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Road to Hana is Moving! 27 Apr 2009 | 11:00 pm
I've learned so much and gotten great support and inspiration through others' adoption blogs and that was key to my decision to keep this blog public - to pay it forward. As we inch closer to referral...
Politics vs. Child Welfare 27 Apr 2009 | 12:12 am
Someone posted a link to this article on one of the China adoption message boards I read - it's an opinion piece, and in line with my beliefs about international adoption and how politics are ultimate...
36 Months LID...3 years! 20 Apr 2009 | 11:52 pm
Our dossier has been officially logged in with the CCAA for 36 months - that's 3 years of official waiting in the slow line that is China adoption. The wait is far from over, but we're at the point w...
April Stork Alert 14 Apr 2009 | 12:07 am
April referrals came last week, covering Log in Dates (LIDs) March 7 and March 8, 2006. Congratulations to all families who now wait to travel to their new children! There are 43 days left to refer ...
35 Months LID 23 Mar 2009 | 03:53 am
We've now been logged in for referral from China for 35 months. There are still hopes coming from agencies that things will pick up later this year and time will tell. We are still in limbo with our c...
March Stork Alert 5 Mar 2009 | 02:03 pm
March referrals are here and they cover LIDs March 3 through March 6, 2006. That leaves 45 days until our LID of 4/20/06. The rate of referrals over the past year is about 5 LIDs per month (the only...
Homestudy Update #3 28 Feb 2009 | 04:27 am
We just had a visit with our homestudy social worker for our third update - our state requires annual updates plus our I-171H immigration approval is due to expire soon and we need to send an update w...
34 Months LID 23 Feb 2009 | 02:08 am
We've now been logged in for referral from China for 34 months...that 3 year mark is just around the corner. I spoke with our agency recently and while they believe the next batch of referrals will be...
33 Months LID and Stork Alert Update 20 Jan 2009 | 11:37 am
We're still here! Tomorrow we'll have been logged in for referral from China for 33 months. Based on the average number of LID days referred per month over the most recent 12 months, we estimate our ...
30 Months LID and Stork Alert Update 21 Oct 2008 | 12:23 am
We're pretty busy with our concurrent adoption and should have news whether or not it will be a success within a month. Stay tuned for that. Meanwhile, I missed 2 Stork Alerts and the CCAA has now as...
