april down, may & june to go...

well, the good news has been confirmed...
some people with our adoption agency who had a log in date (lid) of april 25th have received their referral!!!
after many months of silence this certainly is exciting news!

what does that mean for us?
well... we're still not exactly sure.
a year ago, ccaa would give an entire month's worth of referrals every month. for instance, if they gave out referrals for everyone logged in for april this month, then next month everyone with a log in date of may would receive their referrals... and then we would receive our referral in the following batch.
however, things haven't worked out that easily for a long time now so i'm trying not to be unrealistically optimistic ;).

we understand that there was a huge batch of april log in dates. we're still not sure if everyone with an april log in date received their referrals or not. however, we are guesstimating that may is relatively small since most everyone was pushing to get in prior to the may 1st deadline (ie. new rules). if that is the case, then maybe we could be back on target for receiving our little one before our return.

if, we get a referral as late as july we will post-pone our departure to the states until after we pick up our little one.

however, if we don't, then we'll return as planned and come back for her at a later time... meaning: as soon as they allow us to!

as always, we're hoping that we receive her sooner rather than later...

please join us in praying for a speedy union!

carnival ride line...

do you remember the torturous wait for your favorite ride at the carnival? i certainly remember some of my most painful waits. i think most of them occurred while waiting for XLR8 at Astroworld. XLR8 was one of those rides that certainly wasn't boring but it wasn't too scary either - so just about everyone loved it! it was the fun ride!

i distinctly remember feeling as if i was never going to get to the front of the line, that i'd have a heat stroke before planting my bottom in that hang-your-legs-off-the-crazy-chair ride? and then suddenly, i'd find myself in the short line to my favorite seat! and even before it was my turn, my stomach was already doing somersaults! do you remember having these kinds of feelings?

well, that's how i feel right now! i am the person in the short line, not yet at the front, but close enough to see the excitement on the faces of the people who'd be next, and close enough to feel the adrenaline myself!

i just saw on the internet that at least one expedited referral went out for someone with a lid (log in date) 4.17.07!

a quick reminder: our lid is 6.20.07. could it be that in the next 4 or 5 months we could be the ones with a referral in our hands, riding the wave of joy?

butterflies in my stomach! oh, what a perfect analogy! :)