Waiting 4 Baby Rock: November 2010

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Here Comes Santa Claus

Santa's coming! SANTA'S COMING!!

Why Santa, why? Why did my parents leave me with you? WWWHHHYYYY??!!

I'd like a Red Rider BB gun.... Scratch that...I'd rather have a Cheerio and my blankie!

(If you cannot name the three movies our post references, it's time to deck the halls, roast the chestnuts, and play reindeer games because, Baby, it's cold outside!)

Happy Holidays, everyone!

Searching for the perfect tree

The holidays are officially underway at the Rockweits! I located a radio station with Christmas music 24/7, and Todd survived another year of stringing lights outside. Next, of course, the quest for the perfect tree!

Gruzin led the search with his keen hunting instincts. Oh, that pile of blankets is Emmaxia!

It's heavier than it looks! (I only lasted about 20 feet before Todd had to take over.)

Whew--finding the perfect tree is exhausting...

but so worth it!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

The Wonderful Thing about TIggers

"Is Tiggers are wonderful things."

"Their tops are made out of rubber."

"Their bottoms are made out of springs."

"They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy/Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN! But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is" she's the cutest one!

-from "Tigger's Song"...let me know if you want the full citation...I'm not on the clock yet! : )

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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