CCAA Update

The CCAA has finished the review of the adoption application documents registered with our office before August 31, 2006.
The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before December 8, 2005.


Thay matched 8 days into December. I hope this means they are speeding things up a bit! We shall see next month. You can visit the website www.chinaadopttalk.com on Monday there should be links to referral pictures again. I love to see all the beautiful faces and read about how excited the families are! I just can't wait until it is our turn!!!!

CCAA Update and Other News

The CCAA has finished the review of the adoption application documents registered with our office before August 31, 2006.
The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before November 30, 2005.


Three months and 22 days to go!!!! Which could be 9+ months in real time. Rumors have it that a couple of those months have low numbers of waiting families so... Keep your fingers crossed for speedy referrals!!!!

Other news...
We moved!!! We are officially in and out of boxes. Organized???? Not!!!! Little by little our new place is feeling more like our home. We will be renting our home in Tempe as of the 15th. We are very happy that did not take too long!

Things are good!
:o)

CCAA Update

The CCAA has finished the review of the adoption application documents registered with our office before June 30, 2006.
The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before November 25, 2005.

Busy Busy Busy

We found a new home!!! Scott's new job is an hour away so... We started looking at neighborhoods closer to work when we came upon a home that was too good to be true. It is in a new community half way between both our jobs. It's a spec home that was in the works so we did not have a lot of building options to choose from but we were still able to pick all the design options, floors, cabinets, counter tops and fixtures. It has been very exciting yet a little stressful. We never thought we'd leave our current home, we love it where we live!!!

Things are still moving slowly on the adoption front. Unless things speed up, which is not the trend, it looks like our time frame may be as late as next summer. It will happen so I will keep you informed.

Check out the website from the last post. The June baby referrals are arriving for some families in November log in groups. Adorable pictures will be posted in the next few days! Just a reminder that our log in date is March 22. Only 4 months of families to match and then it is our turn!!!!

Updated China Information and other Good News

Hey all,
The families that were logged in earlier than November 7th have received news. Go to the below link and scroll down until you see the blog title, June Babies! Click on the links with pictures to get a good baby fix. I do this the beginning of every month, referral time. It makes my heart swell to see all those beautiful little faces and think of the unbelievable happiness those families are experiencing right now! Our time will come when the time is absolutly right and not a moment sooner. Until, enjoy in the dreams come true below...

www.chinaadopttalk.com (I will remind you all next month when referrals come again]

Updated news from the CCAA website...

The CCAA has finished the review of the adoption application documents registered with our office before March 31, 2006.

The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before November 7, 2005.


Other news,
Scott is now the Director of Golf at Anthem Golf and Country Club. He started his new job Monday. We couldn't be happier and I am so proud of his accomplishments!

Update

This is the current updated information from the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) website...
November is good!!!! Getting closer and closer to March 22nd!!!

The CCAA has finished the review of the adoption application documents registered with our office before March 31, 2006.
The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before November 1, 2005.

Update

We had our fingerprints redone no other new news. I thought this picture was fun!

Spring

Oh my, is the weather beautiful!!! It is warm out and orange blossom scent has filled the air! Everything is blooming and perfect! This is why we live in Arizona!

We have recently had to update our home study for our adoption. Our federal fingerprints have expired so we have an appointment to get those re-done. Everything else is great as the wait continues. This process may take as late as next winter unless things speed up. We will keep posting information as we know it!!

Anniversary

The fact that we are coming up on our one year anniversary from when our paperwork was logged in to the China Center For Adoption Affairs (CCAA) office is creating much excitememt! We are getting closer and closer to our dream of becoming a family!!!

The Process

Here is what we have been doing and where we are in the process... Two years ago Scott and I began to put together all the paperwork, or our dossier, that was to be sent to China. We had physicals, psychiatric evaluations, home visits from social workers, financial evaluations, federal state and local fingerprinting, and probably a host of other things I am forgetting. We attended parenting classes and began to do some fun stuff like ready the nursery! We prepped our home with child proofing locks and fences and anything we needed to make our house as safe as possible. Our information was presented to the Courts in Arizona and we were declared parents fit for adoption. Next all out paperwork was compiled into a huge dossier, including family photos, translated into Chinese, and sent to the Adoption Affairs offices in China. A letter from us accompanied this dossier requesting the government of China to bless us by allowing us to adopt twin baby girls! Our dossier was logged into the system March 22, 2006. Now we wait and prepare to become parents. Recently the China website has been updated, stating that they are past our Log in Date for files that have been reviewed. We are assuming that there were no issues with our dossier and it is on its way to the matching department. Here the workers have the monumental task of matching all the waiting children to families. The website has also posted that they have finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with their office before October 13, 2005. Although that date is only five months prior to our date, of March 22, it seems that things have slowed down and the wait will be longer than that. We are hoping we hear something this spring or summer, so lets keep that positive vibe going. We just don't know when?!?! Trust us that you will know as soon as we do!!! Please keep our little ones in your hearts and think of them often!!! We are keeping very positive! We truly believe that our children will be here when they are meant to be with us and not a moment sooner or later!

Happy New Year

It is not only the year of the Pig, it is the Year of the Golden Pig. According to Chinese Foklore, this is an event that occurs once in every 600 years and will ensure that a baby born on this year will experience a prosperous and wealthy life.

Happy New Year

Sunday, February 18, 2007 is Chinese New Year!!! Happy New Year!!!

Red Thread

An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet regardless of time, place or circumstance.The thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break.

Ancient Chinese Legend

Update

The China Center for Adoption Affairs (CCAA) has updated their website stating that all paperwork has been reviewed up until March 22, 2006. Our paperwork was logged into their system March 22, 2006. We are hoping we are on our way to the matching department to get matched to our children. This is a long process so keep our little ones in your prayers!

Mural

This is the mural Karin painted in the toy room of the nursery. To the right there is a bookcase and room for two little chairs. To the left is a toybox with lots of room to play.

Nursery

Here is a photo of the nursery. We still need to purchase bedding, curtains, etc. but the painting is complete and the furniture put together. We just can't wait to fill those cribs!!!!

Welcome!

Join us as we begin the wonderful process of becoming parents! We are very excited and nervous! We have been very busy getting ready. I will post some pictures of the nursery. We're pretty proud of how it turned out!!!