Day 99

Nope, day 99 does not bring good news.

China contacted our agency and asked for more paperwork from our homestudy agency. It is sent now and we still sit and wait.

China is shutdown for a couple of days for a holiday celebration. The earliest we will hear anything is early next week...umm day 103? Ugh...

Saw a post yesterday about an TA being received 58 days after the LOA...If we were to get our LOA on Monday AND EVERYTHING WOULD GO PERFECTLY WITH THE REST OF OUR PAPERWORK...that would put us at July 30th for the TA. Then travel about a month - 6 weeks later...

September...

No news yet

On one on my lists, there was a family that had waited 120 days for their LOA. They got it yesterday. I do believe, if my research is correct, I now have the title for LOA on this board...93 days. Ugh, what a title to hold.

The good news is that there was another batch of referrals for the NSN route. These families had been waiting since March of 2006.

Yes that is a horrible amount of time to wait but their children are not as old as the amount of time we have been waiting for one specific child. A child with a name and a face to us...

Now, I have a prayer request for a special little boy...He is 5, with a heart problem waiting for a family in China. He has been waiting for a family on one list for I think 4-5 months. He is the cutest little guy. He is with WACAP if you are looking for your son. I don't know how long they can keep files, but I would think his time is probably running out...

Still nothing

I was going to write this on day 90 but instead, I did it on day 89. I resorted to reading the Rumor Queen today. Nothing... not even a hint that there might be something out there.



I wonder how many times in the last couple of weeks I have been asked when we were getting Noah and/or IF we were getting Noah. My favorite answer now is, "I don't know."



If we were to get LOA this week, we couldn't do anything with it as husband is out of town. So nothing will be done for a while.



I am REALLY down about it today. What good is it doing to wait this long? What purpose does it serve?



I read Kaycee's blog about her adoption the other day. Here are some comparisons of the two adoptions...



December '06- found Kaycee on agency's list December '07 - Found Noah on agency's list

March 6, '07 - DTC for Kaycee February 19, '09 - DTC for Noah

May 18, '07 - LOA for Kaycee May 18, '09 - Nothing for Noah

July 2, '07 - Gotcha day for Kaycee Gotcha Day for Noah? Maybe Aug/Sept?

Non Hague adoption Hague adoption



Yep, I am complaining!!! Sorry...

A picture is worth a thousand words...

How cute is this? It has to be the cutest picture I have ever seen. What a BIG BOY he is here! For some reason, it is absolutely my favorite picture!

I think this is Noah's foster mom. Their relationship looks so close. I really need to find something very special for her. I like the idea of a photo album. I need something more too.

Um, can you say maybe we are a little spoiled? Sorry little guy, but we can't fit that into the suitcase when we come home! :)

He looks so healthy! So well adjusted and so independent. What a sweety!