It's a Girl!

Rick and I are thrilled to announce our beautiful new daughter, Mei Li Elizabeth. She was born January 19, 2008. She currently lives in the Zhang Social Welfare Institute in Jiangxi Province. We are hoping to travel to China in about 8 weeks, and bring her home by Christmas. Please join us in welcoming her to our family!

Stork Alert!

The stork is rumoured to leave China on Sunday! We expect arrival by Tuesday! Keep checking back, as I should have information to share on Tuesday or Wednesday. I can't believe it is finally happening!

Matching has started!!

We found out today that the CCAA has started matching babies to families for this next batch of referrals. This means that someone is reviewing our file and matching us to a baby. Our file has been sitting in China, waiting for matching for about 950 days! We should get "THE CALL" on Monday Sept 29, or Tuesday Sept 30, at the latest!

Maybe a slight change in plans

I emailed FTIA, our adoption agency, this week. They said that we probably will not travel to China until December. I have been thinking we would travel at the end of November. When we get our referral, which is in just 3 more weeks, FTIA will give us an estimated travel date. I suppose it does not matter - we have waited this long. But it was disappointing.

Not much longer...

Today, we found out that we should receive our referral in approximately 4 weeks. This means that after waiting over 3 years, we will finally see a picture of our daughter around the first of October. I now know for sure that she is there, somewhere, waiting for us. But now suddenly, we have so much to do before we can travel to China and meet her. I know there is enough time, but, those of you who know me, know that waiting for something is definitely not my best trait. I have started dreaming of her, every night. She has no idea that she will soon be placed in my arms. She also has no idea that I will probably never put her down!

Just a few more weeks....I just have to hold on a little longer.