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.