Baby Shower

So, how have I been keeping busy during this long wait? Well, a baby shower sure helped! That toy box is FULL of cute little toys and all kinds of necessities of our little one. And what a surprise I got! I will try to post some more pictures soon.Emily's room is slowly starting to look like a little girl's room...

HELLO!

The idea to create this blog came long ago, the time to create it has only now come. I wanted all our friends and family who might be interested in following our journey to Emily to be able to do so without the need to ask us "SO?" every other day.

Our file was registered in China on March 21st, 2006. This is called our "Log In Date" or LID. About once a month, the China Centre of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) sends out an update letting everyone know what LID they are done "matching" and which they have done "reviewing."
Basically, the process is that our file waits to go to the "review room." Once our file has been reviewed in China (they make sure that all the paperwork checks out) then our file goes to the "matching room." This is where they "match" you with a waiting child.
We only officially hear from them if there is a problem with our file when it goes in to the review room, or then once they have matched our file with a waiting child. SO... Basically, 1) wait 2)file goes to review room - if all checks out with them 3) file goes to matching room AND then 4) we get a picture of Emily. 6 to 8 weeks after that... we are off to China !

As of today, the CCAA has finished reviewing the files with a LID up to December 31st, 2005, and they have finshed matching the files with a LID up to August 9th 2005. So, as you can see, our file has not even gone into the review room yet, much less the matching room; we are still at WAIT, WAIT, and WAIT some more. How long will that all take? Wouldn't Sean and I love to know!!!