I need to vent-I just found out that we will probably be waiting until May 7th to go to China--our agency doesn't do travel during the trade show in Guanzhou (April 15- May 3rd?), so that's the soonest we can leave--that's almost 7 weeks away! I think my head is going to explode! There has been nothing in this process that has gone smoothly or in a timely manner. I am ready for my daughter. This is just the worst case scenario (ok, it could be worse, but I can't think of that right now or my head really will pop!)--I tried everything to make it happen in April, but when everyone else around you doesn't understand (or care?) about the urgency, it all fails. Right now everything really just stinks.

Okay, I'm not doing a very good job of keeping my blog up-to-date! Luke and I have TA (travel approval) and are waiting for our I-171H to arrive at the consulates in Guanzhou so we can make our consulate appointment so we can make our travel plans! Good grief! I have a feeling that at this point we are looking at May as month we will be going....it will take a miracle at this point to be able to go in April--the latest we can leave is the 2nd or we'll have to wait until May. I think patience should be my new middle name!

I just want our daughter to know that I look at her pics every day and pray we will see her soon!

Just what we've been waiting for!

Okay--we got the call!!! WE HAVE A DAUGHTER!! I'm shaking so bad and running around pacing in circles while I call people! I only have a bit of info : she was born in April of 2009 and she is from Quiandongnan. She's been in foster care from day one--I can't wait to see pics! I will post as info is available!

Are we actually going to get our call? Europe and East coast seem to have--let's hope tomorrow b"ring"s happy tears instead of sad ones like last month----it's going to be hard to sleep tonight!!

Gee, it's been about a month since my last post--I guess that tells you how "exciting" it's been in January--let's hope February brings happy moments!

Happy New Year! Luke and I had the disappointment of finding out that we were given the wrong LID, which means instead of tears of joy there were tears of sadness and anger. Now it's time to suck it up and, hopefully, we'll be in the next batch of referrals?