Somewhere Over the Rainbow

I love this song. I saw this video posted on another blog and I thought I would add it to mine. When I hear this song I always think of Lily and I can't wait to make a video using this song and her pictures. If you listen to it think of all the orphans in China and that they be united with their "forever family".

It's official!

The CCAA updated their site last night. They officially matched 2 days worth of dossier's. This just plain stinks! There are officially only 3 months worth of Log In Dates before our 1/26/06 LID. I have no idea how long it will take but either way I'll be ready when our day comes. I am really trying to stay positive and maybe things will eventaully speed up! I think that once November is matched there will be a slight speed up because November is suppose to be a big month with lots of dossier's. I also heard that referrals may come out early next month because the CCAA closes for the May holiday (I think the first week in May) so we should hear about referrals at the end of April. I can only hope that the Wide Horizons family with a LID of 10/28/05 will be matched next!

Happy Easter

All the cousins. So Cute!

Family of 4 but we can't wait to be a family of 5!

I have recoverd from the shock of the 2 day referral batch , although it was not easy. A patient husband, good friends, a few drinks and most importantly my two beautiful boys got me through the worst days so far in this wait. I can only hope that next month more referrals are sent but I know that our day will come and we will have Lily when the time is right.

We had a nice Easter and it was so fun having all the cousins together. The kids really love each other and they were so excited to meet their newest cousin Addison. They all loved the egghunt and I couldn't help but picture Lily running around in her Easter dress next year collecting eggs!

Meet The Robinsons

We received an e - mail from the director of our agency about the movie "Meet the Robinsons". Her thoughts are very interesting. I actually saw the movie with the boys and I had no idea it was about adoption. I learned a lesson and that is I really should find out what a movie is about before taking kids!

The movie is filled with extraordinarily inappropriate messages about adoption. The basic story is about an adorable baby whose birthmother leaves him on the doorstep of an orphanage. Portrayed as loving, sweet, extremely smart and overly appealing, he spends the next 12 years of his life wanting a family and being turned down by one family after another. In all, more than 100 couples refuse to adopt him. One scene shows a prospective dad losing interest in adoption because this very smart little boy is more interested in science than sports. The prospective parents leave the disappointed child in an angry huff when he accidentally splatters them with some food from his science project. This is supposed to be funny.
Since no one else wants him, the child invents a time machine in order to go back in time to find his birth mother. The "bad guy" in his time travel journey turns out to be his best buddy from childhood, once his orphanage roommate. Now an emotional wreck resulting from being left behind when the orphanage was closed and shut down, the once-cute orphan is now mean and devious. Another chuckle. Various monsters attack the child as continues his birth mother search. You get the picture!
I found "Meet the Robinsons" to be both tasteless and totally insensitive regarding adoption issues. Please think very carefully before taking your child to see it, whether adopted or not. You may want to preview the movie yourself before deciding whether your child chould see it or not. At the very least, help prepare your child by letting him or her know about the adoption theme before seeing it. It is important for our children to know that orphanages no longer exist in the U.S. and that the adoption process is totally different from what is portrayed in this "pretend" movie. I will write the Disney Corporation to let them know about my concerns about their flippant way of dealing with issues that are extremely important and not funny for millions of adoptees and their families in this country and around the world.

So Not Good

The rumors were out there that the CCAA would only give referrals for 2 - 3 days but I refused to believe it. Then my ususal very quiet agency sent an e - mail confirming it. This is absolutely devestating for those October families expecting rerferrals this month and it has made me numb. Right when I think I have a good idea when our referral will come it gets pushed out again. I am not in a good place right now and I am just so sad for all of us in the China Adoption Community. I have to belive that our day will come but it is so hard not knowing when and being disapointed 15 straight months! I feel bad for my boys because they deserve a happy sane mommy but this wait is just draining me. Tomorrow is a new day and maybe I'll be able to put today behind me but I think it's going to be a tough couple of days with a few tears shed!

Welcome Addison Faith!

My sister delivered a beautiful baby girl yesterday at 6:31 AM. Addison Faith weighed in at 8lbs. 7 oz and 20 inches long. She is the little sister to her very excited big sister, Olivia Grace. We are so excited to welcome the newest addition into our family.

No news on referrals for this month. Hopefully we will hear something this week. I am praying they finish up referrals for the month of October 2005 and then we can move on to November. The good news is that families from our agency have an October 28th LID so they should be getting some good news very soon!!

Welcome to the roller coaster!

Rumor had it that referrals were sent on Friday and that agencies would be receiving them today. There were some agencies saying referrals were made into November, which would be great news because it is expected to take at least 3 months to get through November 2005 referrals. Once the CCAA gets through November then I feel like we are will be so close. We also have made some great friends who have a LID of November 30th so we are also very excited for them. OK, back to the rollar coaster... I was very excited on Friday to know we would know something today but unfortunately nothing happened. I feel for everybody expecting referrals but they will hopefully see their daughters face by the end of week. Just to add to the drama the new rumor is that the CCAA may not even finish October this month! So I have no idea what will happen this month and all the excitement I felt this weekend is now gone. I really should stop riding the roller coaster and ignore all the rumors because it just gets harder every month. Of course I am off now to check Rumor Queen because I just can't stay away!