something authentically Guatemalan! Anyway, I'm so thrilled for you everytime I hear news about your baby :)
ReplyDeleteI bet you guys are so excited......Happy Mother's Day Tara.....and you will have a great Father's Day Todd! Can't wait to meet Emmaxia!
ReplyDeleteHello! We're also from Oshkosh and adopted with EAC. Zhou is awesome, and he will ensure you have a wonderful trip to your beautiful daughter. Congratulations.
ReplyDelete:)kristian