REFERRALS

WELL REFERRALS CAME OUT LAST WEEK. THIS TIME THEY COVERED 7/14/05-7/22/05. ONLY 9 DAYS! SO INSTEAD OF GOING FORWARD THEY ARE GOING BACKWARDS. THERE ARE NOW 236 DAYS OF REFERRALS BEFORE OURS! :-( AT THIS RATE WE WILL NEVER SEE JADEN! OR MAYBE BY SOME "MIRACLE" WE WILL GET OUR REFERRAL SOONER THEN WE THINK?!? :-) LETS KEEP OUR FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED!

I AM SUCH A SLACKER!

OK I HAVE REALLY BEEN SLACKING WHEN IT COMES TO POSTING MY SECRET PAL GIFT! ACTUALLY I HAVE TRIED MANY TIMES BUT BLOGGER WILL JUST NOT LET ME POST PICTURES. SO I FINALLY GOT THEM POSTED. MY SECRET PAL WAS SO GREAT TO ME LAST MONTH AND THIS MONTH! LAST MONTH I GOT THREE BLANKETS, HAIR BARRETTS, A CUTE BIB AND THE MOST ADORABLE WOODEN MUSIC BOX WITH LADYBUGS(LADYBUGS ARE A SIGN OF GOODLUCK IN THE ADOPTION COMMUNITY). I HAVE PLAYED THE MUSIC BOX MANY TIMES ALREADY! THEN THIS MONTH THE GIFT WAS FOR MOM AND THAT IS ME. SHE SENT ME LOTION WHICH SMELLS GREAT AND A CUTE LADYBUG PIN. MY SECRET PAL IS THE BEST! AND I PROMISE NEXT MONTH I WILL POST RIGHT AWAY!

16 MORE MONTHS!?!?!?!?!

I SURE HOPE NOT! THE LATEST REFERRALS ARE HERE. THEY COVER 6/29/05-7/13/05. THIS IS 15 DAYS. OF COURSE WE COULD LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, IT WAS 15 DAYS AND NOT 13 LIKE LAST MONTH. WHAT ARE THEY DOING ADDING 2 DAYS MORE EACH MONTH? HOPEFULLY THE REASON IT WAS SO SMALL THIS TIME IS BECAUSE THE CCAA JUST MOVED INTO THEIR NICE NEW BUILDING SO THEY HAD TO MOVE AND COULDN'T WORK ON THE REFERRALS? WHO KNOWS. SO WHERE DID I COME UP WITH THE 16 MONTH FIGURE. WELL THERE ARE 245 DAYS BETWEEN THE LAST DATE OF REFERRALS FOR THIS BATCH AND MY REFERRAL DATE OF 3/15/2006. I TOOK 245 DIVIDED BY 15(THE # 0F DAYS IN THIS BATCH) AND GOT 16.33 MONTHS UNTIL MY REFERRAL! I DON'T THINK IT WILL HAPPEN THIS WAY, THEY HAVE TO SPEED UP OR SO MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO JUMP SHIP! I GUESS THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WILL TELL. I MYSELF STILL FEEL LIKE WE WILL GET JADEN'S PHOTO IN MARCH AND TRAVEL TO CHINA THE FIRST PART OF MAY. PLEASE LET ME BE RIGHT. ALL OF HER CLOTHES ARE GOING TO ROT BEFORE SHE CAN WEAR THEM! COME ON CHINA GET BUSY!!! GET THOSE BABIES OUT OF THE ORPHANAGES AND TO THEIR FOREVER FAMILIES!

BABY'S GOT SOME NEW PAIRS OF SHOES!

OK CHECK OUT JADEN'S NEW SHOES! AREN'T THEY CUTE? THEY ARE ROBEEZ AND EVERY BABY THAT IS ANY BABY HAS TO HAVE A PAIR OF ROBEEZ! I LOVE THE LADYBUGS. OF COURSE RUSTY THINKS I AM CRAZY FOR BUYING THEM FOR A BABY WHEN THEY COST AS MUCH OR MORE THEN OUR SHOES BUT HEY THE KID HAS TO BE IN STYLE. BESIDES I AM SURE WHEN HE WAS A KID HE HAD TO HAVE CONVERSE HIGHTOPS WHEN THEY CAME OUT JUST LIKE I DID!

TIM AND FAITH

WELL I PASSED SOME OF MY TIME BY GOING TO THE TIM MCGRAW AND FAITH HILL CONCERT THIS WEEK WITH FRIENDS. IT WAS GREAT! OF COURSE EVEN WHILE I WAS THERE I WAS THINKING ABOUT JADEN. WHAT BABY DOESNT HAVE A TIM MCGRAW TEDDY BEAR?