December referrals - who would have thought!

Well the CCAA has sent out a referral batch this month which mean 12 batches have gone out this year!!! I don't remember the last time 12 went out in one years so it is definitely exciting. Now of course in typical CCAA fashion they can't let us get too excited so they sent out a small piddly 3 day batch. It was 21 RQ families which is not that far of from the other batches we have seen since July of this year but it is still a little disappointing. I was hoping they would get to the 13th this month. Also they sent them about a week earlier than I was thinking they would - I am hoping this is because they plan on sending the next batch before the leave for CNY at the end of Jan 2012

As long as they send out referrals each month I still think we "should" be on track for March/April. There is a large stretch of days (19th - 27th) ahead of us that appears to have no one logged in so hopefully they will skip by that fairly quickly!

Its getting closer all the time, meanwhile Mhyia is in China not even aware that we think about her everyday ~ love you already baby girl!

Olivia oh how I love Olivia

I LOVE pigs I have always loved pigs and I just LOVE Olivia the pig she is just soooo freaking cute! I have collected a few things for Mhyia over the last year or so that are Olivia related and I really just can't stop myself when I see them.

I hope Mhyia loves Olivia as much as I do - probably not - but I can try LOL

Mike and I found a little old style "Olivia" jack in the box in Toronto one day and of course had to buy it and then had to get the Match game that I saw a Toys r us and then last night we were at Costco and I came across these two hard cover books - yes you guessed it - I got them! They are just so cute and the Goodnight one has glow in the dark stars!!

I can't wait to get these on a bookshelf and start reading them to Mhyia!! hopefully not too long now!

As I was looking for pictures of the books etc on Google I typed in "Olivia the Pig" and look at the picture that came up - OMG she is sooo cute - a little Asian Olivia the Pig - it was so cute I had to post it here!!!

Our Travel Guide/Referral Booklet

November 23rd we rec'd an email from Children's Bridge and it was titled "Travel Guide/Referral Booklet - Group 272" - AHHHHHH so exciting!!!! I know it is still months away but it was soooo exciting to see this email finally come through to us.

There is so much information and so much preparation that I think we need to do, I am actually feeling very overwhelmed by it all lately. I am hoping as soon a Christmas is done I can start focusing on getting organized. There is so much paper work and forms etc.. that we haven't really looked at since the beginning almost 6 years ago.

Just another exciting step on our LONG journey to Mhyia!

Our sweet baby girl!

Mike and I have been thinking about Mhyia ALOT lately, (like everyday for the last 5.5 years) but especially lately. I am so saddened to think that she is probably in an orphanage somewhere in China, only a plane ride away and I can't see her or hold her or care for her.

I have always wanted to have a child and specifically I am a baby freak - love babies, can't get enough of a new little baby!!! I am sad that I will miss those months of her being just a little peanut and am bothered that she will miss out on so much love and bonding those first however many months. All we can do is pray that we get her as young a possible and that wherever she is, someone is caring for her and loving her until we are able to bring her home.

Wherever you are sweet baby girl we are thinking about you everyday and we love you so much already - xoxo

November Referrals

Just before Mike and I left on our Cruise the CCAA sent a referral batch for November!! I was wondering if they would even send a batch considering they typically seem to skip a month somewhere around the end of the year. They have been very consistent this year and I am keeping my fingers crossed that they actually send out referrals in December also. That would be 12 batches this year and typically they send 11.

They referred up to and including August 7th - that means only 22 more days to us!!! OMG I actually can't even believe I am saying that - it seems like it has been so far away for so long and now it is coming up so fast!!

RQ (which I LOVE as most of you know) is now predicting Jan/Feb for a referral for us. January if they don't skip December and February if they do skip December. I personally think it is going to be a bit longer but it is still so exciting to see our date in her projection chart AHHHHH!!!!! I am actually thinking if they do a batch in Dec and then each month after then we could (best case) be February otherwise I am thinking March or April 2012.