CCAA Update

Referrals are here and they matched families up to November 21, 2005. So the CCAA has a little over 3 months of families to match before they get to us. It is currently taking 3-4 months to get through one month of families, so we probably have 9 more months to go. I have heard that there are a lot less families with LID's in the months of January and February so hopefully those will only take 2 months to get through.

We are now secretly hoping that we will travel in June so that the children will be able to go with us to China. They would love to go but cannot afford to miss so much school.

Congratulations to all the families who received their referral this week!

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.

Ok, So I Have an Official Shopping Disorder

This will soon be Sydney's closet, and it is already completely stuffed with clothes! I actually purchased most of the clothes pictures here well over a year ago. My dear hubby finally managed to put an end to my ongoing shopping spree and helped me see the reality of our situation. I guess I didn't have much of a defence against his arguments:

1. I have no idea if any of the clothes that I have been purchasing will even fit since she could be anywhere from 7 months to 2 years old. TRUE

2. I have no idea which month and season we will finally bring her home. TRUE

3. There will still be a ton of cute baby clothes available when we get our referral. TRUE

So, I guess I will just have to wait until closer to referral to do anymore damage.

We are about to have our house remodeled, so I had to box up all of Sydney's clothes. Elizabeth will be temporarily moving down to the baby's room during our remodel.

After I filled FOUR large boxes with baby clothes, I had to finally admit that it was a bit ridiculous. Then I had to add in the fact that we are probably at least 9 months away from a referral! Ahhh.

No more shopping for me for a while. :( Once our house is finished (hopefully 3-4 months) I get to start on the nursery. Yeah! Finally more baby shopping!

Happy Mother's Day!

Well, another Mother's Day has come and gone without my little one here to hold. I pray that I will have her here with me on this special day next year.

I said a special prayer today for Sydney and her biological family. My heart aches for what they must be going through.

My heart goes out to all of the other waiting families who also did not have their little ones home on this Mother's Day.

My New Blog!!

I absolutely love my new Blog! I decided to "start over" on this blog, but I will re-post all the previous posts to this blog. In the meantime, you can click on the link below: http://www.simplysydney.blogspot.com/ and it will direct you to my previous blog.

I have to thank Heather from Headmeister Blog Design for all of her hard work.