Happy Halloween!

Just wishing everyone a Happy Halloween!

Leaf Viewing

On Saturday afternoon, Robert took me up for a little leaf viewing to see the beautiful fall colors. We flew up to Devils Lake, WI to see the bluffs. It was quite beautiful. Here are a few photos from the flight.

The bluffs at Devil's Lake

The Wisconsin River

When??

Many of you ask me "when will you get your referral?" The answer is and has always been "about a year from now..." and that answer hasn't changed for years now. Scary, huh! The reason is that while we've all been expecting some sort of a "speed up" this just never seems to actually come to fruition. I am posting a few charts that I swiped off the "Rumor Queen" website to get a sense of when. Use the chart on the chart on the left if you believe the number of days being referred each month will be constant. The numbers on the top refers to the number of days each month that you estimate will be referred each month and look at that for an estimate as to when we'll get our daughter. Use the chart on the chart on the right if you think the number of babies being referred each month will be constant to best guess when we'll get our daughter. Our Log-in Date is 7-14-06.

So, now you understand... we have NO idea when... Time will tell. So, what is your guess??

Another Depressing Day

While referrals are on their way, they only matched through March 28, 2006. I had false hopes that they would finish off March 2006 as it took the CCAA 52 days to get through just 4 days of matches. This adoption is just taking too long and is wreaking havoc on my sanity. At this rate, we'll be lucky if we get our referral in 2010. I don't know how much more of this I can handle?! I need some good news in my life right now. 108 more referral days to go...

Here's the official notice:

10/12/09
CCAA


The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before March 28, 2006.

Delays, Delays, Always Delays...

I keep hoping each month that this is the month that things will start to "speed up" only to have my dreams dashed yet again. The CCAA is officially on holiday. They are out of the office October 1-8, 2009 due to the National Day and the Mid Autumn Festival. The CCAA did not mail matches prior to leaving for their holiday. So, here's to hoping that upon their return they will finish off the March 2006 matches and move us ever so much closer to our daughter. Please continue your prayers.

Chinese National Holiday

Today marks the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a parade of military troops and equipment followed by tens of thousands of civilians streamed through Tiananmen Square as the entire country watched on television.

Here's a grouping of the front pages from some of the country's newspapers: