10th LID Monthiversary

Our 10th LID Monthiversary!!!
May 26, 2007

Well, we have been logged into the China Center of Adoption Affairs system for 10 months as of May 26, 2007. No one knows really how many months we will be waiting but my guesstimate ranges anywhere from October 2008 to March 2009. We are hoping it is not longer than that!! That would put our total wait time for a referral at between 27 and 32 month wait from LID. Currently the wait is at about 19 months from LID but everyone "expects the wait to continue to lengthen throughout 2007". Ugh!

Since the summer olympics are in Beijing in 2008, it will be interesting to see whether or not we can get to China and back before then or not. There is still the possibility that there will be a speedup in referrals (as all of us waiting families are hoping!!). Its pretty much just a waiting game at this point.

We had our homestudy update last week which was pretty much just a short meeting to let our social worker know if anything major had changed in our family in the past year. Then some minor forms to fill out but nothing like the original paperwork we did.

We were briefly dual listed with the Korea adoption program at our agency but changed our mind and decided to wait for our little girl from China. We have come so far already in this journey and even if it takes another year or two (God help us if it is two!) we really feel this is where our first adoption is meant to be from. We would definitely consider Korea for a future adoption though as a possibility. They have a great foster care system for waiting babies and medical care there is supposed to be excellent! Babies go for well baby checkups every month on their birthday, etc.

Well, thats pretty much all to say for now. As news arises, we will be sure to let you know. Until then! Steph and Arik