16 Months...

Today it has officailly been 16 months since our Dossier was officially logged in China. I wish I could say that our referral should be here soon, but it will be February of 2008 at the very earliest before we hear anything. I just hope we travel before the Olympics. I will wait as long as it takes to bring my daughter home. It is in God's hands, and I truly believe that we are "waiting" for the child that is meant for us. So, we wait.

AN ADOPTION TOP TEN LIST

Top 10 Reasons People Know They've Waited Too Long For an Adoption Referral

10. You've stopped telling people you're adopting from China because chances are the next time you run into them you'll still be waiting.

9. When someone tells you a far off date in the future as 12-18 months you think to yourself "Wow, that's coming up so soon!"

8. You know people who have had two kids in the time you've been waiting for a referral.

7. The last Olympics were happening when you started trying for a family and there's a good chance you'll be in China for the '08 Olympics there.

6. You know couples who have gotten engaged, married and had a baby all while you've been trying to adopt one child. And sadly ones that have been married and divorced since starting.

5. You try out all the baby stuff on the cats to "practice"--and you take pictures to post on your website because there's no other news to report. I thought they'd like the baby sling!

4. You automatically convert the time to Beijing time in your head and wonder what your child is doing now.

3. Your nursery bedding has been discontinued and is near impossible to find on Ebay.

2. You've had to dust cobwebs off the changing table and crib in the nursery.

1. You've gone on your last "only one child" or "childless" vacation.....5 times!!!

I got this from another blog by Courtney & Doug.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SO TRUE!! I JUST HAD TO POST IT ON MY BLOG.