God is Good...

We have a LID - log in date for our dossier in China. When you send your Dossier to China you are DTC. When China receives it and puts it in their tracking system, you have a LID - Log In Date. Not many people who adopt a waiting child get a LID. WE GOT ONE TODAY! And it's GREAT news. We were DTC on 9/2 and our LID is 9/19! I've seen some recently who were DTC the same day as us and LID was in mid-October. Heartbreaking. I can't even go there. I had made a prediction of TA on 11/7. Hmm.. I'm hoping I'm wrong and it's BEFORE then, but I won't be crushed if it isn't til after then. I will take my TA anyway I can get it - fried, scalloped, par-boiled, baked, broiled or toasted! I DON'T CARE how it gets here, just get here! :)

Just let me say Thank you God, because I have put this in your hands and all my prayers have been answered so far.

Waiting and waiting and waiting

While the waiting seems endless, we try to keep busy. Heaven knows with these 3 children of mine, there isn't a dull moment.
Between Josh's Horsepower therapy, MacKenzie's Choir, French Club, Art Class and horseback riding, and Emma-Grace's dumpster diving (hehe.. she tried to eat Josh's breakfast out of the trash last weekend! AGGHH!), we are never at a loss for something to do. But that doesn't satisfy me. I reallllly want to go to China.

Most people gain weight whle waiting - I've managed to lose about 50lbs since early February 2005. I had lap-band surgery (www.inamed.com) and I wonder what I would have lost if we weren't WAITING AND WAITING - maybe it should be called WEIGHTING! :) Today I sorted out all the clothes that no longer fit me - and this was the pile I got (first photo!) I bet I had 100 pieces of clothing - and that's just stuff from the attic. There is more in my closet!

Our 13 yr old Rat Terrier, Rizzo, managed to get under the Suburban as we were driving out of the driveway to pick up MacKenzie today :( His leg is broken and he's in the hospital waiting to have surgery tomorrow. Say a little prayer for him. :( He's my oldest child. We've had him since we were dating - so he's really like my child. (My apologies to the neighbors who must have thought the world had come to an end to hear me yelling! ::sigh:: I'm not good in a panic situation. I could never be a nurse. I scream like a girl. ::Sigh::)

Going out on a limb...

Okay.. I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict our TA arrival. ;) My thoughts are we will have our TA by November 7th. Hey, I could be wrong, but that's okay... So, the countdown begins. 26 more days til TA...

Waiting Children

Please take a look at the waiting children on our agency's Waiting Children's List! They are so beautiful and need their families to find them! A couple of them are about to have their files returned to China and that just can't happen! Please take a look and share the information with your family and friends. Even if you don't think they would be interested in adopting, mention it. You never know who you will meet that might find their child!!

Learn Chinese via PodCast

I've seen it all now. You can learn Chinese via a PodCast! I love it. I'm all for anything techno and geeky and this just ranks right up there at the top. I was curious to see what I could find on iTunes / PodCasts about China and lo and behold, there it was. ChinesePod! I subcribed and I've got some interesting stuff to listen to so I can feel more comfortable w/ the Chinese language... Knowing I won't LEARN it, but I would like to understand some of what I hear being said!

Check out http://www.apple.com/itunes