Another agency has confirmed that referrals were mailed Tuesday. I can now give this one an R4. If DHL is on schedule and customs doesn’t throw a wrench into things, most agencies will receive them tomorrow.
Things continue to look good for the 14th and bad for the 17th and I don’t really have a lot of information about the dates in between.
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January 31st, 2007 at 12:50 pm
this is just unreal!!! i don’t know how to feel at this point… i feel unusually calm but i think once i see her face, that will all go away.. and the flood of tears will begin!!! this has been one of the most intense times of my life but to know she is possibly with the stork right now and will be landing tomorrow brings me SO MUCH JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 31st, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Haza! Can’t wait! Thanks for the good news.
January 31st, 2007 at 1:12 pm
RQ,
Can you comment on “looking bad for the 17th”. Is that based on what you heard from last week or have you received more info over the last few days? Any info would be appreciated.
Christy
10-17-05
http://www.bock.redthreadkids.org
January 31st, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Fingers crossed for all you Septemberites and early Octoberies, particularly our wonderful monarch.
Sleep well tonight for tomorrow your world will be brand new.
B
LID 4/19/06
January 31st, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Yeehaawwww!!
Hopefully ours is in this batch. . .we were skipped last batch!
jmlance - - -I know what you mean. When my agency called to say that our referral wasn’t in the batch like they thought it would be, I stayed calm, I didn’t want to get upset over something I had no control over. Then the next day when they called to say that the dossier was found at CCAA and would be put with the next batch, I sat down and cried my eyes out!
I posted a few days ago but I will say it again,,,,if your referral is skipped for what ever reason, don’t panic! Stay calm and let you agency do their job. Its hard to say but it worked for me. I stayed focused all day. If I had paniced and ran every scenerio of what may of happened thru my head, I would of made myself sick.
jennifer
LID 09-15-06
January 31st, 2007 at 1:17 pm
how exciting! (congrats jmlance!)
we’re meeting with a couple of couples Sat night one that’s still waiting for referral on their first and one that is expecting their referral this time for their 2nd. It’d be great if they get it before Sat. :)
joy joy! very exciting for those of you all about to see those little ones for the first time!
January 31st, 2007 at 1:17 pm
I figured it’s time to post my first message since we MAY be next! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Let the fun times begin.
Happy Waiting to everyone who’s next (and I hope that includes us with a 10/12 LID) and to everyone else in line, I hope everything moves quickly for you!
January 31st, 2007 at 1:18 pm
jmlance I am with you on this one–I am calm now but that is going to fade quickly.
My dh is working from home on Friday in anticipation I hope that’s the right day for him to be here!!!!
January 31st, 2007 at 1:18 pm
This is great news! Thank you! Unbelievable! Wow!
January 31st, 2007 at 1:21 pm
This is so exciting! I hope referrals go well into October. Best wishes to all of you hoping for your referrals this time! I can’t imagine what you are feeling right now!!!
January 31st, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Fingers crossed, toes crossed and my wife and I are doing belly flops. Can’t eat, can’t sleep and all we do is check RQ. Does anyone know the cut off???????????
Please help us, we are going crazy and might need some professional help!!!!!!!!!!!
Desperately seeking China.
LID 10/14/05
January 31st, 2007 at 1:30 pm
That is so great!!!! I’m sure many of us will have a sleepless night. Tomorrow can’t come fast enough, is it bedtime yet :)!!!
January 31st, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Does anyone know if TAs ever come in with referrals? Are they always separate?
Caroline
LOI 12/18/07
January 31st, 2007 at 1:38 pm
waiting4maya,
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that you’re in this batch. I was one of the 9/29ers that missed the cutoff last month. I know how frustrating it can be.
Good luck!
Erica
January 31st, 2007 at 1:40 pm
jennifer, did you ever find out why your dossier was lost at the CCAA? or what happened to that situation??? my mind is totally playing games with me making me think things like “what if ours isn’t in this package???” which makes me sick to my stomach… after waiting this long ya know??? i’m such a nervous wreck! or if your agency ever gave you an explanation???? that must have seemed awful at the moment… any insight if you have it!!!!! :-)
January 31st, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Congratulations to all the families about to receive their referrals in the next day or two. How exciting. My referral day is a long time away, but still, I am SO excited for you all in the next batch. I can’t wait to see some pictures!
Laura
January 31st, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Hey Y’all!
I just heard from someone at my agency saying they think Friday is more realistic. They said referrals were sent out Tuesday night and because of that it would most likely be Friday…what do y’all think? I’m still praying like crazy for tomorrow though. I’ve moved more furniture this week than my body can handle, one more day of this might just kill me!
My heart is set on tomorrow….but one more day of waiting is doable. I think.
Kim
LID 10-12-05
January 31st, 2007 at 1:46 pm
My agency also said Fri was more likely the day they will arrive… east coast though….. still hoping for tomorrow though, too….
January 31st, 2007 at 1:59 pm
jmlance, we were questioned in the review room for medical. by the time that the social worker wrote up the responce and got it back to the agency and then it got back to CCAA and filed with our dossier, the rest of the dossiers from our LID had already gone to the matching rooms and ours stayed in the review room. I’m not sure how often this happens when people are questioned, from what I understand when the person in the review room gets the answer sent back to them and the rest of the dossiers have been sent to matching room, they are to be sure it gets sent with the rest of the dossiers from that LID but I guess that part didn’t happen with ours.
As soon as I heard the news, I was ok. I decided that I wasn’t going to get upset until there was something to get upset about. I stayed calm and focused the entire day and put the it all into God’s hands and I was ok.
It sounds really weird but I actually had one of my best days
from the time that I didn’t know to the time that I found out what happened.
send me a personal message at jenng and I will explain to you how I stayed in focus.
January 31st, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Our agency is saying….. NOTHING. It is a tight lipped agency. According to them, they know nothing.
Thank you RQ for giving us this information.
I wish we knew the cut off. I’m already on my second soda today and I trying to quit.
How are we suppose to get any work done?
January 31st, 2007 at 2:14 pm
jennifer, i’m not sure how…. email me privately if you would like… jmlance@charter.net i am so sorry for that.. but anticipate with you this referral!!!! :-)
January 31st, 2007 at 2:18 pm
i am so excited for all of you who may meet your children this week. with our lovely new healthy and happy daughter sleeping cozyly upstairs as i write, this time of the month always brings me so much joy.
January 31st, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Any word on TAs?! I hope they are on the heels of the referrals. I am ready to GO!
January 31st, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Question: When did CCAA update their site last month? Was it when they were mailed or after? Just trying to figure out when they will update or if they have stopped already.
So, so, so excited for all families waiting for referrals!
KCbock ~ I am so pulling for you for the 17th. I got your email (I’m the one who is your almost neighbor) but have been so busy I have not had time to respond. Please, please go to the 17th! But you know what, if they don’t, you’re next for sure! Referral time is so exciting even though we’re a long way off I still get so excited!
Susan
LID 2/13/06
January 31st, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Whoooohoooooo!!!!!!!! I just got home from school and what great news!!! I’m so glad that I’m off work tomorrow - what perfect timing. This is surreal!
I’m assuming Congrats should go out to RQ as well if she is in this batch! You have been a Godsend for us!
January 31st, 2007 at 2:47 pm
I heard a rumor the cutoff is 10/13. NOTE: just a rumor! We will see shortly. Hopefully the CCAA updates the box soon. ( By the way, for a smile, cell phones do NOT come through a snowblower intact. I just found this out.) Now I have to stay in the house to get the call!
From chilly, (9 degrees) PA,
Sharon A
January 31st, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Everyone who’s waiting: feel free to take the rest of the week off… You won’t be getting anything done, and you know it!
Congratulations to all who are anticipating “the call” yet this week!
I’ve BTDT, but this is still the most exciting part of my month!
(home since 11/18/06 with my Yangdong Sweetie!)
January 31st, 2007 at 2:58 pm
I’m so jealous of all of you getting your referrals soon!! :-) I now know how all you folks with a 28th date feel…missing it by one day (I say one day since the 15th & 16th are weekend days & I assume the CCAA was closed so no log-ins) But now I have time to get ready for NEXT MONTH!!!!! There will now be another reason for “March Madness” (You basketball fans will know what I’m talking about!)
Stefanie
LID 10/17/05
January 31st, 2007 at 2:58 pm
doberman0802 - any more details you can share on the 10/13 cutoff rumor that you heard?
Thanks!
January 31st, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Wowza…..I totally agree with christina and trulyblessed, this is the most exciting time of the month. YEA!!
doberman0802, what a hoot! Thanks for the heads-up. jfk (ffd-11-12-06)
January 31st, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Rumorslave - last month the CCAA updated the box just before the referrals arrived. They updated it last month at the end of their working day (although in previous months it has been at other times in their working day). I think they timed it that way - they know when they left and they must know average delivery times. I seem to recall that this has been how they have done it the last couple of months (no more updating it as soon as the referrals go out their door).
Magnolia’s friend
http://journey-with-magnolia.blogspot.com/
January 31st, 2007 at 3:05 pm
I just had to share this with you all.
I’m sitting in my office TRYING to focus on work, and just a few minutes ago was sending an email to someone working with me on a direct mail program. What I meant to write was, “I thought that the fundraising solicitation letters dropped in December…”
Guess what I did write??? “I thought that the referrals dropped yesterday.”
TOO MANY REFERRAL THOUGHTS ON MY BRAIN!!!
Hope that gave you a laugh, just like Doberman0802’s did about cell phones not coming through a snow blower intact.
– Mary Alice
LID: 10/13/05 — looking like I’m “inside the cusp” by one additional day.
January 31st, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Wowza…I totally agree with christina and trulyblessed, this is the most exciting time of the month. YEA!!
doberman0802-sorry ’bout your cell, what a hoot!! Thanks for the heads-up. jfk (ffd-11-12-06)
January 31st, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Sharon…the snowblower? Now I would have expected it to survive intact (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) There must be quite the story there… and since we appear to have plenty-o time, feel free to share! Loved the visual however…heheheh
Alyson
10/26/05 and not getting her referral this time but TOTALLY getting NOTHIN’ Done!
January 31st, 2007 at 3:12 pm
ALRIGHT!!!! The further the CCAA gets on the referrals the greater the chances are that we’re NEXT!!!!
DaddyOOO
LID 10/25/05
January 31st, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Nothing else I can share on the cut-off rumor, sorry. May be in “trouble” for sharing that much, but what the hay!! As far as the snow-blower that eats cell phones, I can laugh now because my DH isn’t home yet! ( at least now we can upgrade phones without guilt!) I have my cell near at hand whenever I am out of the house, like every other expectant mom out there. I didn’t realize how shallow my pocket was until I see this weird looking black object go shooting out the chute of the snow-blower and fall in the snow like a glistening black pearl. Hmm, what could that be? As I get closer, I recognize the screen from the phone, uh oh. The the key pad. And the battery. And the, hmm, what IS that piece?? So much for being prepared this week for the call. Guess I have to stay home now. What a fun day!! Now let’s go for that root canal someone suggested. Skip the anesthesia!
Have a great day all! Referrals are on their way!
Sharon A
January 31st, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Crossing my fingers that 10/14 is included in this round! That brings us to a little over 4 weeks worth of dossiers to get through for our referral! Does anyone know about February referrals? Will there be a batch before CNY or right after? If so, that might put us at a March referral (here’s to hoping!). I’m still guessing we’ll be April but if there are referrals in February, that will help everyone. :)
Kathi
LID 11/18/05
January 31st, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Sharon A–
Funny story! You just have to laugh, don’t you? Laughing is the best thing, otherwise, you would go crazy.
Good luck to you and to all of you waiting for the stork to land!!
Anti-spam word: baby. YES, let’s see those babies beautiful faces!!!
January 31st, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Sharon…
That is quite the tale…like I said, your good visual descriptions were quite good for a chuckle. Sorry for the demise of your phone though. Just tell hubby you needed to amuse a bunch of overdue, pshycotic pregnant people! Well worth the price of admission! (Say, does this mean you can claim it as an adoption expense?;) hehehe
Alyson
January 31st, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Sharon - That cracked me up. Sorry you lost the phone but I just had a hilarious visual of the snowblower saying “Can you hear me now?”
I have goosebumps just waiting. Can’t wait to see word of the first referrals. I absolutely *love* this time every month!
TJ
January 31st, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Congratulations in advance to those expecting an arrival from the stork in the next day or two! It is such an exciting time, relish every wonderful moment! In no time at all, your new little one will be napping happily (as mine is right now) and all the anguished waiting will be a fading memory.
I can’t wait to see all the new pictures!
Laura
DH Jim
DD Lesley
January 31st, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Hang in there everyone. The next few days will be so exciting. Please share pictures. It helps all of us who are waiting. This is so exciting. Congratulations to everyone.
January 31st, 2007 at 4:19 pm
Our agency just posted this: “We have learned that the CCAA mailed the next set of matches on Janaury 30, 2007. We anticipate receiving these matches in 2 to 4 business days.” They won’t speculate on dates till they get the package. So, let’s see, 2 business days is tomorrow, 3 is Friday. It better not be 4 cuz I don’t think I can stand having to wait all weekend for THE CALL.
Kathy, LID 9/29
January 31st, 2007 at 4:42 pm
bahama-mama-llama
I just had to tell you, I get the reference. We have the book. My husband’s uncle is from the same small town as the author and got us an autographed copy. Little person silliness at it’s best. At one time, I know I had it memorized from reading it every night at bedtime.
January 31st, 2007 at 5:12 pm
I have a question. If the referrals are in the air..YEAH to everyone!…I am assuming the CCAA knows the cutoff so why no change on their site. When do they normally do this…do they wait a few days until referrals are here in the U.S. and other countries. Anyone know?
January 31st, 2007 at 5:14 pm
I’m right with you on that one Kathy. Tomorrow would be great, fri would be ok, but I don’t think I can make it through the weekend. We are having dinner on sat night with my DH’s family to celebrate my nephew’s birthday, and was hoping to be able to share some news about the new grandbaby/niece/cousin with the family too.
January 31st, 2007 at 5:21 pm
tripleH; I bet they will change the site tomorrow night (unless referals are expected to arrive tomorrow then perhaps they might do it tonight); they always like to wait until referrals have basically landed on the doors of the agencies before they post the cut-off date. This is also assuming that they are still going to change things at all!! My hope is that they wait until May 1rst before they change that process too.
January 31st, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Don’t referrals usually arrive earlier in some countries than in others? If so, what’s the earliest that RQ will start hearing rumors of the cut off date? Anyone know?
Praying that we are included!
10/12 lid
January 31st, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Ok. Just for hoots, I decided to try my surgical skills on the phone. Found the SIM card and all the misc. pieces, snapped them all together, minus a few pieces of glass and case, and pressed the “on” button. OMG!!! It actually worked! Not really usable, but it did work! And they say electronics are fragile! Duct tape here we come! Now I am ready for referrals!
Have a great night!
Sharon A
January 31st, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Maybe this will be frowned upon but these guys are soooooo cute and funny in the video they made for youtube (they are Chinese students) that I thought I’d share it in case you want a cute distraction from your waiting.
Hee hee. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1LZVmn3p3o&NR
January 31st, 2007 at 6:29 pm
ROFL! That was hilarious! My kids laughed w/ me and thought it was funny that I was enjoying a u-tube!
Meg
9/29
January 31st, 2007 at 6:38 pm
OK, after I got back on the chair from ROTFL at Sharon and her phone (McGiver) would impressed with such skills…I watched the youtube video and laughed even more. Spent 2 hours at immigration getting our fingerprints done…whew now we are ready bring on the referrals.
Lid 11/9/2005
January 31st, 2007 at 7:44 pm
sodergal,
Thanks for the link…my kids thought they were pretty funny (and so did I). Did you see how many views…over a million!
January 31st, 2007 at 7:48 pm
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for everyone waiting for their referral-I really hope they include 10-17-I can’t wait to see the beautiful babies-
I can’t imagine how hard this will be when they get closer to me-I already check every few minutes and I know I’m not in this batch-Oh How I hope there is a pre-CNY batch-
Good luck and congratulations to all of the new families!
Angel
10-27-05
January 31st, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Hi All!!!
My fingers are crossed and I am also checking a couple times a day for you!!
We have been home for 2 months and 13days and it is a wonderful life change!!!
All our love
Beth, Sean and Isabelle
January 31st, 2007 at 8:33 pm
I don’t know how you that are getting ready to see your babies faces soon can stand it! I most likely have a couple of months to go and I think I check RQ’s site every couple of hours…just for news.
Congrats to those that will see their beautiful babies soon. Don’t forget to share them with the rest of us. Referrals are what get the rest of us thru to the next month.
Tonya
11/16/05
January 31st, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Question…is there any way to post pictures without having a blog or website?
If not, can someone point me to the most user-friendly place to create one?
Thanks so much!
9/29 with so much nervous energy I can hardly stand to sit at the pc!!!!
Good luck to those on the cusp…I SOOOO remember what it was like last month!
January 31st, 2007 at 8:55 pm
That You tube was HYSTERICAL!!!! I laughed so loud. it felt great. Thanks for sharing.
Kim
10-08-05
http://www.3peanuts.blogspot.com
January 31st, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Oh, Happy home I am such a computer idiot and I used blogspot. It’s free and super easy! I had it up and running in 15 minutes! Let us know once you do it.
Kim
January 31st, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Thanks, Kim. I tried blogspot.com, with no luck. Is it blogger.com that you used?
Sorry to sound so tech-stupid :-)
January 31st, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Faithsforevermon: we have the same LID:)
Happyhome: I use babysites.com. It’s very easy and free.
Fingers crossed for 10/17 and beyond!
January 31st, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Seems my last post is lost in cyber space. Sorry if this appears twice.
faithsforevermom: We hav the same LID :) See you at the White Swan!
happyhome: I sue babysits.com. It’s very easy and free.
January 31st, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Happy home-sorry I was watching Idol. I was at someone’s blog and then in the upper right corner it said..create a blog..I clicked on that and did it. But it is blogspot.com through google I think.
Kim
10-08 excited and tired– going to bed. Tomorrow will be a special day:)
January 31st, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Kimer, I know you asked the other night how to make
your name show purple, I never saw the answer can
you help me? Thanks and CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 31st, 2007 at 11:06 pm
RQ - I know you’re going to be a mite distracted once this next batch comes in, would you mind running a few projections ahead of time, perhaps assuming they do reach the 14th this time?
Congrats to the soon to be new parents, or parents again!
January 31st, 2007 at 11:17 pm
HappyHome, I think it’s blogger.com for you to start one up, and then your address will be blogspot.com. If that doesn’t work, try finding a blog like Kimber’s and create one from there! Hope that helps :)
January 31st, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Thanks, waiting4!
What’s your DTC?
January 31st, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Kimber,
I used the site and it was GREAT…since then I’ve been trying to update here and I’ve had no luck.
Could you please check http://www.madisonsmom-happyhome.blogspot.com
Thanks so much!
February 1st, 2007 at 12:20 am
How, or why exactly us that funny?
February 1st, 2007 at 12:58 am
‘night everyone. Sweet dreams…
Just got my blogger thing figured out again (took an hour to do it). I am now ready for next month’s referrals!
PJM
LID 10/26
http://www.seekingbabysister.blogspot.com/
February 1st, 2007 at 12:59 am
I know this really doesn’t mean anything, but I can’t get on the CCAA website. Can anyone else?
February 1st, 2007 at 1:09 am
HappyHome, We are LID 12-18-06…..long way to go! I was researching bloggers today so that I can start one up. I’ll let you know when I figure it out…
February 1st, 2007 at 1:12 am
CCAA site is down. COuld they be updating?
February 1st, 2007 at 1:15 am
CCAA site still down lets hope it s an update and they get up to the 16th - 17th best of luck everyone .
February 1st, 2007 at 1:18 am
I was just trying to check it too! Are you guys on the west coast, or having a slumber party?!
February 1st, 2007 at 1:19 am
I am in denver and hoping for big news. I am not sleeping until the CCAA is back up!
February 1st, 2007 at 1:20 am
what’s your LID?
February 1st, 2007 at 1:24 am
Not for a while! LID 12/5/05 No referral probably until May but I am anxious to see how far they get this time around.
February 1st, 2007 at 1:27 am
You are over a year ahead of me! I am curious too….This is our second one, and we didn’t have all this RQ stuff before, so now I’m glued to the PC! :) I’m also an hour earlier then you so I can stay up a little while longer!
February 1st, 2007 at 1:27 am
CCAA still down. I just rechecked.
February 1st, 2007 at 1:30 am
It is only 1130 here so I am up!! This will be our second daughter too but our first was adopted domestically and is an open adoption. I have been really anxious this week for #2 so I went out and bought the diaper bag that I had been wanting and packed it up three times! THe silly things we do to keep sane!
February 1st, 2007 at 1:34 am
It’s harder for me this time because the wait time is so out of control, and I really have no idea when it could happen for us. I’d like to see the review room change its dates cuz it’s been so long, and we have such a long way to go! :) I shouldn’t be worried about the new policies, but until we make it through the review, I’ll stress!!! :)
February 1st, 2007 at 1:36 am
When is your LID? I can’t believe they have not updated the review room yet! Feb has been in there a LONG time!
February 1st, 2007 at 1:37 am
Hi,
Europe at work ! It’s 7:35 am in Brussels.
Adomom and Patolocko : Fortunately, you don’t have to put a site down to utpdate it. There is no link between updates on CCAA and “down” period.
February 1st, 2007 at 1:38 am
BOo Hoo, you are raining on my hope of some news coming.
February 1st, 2007 at 1:40 am
We are LID 12-18-06, and our last one was logged in only 7 months before referral, and I thought that was LONG!
February 1st, 2007 at 1:43 am
When we logged in it was still under the 6 month waiting peroid belief but 3 months in it soon changed as it did for most everyone else on this blog. I wonder if it will ever go back down. I had hoped to adopt again from China but I am not sure my heart and soul could take another process like this agan. You?
February 1st, 2007 at 1:43 am
My boss offers me breakfast… i’m out for 30 minutes ;-)
February 1st, 2007 at 1:47 am
WHen we started this process it was when the wait was still 6 mos long but 3 months into it it all soon changed. I had wanted to adopt from China again but I am not sure my heart and soul could take it again. You?
February 1st, 2007 at 1:49 am
my posts are not showing up. Test.
February 1st, 2007 at 1:50 am
How wierd!!! My last two post did not come through but the test one did. Will you adopt again after this?
February 1st, 2007 at 1:54 am
I think 2 will be enough! But, I’ve always thought that when the girls are older….potty trained! I would consider foster care. I know that takes a special committment, but maybe in about 5 years from now, I could take on that! :)
We’ll see…
February 1st, 2007 at 1:55 am
I don’t think I could do IA with this country again. The process has been too painful.
February 1st, 2007 at 2:00 am
How about the open adoption? I would imagine that could be difficult. You don’t have to open up about that if you don’t want to. I was always scared to adopt in the US, but maybe once I have my 2 girls that would work for me. I don’t really know, but I would love to take everyone in that needed a home!
February 1st, 2007 at 2:01 am
Don’t get me wrong, the wait is worth the pain and my pain does not compare to the pain of having to abandon my child. But this process has definetly been an learning experience and a journey!
February 1st, 2007 at 2:04 am
The OA has it’s ups and downs. It was really hard at first because the birthmom was just having the hardest time seperating (of course!) and was calling everyday wanting to see her. Our daughter was also drug exposed and going through withdrawl so she cried every moment she was awake. So, I was comfoting the birth mother and trying to comfort the baby and pretty much neither were consolable! Our daughter is 5 now and doing great! THe OA is much more manageable now with letters and pictures about 2x a year.
February 1st, 2007 at 2:08 am
I guess it’s just a different road, with a different type of learning experience. We are all destined to do something, and here we are in the middle of the night waiting for a website to change! :)
February 1st, 2007 at 2:09 am
Are you on the west coast?
February 1st, 2007 at 2:11 am
It is a good thing I am a social worker by trade! The agency I am working with now wants to hire me after the adoption is final to work from home for them part time or on a contract basis. I think it might be fun to do the fun side of social work insead of the tougher stuff. And I can say that I have walked in the shoes of the waiting adoptive parents!!!
February 1st, 2007 at 2:12 am
yes, and thinking I must be nuts to stay up this late! My DD will be up by no later then 7! :) We have to go out to lunch too, and I will be without a PC all day! This is crazy!
February 1st, 2007 at 2:14 am
I was just thinking the same thing. I have to be at my daughters school in the morning to help out. (Her teacher just announced she is pregnant) So I fear I must sleep now without knowing. Thanks for chatting! Here’s to hoping!
February 1st, 2007 at 2:14 am
Wow, that’s great! My DH is considering a job just outside of denver, so if we move, maybe I could help with the paperwork or something…. Be a runner to the consulate1 :)
February 1st, 2007 at 2:17 am
Denver is a great place to live. I LOVE it here.
February 1st, 2007 at 2:20 am
I’ll keep that in mind! I better head off to bed…I’ve given up on the CCAA! I’ll chat with you in the morning! :)
February 1st, 2007 at 2:20 am
good night!
February 1st, 2007 at 2:46 am
CCAA website online but no changes
February 1st, 2007 at 5:10 am
it’s 6:10 PM in China and no update on the ccaa website.
Now we wait, hoping to hear something from the “new parents”…
If the cut-off is 13 oct we are out for a end march referral. If the cut-off is 14 oct we are still in…
Let the phones ring and give us good news
Iseirinne
http://www.waitingforyou.be
Lid 9 nov 2005
February 1st, 2007 at 7:35 am
Iseirinne,
we too have a nov 9 lid, I am not holding my breath for the next batch…I pray that we are in. We were pulled for a medical question, I hope we do not get delayed any further.
have a good day…I have to work and they block the blog sites so I can not look it up…bummer.
February 1st, 2007 at 7:52 am
Hi iseirinne and sarahjane. I’m another fellow 11-9-05 LIDer. I’ve been saying the end of March for referral for a long time now. I’ve been a little nervous lately- thinking it may be April and not March. BUT at least we can say our LID is almost less than one month away from the referred LID’s! Here’s hoping for a BIG batch this month- and soon!
February 1st, 2007 at 7:54 am
In the forums, someone has said that there has been a referral in Ireland. Can anyone confirm??
February 1st, 2007 at 8:31 am
YES THE 14TH LID was IN THE BATCH WHICH CONSISTED OF 2 BABIES THE NEXT LID IN IRELAND WAS THE 18TH WHICH WAS NOT IN THIS BATCH
February 1st, 2007 at 8:35 am
patolocko,
Thanks for the news!
February 1st, 2007 at 8:40 am
I hope that news cheered up a lot of people and wishing everyone who receives good news over the next 24 hrs the best of irish luck.
pat LID dec20 2005
February 1st, 2007 at 8:43 am
Hi Patolocko,
Are you sure about the 14th ? Because on the forum they say a lids 30 sept and 11 oct ?
iseirinne
http://www.waitingforyou.be
lid 9 nov 2005
February 1st, 2007 at 8:52 am
SORRY 2nd hand info I just received the official e-mail and it states the 11th lids for 2 babies and ireland has no more LIDS till the 18th so the cut of is still un-clear
February 1st, 2007 at 9:10 am
Referrals are in in Finland, too. Only seen one announcement so far (the LID is earlier than the 11th).