Stork is FLYING now!!!

Another month has passed and November's set of referrals are arriving today/tomorrow!!! Last week there was "rumours" that we could see a good month which some were saying that ALL September 2005 LID's would be matched, but as CCAA updated their website today that was not the case!!


CCAA has now matched all families who adoption application documents were registered (LID) before September 8th, 2005. Sooo...this batch covers August 26, 2005 to September 8, 2005....that is only 14 days!!! I know there is A LOT of SAD faces today after seeing that posting of the cut of date, but hopefully smiles will be put back on once they start seeing all the beautiful faces in the hands of their new FORVER FAMILIES!! I believe that good things will happen to those who wait......so I'm still a WAITING!!!

Please have a look and watch these blogs for their new daughter/son!!
Marvin & Carolyn.......baby Kennedy (FOI Family)
Kirk & Debbie..............baby Olivia (CB Family)
Michael & Karen.........baby ??? (CB Family)
Our Journey Continues.......baby ???
Brian & Nancy............baby Lily

Mama's Wish, Daughter's Wish

For all of you who are like me, who like to order all these sweet books.....THIS IS A MUST TO BUY!!! I heard through the BLOGGY world about this book and finally decided to order it. Today at lunch it arrived and boy its one of my favourite adoption book.

This book has two stories, one starts on the front cover and the other on the back. The first one is told by the mama who is wishing for a baby and the other is told by the baby wishing for her mama. Each page has a red ribbon running through it with the Mandarin translation.

This picture is from Mama's story. The CCAA worker is celebrating over having matched Mama & her daughter!!

And another cute page that sounds just like I will be!!! This one is of the Mama with copies of her referral picture of her daughter plastered all over her house and she is laying on the couch staring at it.

See the red ribbon with madarin translation on the bottom of each page!!!

So for all of you who want to order your own copy, I ordered mine through China Care. Also right now if you order before Xmas I believe you will get an autographed copy and a portion of the proceeds will go to China Care (a WONDERFUL organization helping children in China orphanages).

Nothing..

I hope all my American friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day yesterday!!!

I was looking at my blog today wondering what the heck is going on....That sidebar is driving me NUTZ and I cannot figure it out. Connie has said she will have a look at it for me, so I will wait for her before I screw it up more!!!!

Anyways, while playing I noticed my ticker....WOW....I cannot believe its been this long already!!

Day 3- Sewing Starts!!

Lastnight was Day 3 on making Channing's quilt. Randee picked me up, we had supper on the way out to the lake and then once we got to Brenda's it was 3 hours in high gear!! I had no idea how fast everything starts coming together once you get the sewing machine humming!! WOW....with 135 squares, its gonna be a pretty big quilt. The only thing with collecting soooo many squares is your limited to what you can do and what you cant do. The pattern I picked out wouldnt work, the other fav's could work, but I would loose so much of the squares. So I opted to just go with the traditional squares, that way I can see the patterns. So many of my squares had great patterns it made no sense to cut them so you couldnt see them.

Anyways, just a few pictures of Randee sewing, Brenda cutting and of course that's me ironing (doesnt happen often)....





And here is some pieces sewn together so far....all I can say is its going to be an interesting looking quilt!! But I think thats what makes it soooo special!!!

SP- Ladybugs!!

My FAVOURITE time of the month...Ohhh how I love my Secret Pal!! My SP never lets me down...She always, always has my package to me on time and always knows how to "cheers" me up!! I swear she must be logged into my computer and watches what searches I do!! I was just looking on the Chapters website and was going to order this book....Shaoey & Dot by Mary Beth & Steven Curtis Chapman. It is such a cute story and another one that only mentions "mom" in the book!!
Also she sent a cute ladybug bib, a pair of adorable Baby Einsteins ladybug socks, some cute ladybug magnets and of course the ladybug candle and another ladybug!! SP always writes a nice note in her cards and in this one she added:
"I hope that this ladybug sighting means soon you might hear some welcome news!".....ohhh how I hope she is right! I'm getting sooo close to seeing sweet little Channing's face, I think about her all day long and dream about her all night long!!
So once again SP....THANK YOU so much!! You always know the perfect gifts to send & Channing is one LUCKY girl!!

National Adoption Month

on the wings of destiny
We witness a miracle every time a child enters into life
But those who make their journey home across time and miles
growing within the hearts of those who wait to love them
are carried on the wings of destiny and placed among us
by God's very own hands.
~~Kristi Larson

Chinese Cultural Camp

Yesterday I attended a Chinese Cultural Camp in Regina for families who have adopted or are in the process of adopting from China. It was a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon. At the gathering we were entertained by the Chinese Dance School who performed a number of dances, we learnt how to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Chinese, got to enjoy some Chinese pasteries and of course got to see all the adorable little girls run around. They also had a craft table set-up for the kids to do some Chinese crafts & color.
One of the biggest reasons why I wanted to start attending these gatherings before I have Channing home, is to meet all the wonderful families that I communicate with..either by phone, email or blog/websites. Yesterday I got to meet 2 ladies that I have chatted with a number of times who are both from Regina. One is Sherry-Lou (her husband Liam had to work, so I'll meet him next time) and Kim (her husband Terry and son Mitchell was also there). Nice meeting you both and I look forward to the many more events coming & of course our play dates with our GIRLS!!
Cory, her daughter Quinn and I made the trek from Moose Jaw. It is so nice to have someone so close to travel and attend these events with. Our next FCA will be the Chinese New Year's gathering in Saskatoon in February.
Pictured: (Left) Cory & her daughter Quinn, Sherry-Lou, Kim, and ME in the blue!!

Why me????

Lastnight after getting home at 10:00pm I went to take my fleece jacket off. Well the zipper wasnt going to let me!! It didnt apprear that the zipper was STUCK on anything, it just didnt want to zip down. I fiddled with it, fiddled with it and notta thing was happening. So after about 10 minutes of trying , I decided to try and pull it off over my head. Well if that wasnt FUNNY!! Here I am on my knees on the floor trying to pull my arms out of the sleeves and then trying to get this stupid fleece over my head. Nope, apparently my head is tooo fat!! I tried to pull it, but that didnt work, instead just got a few "rug burns" on my head. Poor Saige didnt know what was happening. She came over and was trying to help by hitting her paw on my head...thanks girl!! Anyways, back to the drawing board. I kept trying the zipper, said a few "bad" words, and was heating up. I think the panic was setting in!! There was no way I was going to bed with this fleece jacket on. What would I do in the morning? I couldnt head out the door without a shower, heck I couldnt even wash my hair!! So finally at 10:50pm I was really mad. I almost wasted 1 hour on this zipper, I wanted to go to bed. Soooo out came the scissors. Now if that wasnt hard!! Trying to cut a straight line down close to your neck. But after a few attempts it worked. And boy I had to cut aways down, past the neck/shoulders of the jacket just to be able to get it over my fat head!! But the relief....so no idea if the jacket can be fixed, but at this point I dont care.....its off!!!
Note: You cant really see the cut mark unless you click on the picture, its on the right beside the scissors!!

3 Months!!

Note: I'm having some TECHNICAL problems with my blog....Ohh Connie, I need your HELP!!!
Anyways, this was my post from yesterday!!
Today is a great day!! It's my 3 Months LIDiversary!! Exactly 3 months ago today my file was logged into the China Center of Adoptions Affairs computer!! So I will celebrate by having a drink, plus I will celebrate Natalie & Daniel's TA (Travel Approval). They received that special piece of paper today and will leave for China in 8 DAYS to adopt their daughter Mei Lin!!I have no idea how much longer I have to wait. Since I'm in the WC program their isnt as much "rumours" out there on the WAIT. My agency is predicting a new batch of WC files to be sent to them in Dec/Jan. If they have a baby that matches my request then I could be matched then. If my agency cannot match me, my guess is I wont get a referral from CCAA until around April...YIKES!!
I have faith that my turn will come. I will wait however long it takes. I just keep reminding myself that as each day passes it brings me closer to Channing's referral, and soon I will have her in my arms FOREVER

MARVIN

Haha...Grandpa reminds me of my dad...lol!!

Mailbox Fun

I came home today to find a package from Mike & Tracey in my mailbox. When I opened it up this little shirt was in it!! It is sooo cute and soft. Tracey bought size 24 months to make sure it would fit Channing. A few weeks back I bought a pair of lime green pants for Channing, but didnt have a shirt to go with them yet....this looks perfect!! I met Tracey through FOI's yahoo group, and I must say I really enjoy her friendship. I sure hope one day we will actually get to meet & even maybe travel together to China....fingers & toes crossed!! Thanks again Tracey....everytime Channing wears this shirt I will think of YOU!!!

MARVIN

Too cute!!

FAV FOTO FRIDAY

December 2005!! This was taken on the night of cousin Lori's STAGETTE!! Here is Lori, Saige and I at my house early on in the evening. We had a fun night and maybe next week I will show you the "after" picture of Lori...hehe!!

CCAA Update- Referrals are here!!!

This months cut off date is AUGUST 25th!! It is a good sign seeing CCAA send 16 days this month since the last months have been fewer. Most didnt think that CCAA would include August 24th since a large number of families where logged in on that day last year.....so its a good sign!!

CONGRATS to all families who will be seeing their babies for the first time in the next day or so.... and for the rest of us....HANG IN THERE....the wait will be WELL WORTH IT!!!

Here are a few families expecting their referral:
Lindsay's Sister Chloe
Julie daughter Tess
Emmon & Lisa daughter "M"
Jodie & Brian daughter ???
JP & Andrea daughter Alyana.......FOI Family!!!

MARVIN

Some of you have asked where I get these comics. I just "google" MARVIN COMICS and look at the Seattle Post website. They are sooo cute!!!




































Note: You can click on each comic to make it easier to read!! Hope you enjoy them!!!