WE ARE FINALLY ON THE MOVE!

WELL WE ARE NOT MOVING FAST BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE HAD SOME MOVEMENT IN THE ADOPTION. THE CCAA FINALLY UPDATED THEIR SITE THAT THEY HAVE REVIEWED ALL DOSSIERS THAT WERE LOGGED IN BEFORE 3/22/2006! OUR LOG IN DATE IS 3/15/2006 SO THAT MEANS WE ARE THROUGH. AND WE WERE NOT ASKED ANY QUESTIONS. WE WERE SO WORRIED BECAUSE ALOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKED QUESTIONS WHILE IN REVIEW DO NOT GET THE REFERRAL WITH THE LID GROUP, IT MAY BE A MONTH OR MORE AFTER THERE LID GROUP GETS THROUGH BEFORE THEY GET IT! AND A FEW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN IN REVIEW. BUT WE ARE THROUGH!!! SO WHERE TO WE GO FROM THE REVIEW ROOM? WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE MATCHING ROOM BUT I HAVE A FEELING THERE IS THIS REALLY LONG HALL THAT THE DOSSIERS WAIT IN BEFORE THEY GET TO MATCHING.(AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I HAVE PICTURED IN MY MIND)
CCAA HAS ISSUED REFERRALS NOW FOR ALL PEOPLE THAT WERE LOGGED IN BY 10/13/2005. SO THERE ARE 5 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS OF LIDS BEFORE US OR 153 DAYS BUT HEY WHO IS COUNTING? :-) I HAVE STOPPED TRYING TO GUESS WHEN WE WILL GET OUR REFERRAL. SOME PEOPLE SAY BY DECEMBER. AT THIS POINT I AM OK WITH THAT. I JUST WANT HER PICTURE IN THE YEAR 2007! THEY SAY THAT OCTOBER IS A BIG MONTH AND NOVEMBER IS HUGE, BUT THAT DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY ARE SMALL. MARCH IS BIG AT THE END BUT WE ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. SO MAYBE THE NEXT TWO MONTHS WILL TAKE A WHILE AND THEN THE REST WILL FLY BY? WHO KNOWS, I HAVE STOPPED THINKING THERE WILL BE A SPEED UP.
BUT AT LEAST WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.
ITS WEIRD TO THINK THAT MAYBE RIGHT NOW JADEN'S DOSSIER IS BEING COLLECTED AND HER FINDING AD BEING PLACED IN THE PAPER IN CHINA TO SEE IF HER BIO PARENTS WANT TO RECLAIM HER. AND THEN HER DOSSIER WILL BE MATCHED WITH OUR DOSSIER, THEY WILL LOOK AT OUR PASSPORT PHOTOS AND FIND THE PERFECT LITTLE REDHEADED, BLUE EYED CHINESE BABY! (OF COURSE IF THAT IS THE CASE WE WILL NEVER GET OUR REFERRAL, SO I GUESS SHE CAN LOOK LIKE HER DADDY!) :-)

A LONG AWAITED UPDATE

OK I KNOW IT HAS BEEN ALONG TIME! ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO BE EXACT. SORRY! AS MOST OF YOU KNOW WE HAD DECIDED TO ACCEPT A REFERRAL FOR A LITTLE GIRL FROM ANOTHER AGENCIES WAITING CHILD LIST. WE WERE SO EXCITED AS WAS EVERYONE IN OUR FAMILY. TO MAKE A VERY LONG STORY SHORT WE FOUND OUT THAT SHE HAD ANOTHER NEED THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO HANDLE RIGHT NOW. THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST CHILD SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ON TOO MUCH. IT WOULD NOT BE FAIR TO HER. I STILL CHECK ON HER EVERYDAY THROUGH THE OTHER AGENCY WEBSITE AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT SHE IS FINALLY BEING REVIEWED BY ANOTHER FAMILY. SO MAYBE SHE WILL BE ABLE TO COME HOME AND GET THE CARE SHE NEEDS! THIS HAS BEEN A ROUGH FEW MONTHS FULL OF UPS AND DOWNS. I THINK WE ARE FINALLY BACK TO NORMAL AND HAVE DECIDED TO STICK IT OUT AND WAIT FOR JADEN!
SO HERE IS OUR UPDATE.(I HAVE CAUGHT ALOT OF SLACK FOR NOT UPDATING) WE SPENT THANKSGIVING IN OHIO WITH RUSTY'S FAMILY. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE EVERYONE. THEN FOR CHRISTMAS WE WENT TO MISSISSIPPI TO SEE MY FAMILY. IT WAS GREAT SEEING ALL MY FAMILY AND SEEING ALL THE BABIES THAT I DONT GET TO SEE MUCH! FOR NEW YEAR'S WE DECIDED TO GO OUT EARLY AND EAT AND GET BACK HOME BEFORE THE CRAZIES GOT OUT. MAN WE ARE GETTING OLD. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE OUR LAST NEW YEAR WITH JUST THE TWO OF US AND THE DOGS! AND SORRY EVERYONE I DID NOT SEND OUT A CHRISTMAS CARD THIS YEAR, I HAD IT ALL PLANNED OUT BUT WHEN WE DECLINED THE REFERRAL I JUST COULDN'T SEND ONE. MAYBE NEXT YEAR.
SO WHERE ARE WE ON REFERRALS? NOT VERY FAR. THE LATEST REFERRALS JUST CAME OUT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY GO TO 9/27/05. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT 9/28/05 IS COVERED BUT I HAVENT SEEN ANY REFERRALS FOR THAT DAY SO I AM THINKING IT WAS NOT COVERED. SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? WE ARE LOGGED IN 3/15/2006 SO THERE ARE 169 DAYS BETWEEN THE LAST DATE THAT WAS COVERED AND OUR DATE. SO IF CHINA DID 19 DAYS EVERY TIME NOW (WHICH IS THE # OF DAYS IN THE LAST BATCH) WE WOULD GET OUR REFERRAL IN 8.89 MONTHS. THIS IS VERY DOABLE TO ME. WE HAVE ALREADY WAITED 9 1/2 WHATS ANOTHER 9 MONTHS? WE JUST WANT HER REFERRAL BEFORE CHRISTMAS. PLEASE CHINA!
ALSO AS MOST OF YOU KNOW CHINA HAS DECIDED TO CHANGE THERE RULES FOR ADOPTION. LUCKILY WE HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT WE ARE NOT AFFECTED SINCE WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN LOGGED IN. ANYONE THAT IS LOGGED IN AFTER 5/1/2007 WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE NEW RULES. I FEEL SO SORRY FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD THERE HEART SET ON ADOPTING FROM CHINA AND NOW HAVE HAD THE DOOR CLOSED IN THE FACES.
WE WILL BE SO GLAD WHEN WE HAVE JADEN AND THIS ROLLER COASTER IS OVER. I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SUCH A ROUGH RIDE. BUT WE KNOW THE OUTCOME WILL BE WELL WORTH IT. AND THE NEXT TIME A PREGNANT PERSON TELLS ME THAT IT IS SO MUCH HARDER TO BE PREGNANT THEN TO ADOPT, BOY ARE THEY GONNA CATCH AN EARFUL!!! :-)

PS. I WILL TRY TO ATTACH SOME PHOTOS OF JADEN'S LATEST GIFTS FROM FAMILY AS SOON AS I GET A CHANCE.

UPDATE

OK I KNOW I HAVE NOT UPDATED IN FOREVER. SORRY. TO TELL THE TRUTH I JUST REALLY HAVENT BEEN IN THE MOOD TO UPDATE. REFERRALS CAME OUT AND THEY COVERED 7/23/05-8/9/05, THAT IS THE MOST DAYS THEY HAVE COVERED SINCE LAST YEAR BUT STILL NOT A WHOLE MONTH. OUR 6 MONTH LID CAME AND WENT WITH NO JADEN. IT WAS A VERY ROUGH DAY FOR ME BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD TAKE SIX MONTHS NOW WE KNOW THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN SO I WAS VERY DOWN. THIS IS THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER BEEN THROUGH. I AM SO READY FOR THIS PART OF THE JOURNEY TO BE OVER AND TO FINALLY HAVE THAT PICTURE OF JADEN AND THEN TO FINALLY GO TO CHINA TO HOLD HER IN MY ARMS! ANYWAY ENOUGH MUSHY STUFF. WE FINALLY STARTED OUR SHOTS TODAY FOR OUR TRIP TO CHINA! WE WENT TO THE VANDERBILT TRAVEL CLINIC. WE LEARNED ALOT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN AND CANT EAT AND DRINK IN CHINA, KINDA SCARY! WE CANT EVEN BRUSH OUR TEETH WITH THEIR WATER BECAUSE WE WILL GET SICK, WE HAVE TO USE BOTTLED WATER THAT WE HAVE TO OPEN OURSELVES! I WILL BRING ABOUT 20 EXTRA TOOTHBRUSHES BECAUSE I AM SURE I WILL FORGET THAT RULE. NO ICE, NO MILK, NO GRAPES, PEEL YOUR FRUITS, AND NO SUSHI(NO PROBLEM WITH THAT). SO FOR THE LOW LOW PRICE TODAY OF $395.00 RUSTY AND I BOTH GOT A HEPATITIS A&B SHOT AND RUSTY GOT THE TETNUS(I PUT MINE OFF TILL NEXT TIME). WE HAVE TO GO BACK NEXT MONTH AND GET THE 2ND SHOT AND THEN 6 MONTHS LATER TO GET THE LAST. WE ALSO GOT PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE TYPHOID PILL TO TAKE BEFORE WE GO! AND IF WE FIND OUT THAT JADEN IS FROM ONE OF THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES SHE RECOMMENDS WE TAKE THE MALARIA MEDICINE TOO! BUT THE WAY I FIGURE IT IS THAT I HAVE LIVED THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE IN MISSISSIPPI AND IF I DIDNT GET MALARIA FROM THE SKEETERS THERE THEN THE CHINESE SKEETERS SHOULD BE A BREEZE!!!

My Secret Pal strikes again!!!

WELL MY SECRET PAL HAS DONE IT AGAIN. SHE SENT ME A BOX OF PACKMATES FOR WHEN WE TRAVEL TO CHINA! THIS WILL HELP ME PACK ALL OF JADEN'S CLOTHES WITHOUT GOING OVER THE LIMIT!!! AND SHE ALSO SENT ME THE CUTEST DORA THE CHINESE EXPLORER! I CANT WAIT TO SEE JADEN PLAY WITH THIS. MY SECRET PAL IS THE BEST!
OH AND I HAVE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO LANCIE FOR BEING NICE ENOUGH TO BE MY PROP FOR HOLDING THE GIFTS FOR THE PICTURE. SHE WILL DO ANYTHING TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THE BABY'S ROOM!
GEORGETTE

121 GOOD WISHES QUILT?!?

WELL I THINK I HAVE GOTTEN ALL THE QUILT SQUARES THAT I AM GOING TO GET FOR JADEN'S QUILT, MINUS ONE THAT IS AND SHE KNOWS WHO SHE IS! IN THE PICTURE I HAVE 120 SQUARES. I CANT BELIEVE WE GOT SO MANY. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HARD TO GET 100 HUNDRED WISHES BUT LOOK WE GOT 120!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE WILD QUILT! GUESS I BETTER GET BUSY.