Started painting the Nursery!

Well today I finally decided to start painting the nursery - I know we still have a good 4 or 5 months before referral but to be honest I feel like we have soooo much to do around the house etc... and I feel like I am running out of time. I was leary about painting the nursery already but I figure what am I waiting for? It is driving me more crazy to not just get it done than to walk by a finished room for the next 5 months. I think once I finish it I will feel less anxiety!

I only did the first coat today - we plan on doing stripes so once I get them done I will post pics - stay tuned!!

FINALLY in AUGUST!!!!!!!

Well we weren't sure if we would see referrals in October but to our surprise we not only got them, we got them early!! I woke up on Friday October 21st to RQ reporting that the CCAA had referred up to and including Aug 2, 2006.

OMG can I just point out that they are FINALLY in August!!!!! The referral batch was really small, in fact the smallest EVER but I was happy for a couple of reasons:

• to see referrals for this month at all


• to see that they made it in to August


• to see that they came over a week sooner than we thought!


• also there is only group 271 ahead of us now at our agency!

What does this mean for us?? Good question LOL - I am still thinking March or April for a referral and we are fine with that!! I totally expect they will skip a month either Nov or Dec and then I feel it will take them 3 to 5 months to finish Aug and of course we are Aug 29th. Now according to RQ polls there is no one logged in Aug 19-27, which should help to speed things up for us a little.

As always - only time will tell!!

Happy Thanksgiving 2011

Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians!!!

Soooooo much to be Thankful for this last year, we have had family members come through some scary health issues, we have had good health with the rest of our families and friends, I am back working full time at the place I have always wanted to work (and loving it), we have been able to start getting excited about China as it inches closer to us everyday, all in all it has been a great year and we are so Thankful to be here happy and healthy.

This year we wet to Amy's for dinner on Saturday (also celebrated Meghan's 3rd birthday) and we went to my Mom and Dads on Sunday. As we were in the kitchen at my Moms I actually stopped and thought (and said out loud) next year there will be a highchair at the table!!!! OMG can you believe it?? It is so unreal LOL - can't wait!!

We also rec'd a call on Sunday telling us our crib was in!! My parents bought our crib for Mhyia and it is sooooo beautiful!!!! Mike and John headed over to pick it up and returned with it - we realized it may be easier to get it up the stairs if we take it out of the large box - well as luck would have it it was damaged :( Back to the store it went and another one has been special ordered. That was not so great but either way we have another one on order and hopefully the next one will be fine!!

RQ's Projections

Anyone who has followed along the last almost 6 years knows that I am sooooo thankful for a website called china adopt talk, also know as Rumor Queen. It has literally been a life line for us thorugh this adoption. I go on it at least once a day up to 10+ times a day if it is around referral time.

Each month RQ projects the next couple of months out right after the most recent referrals. This month RQ's projections put us at Dec/Jan for a referral - OMG!!!! To be completely honest I am not expecting a referral until March/April but it is still exciting to see our date even in this little box let alone mid way in the box!!!!

Sooooo exciting!!!