Thursday, April 16, 2009
30 Months Down
...and still waiting.
| posted by Shannon at 12:21 PM
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
A Speed Up?
Ok, so its been a while since I posted--5 months to be exact. A rumor is gaining momentum in the China adoption community---that there will be a speed up---more referrals in 2009 than in 2008.
I will take notice of this new rumor but I am not banking on it. Right now the CCAA has referred through March 6, 2006. We still have 225 referral days ahead of us.
I think at the minimum we have another 1.5 years to wait. In the next few months we will need to prepare to begin our 1-800 paperwork. Hopefully by the time we file the USCIS will be a little faster in processing this documentation.
| posted by Shannon at 8:09 PM
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Happy 2 Year LID-iversary!
Today marks exactly two years that our dossier has been logged in at the CCAA. Two years down and two more to go?
| posted by Shannon at 10:26 AM
Monday, September 15, 2008
DTC Two Years Ago Today
Two years ago today our dossier was sent to China. On 10-16-06 we will officially have been logged in and waiting for a referral for two years. We still wait for Emma Claire and I still follow all the rumors and referrals.
As I stated before, we still wait and wait and wait.
| posted by Shannon at 7:36 PM
Friday, September 12, 2008
Making a Decision
After thinking and researching we have decided to pursue a concurrent adoption. We officially began our journey this week to adopt an infant male from Ethiopia. You can read and follow our Ethiopian journey here .We are approaching 2 years since we sent our dossier to China. We are still waiting for Emma Claire and will continue to wait. The only change in plans is that Emma Claire will be our youngest instead of the middle child.
| posted by Shannon at 7:06 AM
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Emma Claire is a Baby With No Teeth
That's what Chloe says a lot lately. She likes to talk about Emma Claire in China as if she were born. She doesn't comprehend that we still have another two years to wait before we even get to see a photo of Emma Claire. If the two year wait holds true, then that means that in a probability, Emma Claire is not even conceived yet.
But, Chloe likes to talk about her little sister. It confuses people and we often get the question, "She has a sister in China?". I have had to explain to people on several occassions that we are adopting again and waiting for a referral from China and that NO Chloe does not have a sister with which she communicates in China (right now anyway).
Even though it is a long way off, I don't mind Chloe talking about Emma Claire in the "here and now". It helps her process. Chloe asked me today if we would put Emma Claire in a baby carrier. I told her I didn't know but that we didn't use a carrier for her when she came home. She seemed offended and most adamant that she was in a baby carrier at some point in her life and told me, "I bet my birthmother put me in a baby carrier."
The wait for this adoption is hard for Chloe to understand, but as she gets older it becomes a springboard to talk about her adoption.
So, we continue to wait and to think of E.C. daily. We have said that we would like to have 3 children and are now considering a concurrent adoption. I have been calling and talking to agencies about different programs. Many agencies are now open to concurrent adoptions for people in the China program whereas only a year ago they would not allow it. One agency even told me that concurrent is a joke...we would be able to adopt, have the baby home for a year before our China adoption. In other words, it's not really concurrent.
As we check into options for baby #3 (who would technically be baby#2), we still wait for Emma Claire.
| posted by Shannon at 7:02 PM
Friday, June 20, 2008
Not Forgotten
Chloe was drawing in the playroom this morning and she brought me this picture. She told me it was Chloe, Mommy and Emma Claire and that it was a sad Emma Claire because she wanted her family.
I thought it was very sweet and even though this wait is taking much longer than we ever expected, Emma Claire is never too far out of our thoughts.
| posted by Shannon at 9:27 AM
