Babies!!!
The following blogs have pictures!
Taryns Journey
Snow Referral
Journey To Mei Mei
Waiting for our little Princess
Our Road to Little China
Good Stewards
Our China Angel
Our Journey to Sophie
Waiting for Leilani Rose
Waiting for Lexie
Baby Emory 2001
Making a home for Meimei
Ginger and Mike
Waiting for Sprout
Snow Referral
Journey To Mei Mei
Waiting for our little Princess
Our Road to Little China
Good Stewards
Our China Angel
Our Journey to Sophie
Waiting for Leilani Rose
Waiting for Lexie
Baby Emory 2001
Making a home for Meimei
Ginger and Mike
Waiting for Sprout
The following families are adopting from other programs and would like to share their news:
Perus Place
Journey to Keziah
Westhaven Kids
Waala Family
When Love Takes You In
Journey to Kaylie
Glen
Cant wait for Korea
Hay Family
Journey to Keziah
Westhaven Kids
Waala Family
When Love Takes You In
Journey to Kaylie
Glen
Cant wait for Korea
Hay Family
The following sites have music and are not work safe:
Angels Brought Me Here
Baby Kanable
Vachina Monologues
Lucy in ’09
If you are expecting a referral in this batch and would like your blog included please give the name and URL of your blog in the comments to this post.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Please add my blog….I have a 2-24-06 LID.
http://www.kelliinportland.blogspot.com
December 29th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
We are expecting our referral tomorrow. Thank you
http://ourchinaangel.wordpress.com
Feb 28, 06 LID
December 29th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Congrats to all! it’s an exciting time and time to start some serious packing!!! Enjoy this time and soon you’ll be holding your new child
December 29th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Here is our blog, we should recieve our call tomorrow.
http://www.babyjellybeans.com/web/do/site/home?ID=70522
December 29th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Please add us to the Babies site!
Waiting for Leilani Rose
http://www.babyjellybeans.com/web/do/site/home?ID=429071
December 29th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
We are expecting pictures soon! LID 2/28/06
http://www.babyjellybeans.com/web/do/site/home?ID=429071
December 29th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
We have a daughter – still working on the blog.
Fu Hua Xi – 32 months old from Jiangxi Province.
Expecting pictures later today.
OVER THE MOON!!!!!!!
Jo-Anne
2/28/06
December 29th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
We are preparing to travel for our daughter from the waiting child listing. Our web site is titled “Journey to Keziah” at – http://www.onemorewade.com
December 29th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
What a wonderful gift to all the new families. These are some beautiful babies….I am so happy for all.
Yeah for everyone who will get to see their child soon.
Enjoy…I love this time!
L
December 29th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Change that as the Snows have our referral!
DOB – 6JUN08
POB – Jiangxi Province
Yi Xiao Li
December 29th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
We have not gotten our call yet, but several in our group have. I am so excited I can’t see straight!! Thanks for everything RQ!!!
2-24-06
December 29th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Heartfelt congratulations to all of the happy families!! Prepare for the whirlwind. For all who are still waiting…hang in there…your time WILL come!
December 29th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
HAPPY DAY!!!!!! I am SO excited for all the new families!! Congratulations everyone!
His,
Mrs. U
-mommy to Elizabeth, born in Yangchun, Guangdong, PRC
http://www.makingahouseahome.blogspot.com
December 29th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Yes!!!!!!!!! we received a referral this morning (LID 2/27/06)..a beautiful little girl (3 1/2 years old)…thank you Rumor Queen for keeping us totally up to date in this whirlwind!
December 29th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Congratulations to all of the new parents out there! What an exciting day!!!
Wendy
http://adoptionandfire.typepad.com
December 29th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Humm…will try and post again!!!…..Well…thank you CCAA for the movement of “5″ LID’s…and the beautiful babies…Yeah!!!!!!!!!!…
This puts us closer from 20-5 LID’s = 15 LID’s to go…yeah!!!!There is light at the end of the tunnel….
March 17, 2006 LID
December 29th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
We have our referral and just posted a pic of our beautiful Lucy. We feel so blessed and thankful. Congrats to all the families receiving referrals and best wishes to those still waiting!
LID 2/24/06
lucyin09.blogspot.com
December 29th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
We just got our LOA for our 6 year old boy !
http://www.waalafamily.blogspot.com
December 29th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
We have a referral but no pictures yet! http://babyemory2001.blogspot.com/
December 29th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Please add us. We just got PA in the SN program. Westhaven Kids http://www.westhavenkids.com
December 29th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
All of the children are just beautiful! Thank you for sharing. Congratulations to all the new families!
Cindi
December 29th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Please add my bald’n'beautiful gal!
LID 2-24-06
http://www.vachinamonologues.blogspot.com
December 29th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Totally smitten …
MB
LID 2-27-06
Journey To Mei Mei
http://beta-mom.blogspot.com/
December 29th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
So happy to finally announce our new daughter.
Lu Fu Mei from Anhui province. 3 1/2 yrs old!
Our Road to Little China
http://little-china.blogspot.com/
Karyn
LID 2/28/06
December 29th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Please add our little Princess to the list!!
LID 2/27/06
http://waitingforourlittleprincess.blogspot.com
December 29th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Our daughter is coming home, finally. Come see her at http://www.goodstewards.blogspot.com
The Chittys
December 29th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
We have accepted a sN referral from China
Our site is http://www.thechristopherfamily.blogspot.com and is titled When Love Takes You In
Our baby’s name is LynnMarie
December 30th, 2008 at 12:46 am
Absolutely thrilled to announce our new daughter!!! We received our LOA today, and will travel mid-to-late February.
Our site is:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/babyschmitz and is titles “Journey to Kaylie”
December 30th, 2008 at 7:13 am
Oh, I was SOOOOOO wrong the other day when I guessed there would be one batch before CNY and that it would come in late january! (Well, we don’t know if we’ll get another one, but now I think there is a very good possibility!) I usually hate to be wrong, but this time I LOOOOOOVE it! Do you want me to make more bad predictions? Seems like it worked ;-)! Congrats to everyone who got there referral in this batch and to everyone else waiting, being one small step closer to your kiddo!
December 30th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Congrats to all of the new families. What a way to begin the New Year!!!! I am so ready to see March referrals.LID3/27/06
http://www.ourchinaangel.com
December 30th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Congratulations to all!!!
I don’t remember seeing this many referrals in a while. Yeah!!
December 30th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Congratulations to all the new families! We just celebrated our two year “metcha” day with our darling from Maoming, and I see two babies in the batch from the same SWI. If either of these Nan babies would like to read about our journey (of course, now two years old) you can visit our blog http://www.myadoptionwebsite/threesacharm . I am sorry to say I never updated it, but our Maoming beauty is doing great. You probably know about the yahoo group for this SWI, look forward to seeing you there!
Again, happy day to everyone in this batch! You will never forget this wonderful feeling!
: ) wfp mom to Rose, 3 years old
December 30th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Congratulations!!!!!
December 30th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Well my daughter is just too excited to post out here right now so I will do it for her. I am the grand dad to be. My daughter and son-in- law’s lid is 02/27/06 so they are anxioulsy waiting for a call at any time now. Their blog can be found at gingerandmike.blogspot.com. As soon as we have more info we would certainly like to share it with all of you. Congratulations to all of you who have received your referrals and our prayers are that all of you still waiting will have a wonderful surprise very soon.
December 30th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
We have a daughter!!!! Norah Grace, She is a waiting child she is three years eight months old and is waiting for us in Kaifeng swi. See photos and story at
http://www.2china4norah.blogspot.com Glen
December 30th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Congratulations to all the new families. It has been wonderful seeing the children’s faces and sharing in your joy. Many beautiful blogs too. To those who wait, may the calls come fast and furious:-)
Blessings
December 30th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Congrats to all the new families!! What beautiful babies! I hope TA’s arrive very soon!!
Heather
December 30th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Our referral is now on our blog. So excited to share this.
December 30th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I can’t believe it! I’m home sick today, so I’ve been online a lot following everyone’s wonderful news on the blog and in the forum. So many referrals, LOAs and PAs! I thought I might have prematurely had our own SN referral listed, but to my surprise, I just got a call from our agency and…WE GOT OUR PA! This is a huge relief! In case anyone remembers my post from a few months ago, my husband has MS, and we were very worried we might not be approved in the final stages. We are in March review, and a few months ago had to respond to several of CCAA’s questions. We’ve been waiting and waiting to see March review close to know we were safe. This is such a good sign. We still need that coveted LOA, but I actually think now we will get it!!!
December 30th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Congratulations to all the families who have waited so long!Any idea why the dossiers have not been reviewed? Any hope this will move again? It has been a few months…thanks again RQ for all that you do to keep our spirits up while we wait.
December 30th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
We received our referral from Korea last week! He is precious!!!! We are beside oursleves to say the least! We are still LID 9/4/2007 for China. Enjoy and thanks for posting.
http://cantwaitforkorea.blogspot.com
December 30th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
I don’t know if this is the place to ask…but how do I find the meaning of my baby’s Chinese name???? I have looked on several name sites and all three of her names are not listed! I also don’t really understand how it is read…like is the first name really the last name? Is the Middle name the first name???
Help! I’m confused and want to know as I was going to use it as a third name on her birth certificate! Surely, in a group this big someone can help me!
If you understand all of this…please contact me through my blog…! Thank you!!!!
And a huge CONGRATULATIONS to everyone and the sweet babies that have come!!!!
December 30th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
hmmm… not sure how I feel about being the only one listed in the “not work safe” section… there are other blogs with music listed above in the normal “safe” section… This is surely discrimination!!! Can’t people just turn off their speakers if this is an issue?
Sorry, I am just grouchy as I haven’t received my referral info yet!!!!!!! LOL
December 30th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Thank you…guess I should have checked the forum first! Very helpful with the whole “naming issue”! There is SO MUCH TO DO AND LEARN all of a sudden! Not a bad thing though…
December 31st, 2008 at 1:30 am
We received our PreApproval for our daughter today!!! Blog is http://waitingforlexie.blogspot.com/.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:28 am
Congrats to all.
Not to put a damper on things but one of the blogs has an agency that won’t give any info over the phone. What agony and suspence not to get some facts like age, name, province… I feel totally bummed for you and hope you get your package first thing in the morning!
December 31st, 2008 at 9:40 am
To all the people from RQ who have visited my blog, left comments, emailed me with kind words, advice, and made donations, Thank you It means so much to me and my daughter Norah….I love the fact that there are so many people willing to give of there time for my daughter, I will be making my blog into a keepsake book for my family some time down the road. I will be able to look back throw it with my daughter look when she is older and show her that there are people form Dallas, China ,Guam, CA,
All over the world, who cared about her, knew her life was special and wanted her to know it.
Lori and I will definitely give back all the love and support we have received to the kids of China when we get home. And when my lid of 7-22-06 gets here I will be so overjoyed for the families who got there referrals on that day.
Glen http://www.2china4norah.blogspot.com
December 31st, 2008 at 10:30 am
Congratulations to all of the families getting referrals. This seems to be a big batch. What a positive note to end the year on! Maybe a glimmer of hope after all!
December 31st, 2008 at 10:36 am
Anyone else still waiting for a referral?
It’s agonizing to be completely in the dark. The agency has no info that they’re sharing at this point?
LID 2/24/2006
December 31st, 2008 at 11:23 am
me! I am sstill waiting….. My agency told me yesterday it would be yesterday or today…. so I am really hoping we hear something TODAY!!!!!!!!! Going out of my mind here!
http://lanechinaadoption.blogspot.com
December 31st, 2008 at 11:32 am
We do not have a blog but I wanted to announce the referral of our son. He is a little shy of 20 months old. He likes to be called handsome boy and he is! We are loving life!
December 31st, 2008 at 1:55 pm
FINALLY!!!!!!! WE HAVE OUR REFERRAL!
http://lanechinaadoption.blogspot.com
December 31st, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Lanes! She is SO beautiful! That hair! Break out the bows & headbands! What a thrilling New Year’s Eve! Certainly one you will remember ALWAYS! Mia is just absolutely perfect! Congratulations! Can’t wait to read every detail that you can & care to share!
December 31st, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Congratulations to all the referrals for your sons and daughters. They are all gorgeous children.
December 31st, 2008 at 4:42 pm
I am wondering how it is that all these blogs show everything about the child: name, birthdate, et cetera. Over here in Europe agencies are frantically banishing all internet sharing until after you receive TA. They say that CCAA forbids it now (the sharing of traceable information through the internet). Some agencies even make you sign an agreement that you will not do this and make a less-than-veiled threat that you will be endangering your procedure, should you do otherwise.
I for one am all for openness. But how to explain this big US-European difference… I’m at a loss here. Anyone?
December 31st, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Baby Emory2001 can be moved to the list of blogs with pictures!
http://babyemory2001.blogspot.com/
December 31st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
We leave on January 8th to go get our daughter, Bethany! We accepted her SN referral in August…our LID was 5-30-07. We are so thankful and so excited! Please add us:
http://www.hayfamily6.blogspot.com
Thanks!!
December 31st, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Once again, thank you all for posting your referrals. What a great way to end a year. I love to relive the moment through others. Let’s hope those waiting hear soon.
Happy New Year everyone….
samba in sac
http://www.talesfromthebigtomato.blogspot.com
December 31st, 2008 at 9:10 pm
RQ -
I just read Pucca1972′s post. Is this true? I’ve not heard this before, but would certainly not want to jeopardize anyone else’s adoption …
December 31st, 2008 at 10:42 pm
FxBrknHrts…
I know that parents are “over the moon” when they receive their referral, but as a professional who works in health care we go to great lenghts to maintian confidentiality and privacy protection. It would not be a surprize that the CCAA requires or will require parents to adhere to this policy if they require it..it kind of makes sense as once you have posted on line or pics…they are there forever?? I know it would be a shame to see those beautiful pics each month, but I would be respectful to the CCAA wishes, families and children..
December 31st, 2008 at 10:44 pm
ps.. when…our referral finally comes this Spring 2009…both my husband and myself have decided to NOT post pics on the internet…
December 31st, 2008 at 11:05 pm
We got our call at 3:00pm PST today.
Her name is Chen Ting Yu
born June 10, 2008
Hunan Province, Chenzhou
She’s at a Half the Sky orphanage.
What a little peanut!
Big grin.
Her picture is at:
http://makingahomeformeimei.blogspot.com/
Geoff and Colleen
January 1st, 2009 at 9:53 am
We were told by our agency in the U.S. that we had to wait until after PA, It took us 18 days to get PA from the time our LOI was sent to China, waiting until after TA would be extremly hard I feel for you in Europe. I remember when you dident have to wait at all in the U.S.
Glen
http:www.2china4norah.blogspot.com
January 1st, 2009 at 10:56 am
As someone said, in the SN program most agencies require parents have PA before they publicly post a name, picture, or medical information.
However, the referral itself, in the NSN program, is kind of like the PA in the SN program. If the CCAA sends you a referral, then they have matched you with this child and they have approved you to be parents. So, most American agencies allow information to be shared at referral. I am aware of at least two American agencies who request that their clients not post the child’s picture or Chinese name until the child is legally theirs.
And, as has been said, several of the European agencies do not allow parents to post certain things until a later milestone. For some it is the TA, and for some they can’t until the child is legally theirs.
Once again, I believe this all falls under the “how you interpret the rules” thing. Some agencies interpret them one way, others interpret them another way. However, I believe the important thing is that the CCAA has not said anything about people posting pictures and names at referral, so at least as of now, it isn’t a problem. If the CCAA ever does decide they don’t like it I’m sure they will make that known to the agencies and the agencies will then make it known to their clients.
I personally believe that you should keep information private that the child may not want to share with just anyone, so I cringe when I see people posting details of medical information for children in the SN program, and detailed finding information for any child. But I don’t personally see a problem with posting pictures, name, age, location, etc.
Sometimes I wonder at the families who post their own last name and the city they live in, though. I personally would not do it, because any thief would know the keywords to look for to find someone that’s going to be out of the country for two weeks in the near future.
January 1st, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Congrats to all the new parents! How exciting to see all these beautiful little faces!
Rachel, mama to Sophie and Margaux (FengCheng, Jiangxi)
http://sophieandmargaux.blogspot.com/
January 6th, 2009 at 10:13 am
Well it looks like I’ll have to keep you folks informed. My daughter is just too excited (and busy). Anyway, please move them to the familes with pictures. Their blog name is gingerandmike.blogspot.com
Our whole family is so excited for them and for us. Best of luck to all of you with your upcoming travel plans.