We made it through review!

"The CCAA has finished the review of the adoption application documents registered with our office before June 30, 2006." Our application was received June 19, 2006. We weren't asked any questions about our adoption application, so that's one big Whew! We're hopeful that it will only be another 14 months until we receive our referral, information on what little girl (or boy) we've been matched with. Yeeeee Haw!

Alaska is BEA-U-TIFUL

The weather has been fantastic and the flowers here are so vibrant (20 hours of daylight helps, I imagine). Today is the last day of the GED Adminstrators' Conference and then Chris and I will be off to Denali and then Seward.

Ciao!

North to Alaska!

We're off to Alaska!

Anchorage, Denali, and Seward, here we come!

Our China "Travel Group"

Three other families submitted their dossiers through Adoptions Together at the same time we did: one from the DC area and two from the Midwest. It is expected that we will all receive the referrals of our children at the same time, all of our children will be from the same orphanage, and we will all be travelling at the same time to bring our children home.

It has been a lot of fun to exchange e-mails with these other families. Today I would like to share a picture from one of the families who has been incredibly supportive during the wait. Here's John, Jolene, & Lorna! Looking forward to meeting you next year!

Baby Robey

Aw, look at the pretty baby!

He or she will be Chris's and my second great-niece/nephew and is expected to arrive in January. Congratulations, Robeys!

ANOTHER Adoption Status Update

The CCAA has "finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with their office before November 14, 2005." This past month they were able to match 7 days worth of dossiers. As I've posted before, November is estimated to be a month in which the CCAA received A LOT of applications, so once again we're thankful that they matched that many.

Adoption Status Update

June applications are in the Review Room!

The CCAA posted that they have finished the review of the adoption application documents registered with their office before May 31, 2006. Our application was registered with their office on June 19, 2006 - that means our application could be reviewed soon! (Can you sense the excitement?)

Again, when they review our application they will tell us if everything looks OK to proceed; it does not mean we are close to getting matched with a child. We still estimate we are a year or two away from being matched with a child. But still, it will be good to eventually know we made it over another hump.