Waiting, Waiting, Waiting

Still waiting for "The Call". We both really hope it comes before the weekend or it is going to be a long, long weekend! Everyone keeps asking, "Did you get the picture?" I want to yell Yes, but I can't!! Please let it come today!

Stork Is On The Way!!!

Just a quick update: We received an email from our agency today saying the the Stork has left China! We should be receiving the baby's picture very soon!!! It could come as early as Friday!!

Word from our Agency

Our agency, Great Wall China Adoption, sent us an email yesterday saying that the CCAA (Center for Chinese Adoption Authorities) will be mailing the referrals by the end of this week (today). We should have our referral by next week sometime! It is so hard to believe that it is finally almost here, after almost a year. We started this whole process on August 7, 2005! Keep your fingers crossed that the referral gets here fast! I don't think we can stand another weekend of waiting!

Where Are the Referrals!?!?!?!?!?

We are expecting our referral any day now so everytime the phone rings or an email comes through, we get excited. I am expecting the referral on Monday, just because it is my mother's 65th Birthday! Let's keep our fingers crossed!! In the meantime we are still working on the baby's room. Here are some pictures:

Closer and Closer

Our referral is so close now! Everyone around us is so excited for us! The best estimates we can get is that the referrals will start coming out next week some time. Even though it has been a year since we started this whole process, it has gone pretty fast!

The baby's room is almost finished. Lisa, my sister, is coming over to paint a mural on the wall on Saturday. We are also picking up the bureau/changing table on Saturday. Hopefully the carpeting will be installed next week. I will be sure to post some pictures once the room is complete. Right now it looks like a baby warehouse!

Baby's Room Update

The room is coming along. We finished all of the painting last weekend and picked out carpeting. The room is pinkish/lavender so we chose a pearl gray carpet. Hopefully the carpeting will be installed next week. My sister Lisa, is coming on Saturday to start the mural painting. She is going to do a tree in one corner and then we are going to stencil some butterflies, ladybugs and other nature characters on the walls. Once we get that done, we can finally start to set up the room!!

Officially in the Matching Room!

We got an email yesterday from our agency that said we are officially in the Matching Room. The Matching Room is where the CCAA matches the baby with the parents! We have probably been there for a while, but now at least it is official.

Our agency also sent us our "Referral Packet". This is loaded with information with stuff we have to do to get ready for referral. This is sure to keep me busy!! I love lists!

God willing our referral will come by the end of August! This past year went so fast!

More tomorrow.

Well It is Finally August!

August is here! This is the month we are supposed to receive our referral. It was one year ago yesterday that we were accepted by our agency, Great Wall http://www.gwca.org, to start the process of adopting from China! It really doesn't feel like a year. We were kept busy gathering our paper work and doing everything you need to do with it. Time seemed to go really fast.

We are also one step closer to getting the baby's room done. Yesterday we primed and painted the closet. Tonight we are supposed to stop at a carpeting store to look at what they have and hopefully pick something out. Once the carpeting is installed, we can finally start setting everything up!

More tomorrow.