Happy Three Month LID Anniversery

Boy those three months went by quick. Our official Log In Date is October 28, 2004. That means our paperwork was logged into the Chinese Agency that handles all the matching of the babies to their forever parents.

Originally when we started this adoption journey we were told we would wait 6 months from our Log In Date until we received our referral. Now that wait has jumped to about 9 months. That means we hopefully will receive our referral sometime in July 2006.

I am trying to stay positive. I am not listening to the rumors circulating around the message boards about a 12 month wait. Still, it is hard not to get down about it. That is probably why I have not so much as thought about setting up the nursery, or shopping for Katy. Won't I be surprised if they decide to speed things up.

So, what I have decided is to start a couple of projects each month. This months projects will be:

• Make a doctors appointment and get my shots started for my trip
• Start clearing out the spare bedroom to turn it into a nursery for Katy
• Learn one new Chinese phrase that can be used when traveling (I will learn to say I Love You in Chinese)

This seems like a good start. I will keep you posted.