Were does the time go?????

Hard to believe I am actually saying this. In so many ways, with this adoption, I feel like time is standing still but the rest of my life seems to be flying by:
Happy 5th Birthday, Cole!!!!!
Wow, were have the last 5 years gone. It's very hard for me to believe my baby turned 5 today!!
He is very excited to be 5 but he did have some reservations about it. He was so cute last night when I got him into bed and I asked him how he felt knowing this was his last night of being 4 and that in the morning he would be 5, we looked up at me and told me he wasn't sure he was ready to be 5 yet and then told me how much he loved me!!! As you can imagine, tears were streaming down my face(good thing it was dark in there) God, I love him!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully he won't have too many more birthdays without his babysister!
We're waiting for you Ella and can't wait for you to join our crazy family!!!!!!

update....

We got some information from our agency to say that right now there isn't much that they can do, but once our LID gets closer to referral they will try again to get further info. So I guess for know this is the best that we can do.

On a much happier note, our friends Bryan and Angela got their referral yesterday for their beautiful Ella. I have to say she is gorgeous!! Congrats to both of you. We are truely very happy for you both!!!!!Can't wait to meet her in person.

from bad to worse.....

So, if 2011 wasn't bad enough we got worse news on Friday. Let me rewind a bit, we got a call 2 weeks ago that China was missing our passport pictures and that we needed to redo them and send them to them as soon as possible. So we did. I was worried though at the time as to why we were only being asked now since our file was supposedly out of review back in November. Anyway, we got a call on Friday that they have our new pictures and that our file will now be put in with the files they are working on now(end of Nov-first of Dec '06) so this means our LID has now changed and we will be waiting even longer. We contacted our agency and they are going to do everything they can to try and get our file put back to where it is supposed to go but most likely it will not happen.

This totally SUCKS!!!!! Friday was not a good day for me at all. I completely broke down on the phone with our agency. I understand it isn't thier fault but I'm really hoping they might be able to sway them to change their minds. China is what it is. They make the rules and we just have to abid by them.

Thanks Ang for totally listening to me!! It helped!!

2011..........

So we received an email from our agency last week that informed us that we should expect our referral in 2011. Yup, you read it right, 2011!!!!! As anyone can well imagine this is possibly the worst news to date. Brent and I have talked again in length of what we should do. I guess when you look at time lines for adoption in Canada, it's still better than that. We have to keep an open mind about this whole thing or we, really I, will loose it completely. I want to say THANKS to the girls, you know who you are!!!, for all you kind words. I know that if I need anything you are all there. Thanks for everything. Someday I'll figure out how to repay you all. In the meantime I guess some much needed renovations to our house are going to get done along with a few trips!!!!!

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Well here we are in 2008, who would've thought we'd still be waiting and will continue to wait for another year or more. I'm feeling pretty down today as I realize that 2008 will not be our year and 2009 most likely will not be either. It frustrates me to know that the wait will continue to get longer and longer and that our dream of completing our family will continue to get further and further away. It breaks my heart when Cole talks about his baby sister because he wants her to be here so much and asks alot why we haven't gone yet. I have a really hard time understanding it so how can I explain it to a 4 year old.
Anyway enough whining out of me, it won't change anything.
So heres to 2008 making dreams come true for our friends Angela & Bryan!!Can't wait to meet your Ella!

Welcome Home

We went to the airport last night to welcome home Tracy, Chris and Madi. They had a very long journey home but they made is safe and sound. She is beautiful!!! Considering the fact that they travelled for 30 hours to get home she was happy, laughing and smiling. What a sweetheart.
Another family came home last night too, Scott,Jen and Kate. She's adorable too.
I'm so glad the families are all home safe and sound for the holidays.
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
We'll see you all in the New Year.

P.S. Ang, our time will come!!!!!!!

Out of review!!!!!!!

It's official our file if finally out of review. It's a small step but its something.