Today our adoption agency announced that families who had sent their paperwork to China and were "logged in" in February 13, 2006 have received their babies information today. For those of you who don't understand the terminology surrounding Chinese adoptions it goes a little something like this:
DTC-stands for Date to China-that is the day your paperwork left your adoption agency's office for China. For Patrick and I our date was February 17, 2006 (Jennifer's dad's birthday too)
LID-stand for Log In date-that is the date that the Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs acknowledged receipt of your paperwork. This is the date where the official clock starts counting.
Patrick and I have a log in date of March 14, 2006. So that means that the CCAA(chinese center for adoption affairs) has about 4 weeks of referrals to process before it is our turn. In the last 12 months or so the CCAA has been processing 4-7 days worth of referrals each month. In calendar time, that means that Patrick and I are probably looking at another 4-8 months of waiting to get our referral. Sounds like a long time to most people, but when you have been in the process for 2 1/2 to 3 years already-another 4 to 8 months seems like tomorrow.
Maybe we better get working on the nursery in the next couple of months! Now that is exciting-
Until next time-
Monday, September 29, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Great weekend so far
Hello, just checking in after a couple of weeks since our last post. All the water in our yard from Tropical Storm Fay has finally gone away. Took about one week after the rain stopped for the water to recede and the grass not be like a squishy sponge. Have to admit every time we flushed the toilet you closed your eyes and hoped it was just clear water filling the toilet again! When you have a septic tank that has been maxed out with water you just never know what will happen. We didn't do laundry for one week, washed our dishes and glasses in the sink and did not run the dishwasher for almost 10 days. It is nice to get back to normal!
Friday night was "date" night for us. We haven't done a true "date" in such a long time I forgot what it was all about. We started with dinner at Houston's in Winter Park for an early dinner. What a beautiful location-sits on a lake, and we had a table right by the window that overlooked the terrace and lake. Then we moved on the a great show by Toxic Audio. Toxic Audio is a group that formed 10 years ago, in fact this was a 10 year anniversary show. There are 3 men, 2 women and they are an acapella group that makes just fabulous sound and music. I had heard about them probably 9 years ago and have wanted to go to a show ever since. Let me tell you, they did not disappoint! What a fabulous show-it was a mix of songs- both well known songs, and songs that they made up on the spot, jokes and humor, and what sounded like a full band accompanying them was really just their 5 voices. I was truly impressed.
Here is a short sample of one of their songs -take a listen I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. (you may have to copy and paste the link below)
http://toxicaudio.com/sounds/routemixedit.mp3
Then today I decided I was going to check out Ikea, the home furnishings store. It has been open now for about 10 months and I have wanted to go ever since it opened. I thought it would be up Patrick's alley with cooking/kitchen things but I couldn't convince him to go with me. Oh well, I had a great time anyway. I love that store!!!!! I know what you people from other parts of the country say-what is the big deal??? But, it just so happens we have been talking of sprucing up our kitchen now for the last six months and I wasn't really sure what to do or how to do it, but after going to Ikea I have alot of new ideas and was VERY impressed with their kitchen cabinetry, arrangements, options, organization components, etc. I have already been playing around with their 3D kitchen designer since I got home. I think I could get into some serious trouble in there. Plus all the cute kid things too-I don't stand a chance once we get a baby or babies!
Overall, it has been a fairly great weekend. The only thing that would have made it more perfect was Carolina pulling out a win against Georgia-but you can't have everything!
Til next time-
Friday night was "date" night for us. We haven't done a true "date" in such a long time I forgot what it was all about. We started with dinner at Houston's in Winter Park for an early dinner. What a beautiful location-sits on a lake, and we had a table right by the window that overlooked the terrace and lake. Then we moved on the a great show by Toxic Audio. Toxic Audio is a group that formed 10 years ago, in fact this was a 10 year anniversary show. There are 3 men, 2 women and they are an acapella group that makes just fabulous sound and music. I had heard about them probably 9 years ago and have wanted to go to a show ever since. Let me tell you, they did not disappoint! What a fabulous show-it was a mix of songs- both well known songs, and songs that they made up on the spot, jokes and humor, and what sounded like a full band accompanying them was really just their 5 voices. I was truly impressed.
Here is a short sample of one of their songs -take a listen I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. (you may have to copy and paste the link below)
http://toxicaudio.com/sounds/routemixedit.mp3
Then today I decided I was going to check out Ikea, the home furnishings store. It has been open now for about 10 months and I have wanted to go ever since it opened. I thought it would be up Patrick's alley with cooking/kitchen things but I couldn't convince him to go with me. Oh well, I had a great time anyway. I love that store!!!!! I know what you people from other parts of the country say-what is the big deal??? But, it just so happens we have been talking of sprucing up our kitchen now for the last six months and I wasn't really sure what to do or how to do it, but after going to Ikea I have alot of new ideas and was VERY impressed with their kitchen cabinetry, arrangements, options, organization components, etc. I have already been playing around with their 3D kitchen designer since I got home. I think I could get into some serious trouble in there. Plus all the cute kid things too-I don't stand a chance once we get a baby or babies!
Overall, it has been a fairly great weekend. The only thing that would have made it more perfect was Carolina pulling out a win against Georgia-but you can't have everything!
Til next time-
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