After a few questions yesterday, it looks like I should revisit this again. From the When post, based on number of days between referral batches, the soonest I would expect to see referrals arrive this month is Tuesday, January 6, the latest is Monday, January 19. The most likely arrival is Monday, January 12. However, [...]

Little TwinkleToes has been trying to convince us that it is Christmastime, and that means we should open the presents. I’ve shown her on the calendar when we open them, but she’s not interested in that. She’s quite persuasive, and has come up with some very good arguments as to why we should just go [...]

There were some expedited referrals in this batch, but I don’t believe the expedited referrals amounted to large numbers. Some families with LID’s that should have been included did not receive referrals. When their agency checked with the CCAA they were told the families had LID’s of a few weeks later than the families had [...]

Long velvet dresses with crinolines do not work so good with five point harnesses in car seats. If you feed a child dinner in the car (cheese and fake turkey and lettuce sandwich, bag of goldfish, banana) between school and evening activity, the child will consider it a snack and will expect a “real dinner” [...]

According to their website, the consulate in Guangzhou will be closed: December 25 January 1 January 19 (MLK) January 25-28 (CNY) February 16 (President’s Day) I am assuming this means they will be open Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. I don’t have word yet on when the CCAA will be closed for the various [...]