Monday, July 31, 2006

August is here...are we lost in translation???

Referrals are coming in by the droves now - what exactly is a drove??? hmmm not too sure but one agency alone had 44 babies!!! Our agency only has 8.

The first 117b baby has been delivered!!! - with fully translated information. We can only wonder where our daughter is at and when we will get to meet her....Certainly today will be the day!

Saturday, July 29, 2006

So how are we doing today....?

We are STILL in labor and STILL no delivery (Induce! Induce! Induce!) It's been wonderful to see the boards come alive with photo updates. The children are beautiful and very healthy. What a blessing!

------> Here's "The Book" that I've been journaling all the important details and thoughts about the adoption in. It is ready and waiting to be filled with the information about our daughter. The scripture on the lower corner says "Ask me and I will tell you some remarkable secrets about what is going to happen here. Jeremiah 33:3" I had created this spread and decided it just needed something extra so I opened the bible and this verse just jumped out at me.

Sooo...now that the storks have landed this means that after all this time of waiting, our daughter now sits on someones desk back in America waiting for Monday to roll around for them to do their job of getting us that photo! I am beyond annoyed. I've never heard a doctor tell a patient "sorry you can only have your baby during our normal duty hours" (Deep breath, internal scream) ok, so we wait...AGAIN!

Monday Mountain time means that our agency's office does not open until 5pm our time. I'm just guessing, but I don't sense any urgency here...our agency told us yesterday that they THINK that our referral is on its way. So here we are, 3 days from the time that the Stork Alert was given and still no baby! Someday I will look back at this moment and laugh...but right now I just want to see my baby!

*Jared is sporting a peanut butter and jelly mustache -->
(Mei-Mei is Chinese for sister)


Right now I feel like eating an entire Chocolate cow! Where are those referrals???? Guess I'll go read a good book.

Friday, July 28, 2006

She's not ours but the first Dragonfly has landed :)

0800 am Germany time - what great news to wake up to!!! The Stork has landed and the babies are starting to show up!!!

*What this means to us is that the Stork has landed!!!!! Somewhere in the United States our package sits on someones desk. Someday, when our agency decides to send us the information then we will have a daughter too!!!! Wooo Hooo!

Update: 0850 am - Dragonfly baby #2 has been posted!!!

Congratulations Dragonflies!!!!

Also, on the June Jitterbug site:

The first Jitterbug Baby has landed!

They are all so precious!!! I wish I could show them off but the parents are requesting that they not be displayed...anyone wishing to share their babies photo, please contact me and I will gladly add your info to my site.

"Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of His name; make his praise glorious! Psalm 66:1-2"

...and still we wait

It feels like I have been holding my breath for the past two days...or maybe I have been. Ever stince 1400 on Wednesday the feeling of utmost anticipation has been clutching at my heart. Like a tiny fist trying to grab hold of something...anything out there that could bring comfort.

The news on the boards is not answering the big question...so when are the storks going to land? Did they get lost? Stop for a nights rest in some posh European hotel and forget where they were going? Where are they?

I cannot remember it taking this long, but I wasn't on the waiting in either. I was on the bitter, disappointed, wollowing in self pity end. Hmmm not sure yet which is worse. I'm excited for a change but still on guard waiting it out. When can the anticipation turn into full blossomed love? I'm ready for that. The waiting part I can live without.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

The Storks are coming! The Storks are Coming!


Heidi made us this sweet picture and posted it on our travel group site today. I love the stork formation flying to us! Thank You So Much! This will go into Jaiden's scrapbook.

Fly Storks! Fly!

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

117b Travel Group

Here is the 117b line up :) Hopefully will start seeing those babies soon!

Scott and Kim Klein
Spangdahlem, Germany
http://www.adoptionvoyages.com/jaiden.htm

Chet and Dusty Thomas
Dawson, Georgia
http://www.adoptionvoyages.com/Maryjoyce.htm

Jeremy and Marsha Duncan
Roswell, Georgia
http://www.adoptionvoyages.com/Aidyn.htm

Ryan and Nicole Start
Allendale, Michigan

Robin and Chris Byers
Nevada
Congratulations Alivia!!! Our first 117b Baby! 7/31/06

We're having a BABY!!!

The Stork is coming! The Stork is coming!!! Fly Stork Fly!!! First it was a rumor...at 1400 Germany time...and then GWCA confirmed it when they sent out word that the STORK was on his way from China!!!! No updates on the CCAA website yet but rumor has it that only up to Jul 13 was matched :( That totally stinks for our fellow Dragonflies and my heart is aching too. I wish you all could be experiencing this phenomenal feeling that has finally come over us. For too long we have been shielded and it's time to feel a little bit of excitement! My heart is racing and I can hardly breathe...Labor has begun! Can't wait for that precious DELIVERY to arrive.

I will post the Play-by-Play here:

Wednesday, 26 July 2006:

1400 - Rumor Queen Alert! There has been a Stork Alert posting in Europe!

1531 - Dusty sends: I just saw a post in the Comments section on RQ from someone I "know" from the June and July DTC groups, so I know she is with GWCA even though RQ doesn't allow agency names. (She was my secret pal for the June group.) She said her agency just issued the stork alert! This one I KNOW is reliable!!!This is REALLY happening!!!

1700 - the phone rings! OMG! What do I do??? Oh yeah, pick it up ya ninny! It's my friend Heather S. :P Sheeesh! I guess that was a trial run but it almost gave me heart failure. Where is that list of questions? Where is our camera??? Daddy now has the phone in hand and he is prepared :) I cannot talk and when I am emotional I choke up so it will be better if he takes the call...I'll blog the details of course! And take the photos if I can think straight by that time :) What are we forgetting???? Please help us think straight!

2000 - time to wind down and go take a walk...our call is not going to come tonight. It may take several days before it arrives. First the package has to get to Utah and then to Montana and then to Canada and then back to Montana and then all the way to Germany...so the stork will be pretty tired by the time he lands here. There is so much to do and I think I fried our best camera - I left it out in the car in 120 degree heat. GREAT! What a bonehead thing to do.

Monday, July 24, 2006

HOT, HOT, HOT

We're getting HOT, HOT, HOT!!! Yes, we are getting closer to our referral day - and the weather is getting warmer and warmer too :) It's nearing the 90s in Germany! I'm LOVIN the weather but not liking being indoors - it feels 20 degrees warmer than outside. Would much rather be out in the garden with the warm dirt between my toes and the sun shining upon my bare shoulders as I dig and water and weed.

Ok, that last little tidbit had nothing to do with our referral coming this week but it kinda went along with the title :)

We are next up in line and the CCAA should be sending out the stork at any moment. How much longer? Will I get any sleep this week or will I be attached to the web, looking for any tidbit of info I can find? Even Scott is bugging me about news and he's not usually that preoccupied with the blogs. He usually takes whatever I give him but this week he's asking me for info! Exitement is building :)

Friday, July 21, 2006

Gifts of Love





These very special gifts came from some very special people. Tex and April are good friends we've met at the 22d Fighter Squadron. They are exceptionally wonderful people and it is such an honor to have friends like them. Right after April left Spangdahlem, Tex came by and said he had something for baby - I thought April had finally gotten their quilt square ready for the Good Wishes quilt....Wow, was I ever shocked when Tex brought in this gift! A whole quilt, beautifully and lovingly crafted and stitched together by his Mom, Linda. I have only met Linda for one very brief moment - her generosity to have done this awesome quilt has me just blown away! I'm still in shock and have not been able to come up with the words to say how truly thankful I am to you for this special quilt. It will be cherished!

Jaiden's card and quilt piece came from a very special lady I met online - she is waiting for her daughter Jadyn too.

Thank You so very much for taking the time to make a wish for our daughter. It means so much to have such wonderful people in our lives. I am forever grateful to you.

Sunday, July 16, 2006

Still next...but still waiting too

Ok, so we are still next - but the CCAA move that has been a "rumor" for an entire year, well wouldn't you know it - it appears to now be more like the truth and it is just happening RIGHT NOW during OUR month! So we now may have another 3 week delay before referrals are released. What next? What? I am feeling like we are on a giant yo-yo going back and forth, back and forth...I am so tired of this game. Ready to play "let's go to China now"