Sept 20th... a brand new day!

Well, the Amazing Fernando has come to the rescue again! Sounds like a cheesy magician, but he is # 1 in my book...he can make the referrals appear faster than anyone!
Today he posted that Spain is expecting to hear something on Monday next week...he also said that there have been other arrangements made while the director is gone and referrals will be sent as scheduled...OH HAPPY DAY...HAPPY HAPPY < JOY JOY!!!
I think we still have a date with a referral on Sept 29th... I hope my date in not late!
The world is good today!
PS. Want to say hi to my friend Jane...she has kept me sane for the last month and I owe ya one girl...I can't wait to meet you and your little girl!

Until next time!

Sept 19th and still waiting...

Sigh...
another day, another rumor! Now some people are saying that the director of the CCAA is out of the country and he is the one who needs to sign off on the referrals. He is not due back until after the Holiday which will be around the 7th of October... Yesterday was the start of our 8 month of being DTC... 6-7 months.. baloney... I am getting more and more cranky at the fact that we are going to possibly have to wait even longer now to see Sydney's face. SOOOOO tired of hearing " She just isn't ready yet" or "she will be the perfect baby for you because you waited" ...
Ummm no... I may be in the minority but I don't believe that. The CCAA has ultimate control on our daughter and when we will get her- no one, and nothing else does. I am sure Sydney would have loved to have a family sooner than later, and vice versa...we have no control over this and is is both frustrating and angering. Why did this batch have to be delayed? Why us?
Nothing to say it will yet but I do believe we will not get a referral on the 29th of Sept or on October 3rd...both of the dates that were previously counted on. If this delay is true and no referrals go out until he gets back... we are looking at MID OCTOBER and I think that I will go insane. On Sept 28 we start our 8th month since LID.. if we go to Mid October...say the 15th... we will be almost to a 9 month wait. Fairness i guess doesn't come into play. Some folks waited only 5-6 months total...we would have her or be in China right now if that was the case! Why us, why Sydney!
Ok...needed to vent. Not so patiently waiting in Texas... :(
Anne Marie

Here is Sydney's Nursey!

Referrals have come in for most of the LOVEBUGS!!!

Well, it has been an exciting 2 weeks... rumors started about August 28th that we would not be included which was sad, but we are thrilled for all of our February families that did get their referrals. They started flowing in on Sept. 1st and haven't stopped yet. The babies are so beautiful and have even seen a family with twins...congrats to Mark & Lisa Downing...they are precious! If you want to see all the babies go to http://www.geocities.com/dtc_feb_2005/referrals.html
I am so excited about getting to see our baby for the first time and a wonderful trip to China...so many details and can't start planning yet :(
We hope to recognize a lot of our February Lovebug friends while we are there. I have taken on the task of making colorful tie dye bandanas for everyone in the group so that we can meet with each other...I hope everyone who orders one likes them!
We are counting down the days and hope that referrals will come in less than 30 days from now...30 days and we are definately NEXT!!!
On another note... I had surgery on September 1st(referral day) ...it was an elective surgery. I think all of us women are never happy with the way we look no matter what, so Joe gave me the gift of a breast Augmentation and lift... I know that is a bit private, but I am thrilled that I have had the opportunity to improve my self image a little. I am quite sore now and have been on pain meds since Thursday. The surgery site doesn't look very pretty now, but hopefully in a few weeks, it will be looking and feeling a whole lot better, I pray that all is healed by the time we go to China! Needless to say, I will NOT be posting any photos of THAT on this blog...LOL
A big Congrats to all referral families who have seen their little ones and I am sop grateful to have gotten to know you all. To all those still waiting...and all the March folks...we are NEXT guys!!!

Until next time...
Anne Marie