We're Parents!!!

We are very happy to announce the referral of our daughter, Isabella ZiYu Smith. Born Chen ZiYu in the Hunan Province, she currently resides in the Chenzhou Orphanage. We're hoping to travel to get her in 4 to 8 weeks. We are so in love.

Maybe???

I just read in rumor-land that referrals have been mailed AND the cut-off is the 14th. :) Stay tuned.....this could get interesting.

Amen!

Can I get an Amen? This was on our rumor site today: Those who are next, or close to next, are probably very close to needing anesthesia soon. This really has gone on way too long.

Nothing really new to report. It appears some families did receive "travel approval" to travel and adopt their babies; however, China is not allowing them to travel right now. There's also a rumor we might see referrals this week.

Still Nothing

For those following along at home, we still do not know anything. The latest we've heard is that some agencies are telling their families referrals will arrive as usual. However, some agencies are telling their families they are on hold for now. As usual, our agency is saying nothing. Stay tuned....

Talked With Our Agency

I talked w/ our agency earlier today about the rumors and didn't get a clear answer. They haven't not heard anything from the CCAA, but I was told "it would not surprise them" if the CCAA puts things on hold for a while. However, there are more agencies reporting referrals and travel approvals are going to be held for a while. How long? Who knows. I've seen "20 to 30 days" to "40 to 60 days".

The worst part of all this is knowing we had a chance of being matched in March. We had reports that matching had started and some agencies had even started telling their March 14th people that they were probably in. If we were matched to our baby, that file is currently sitting in the CCAA office collecting dust.

I've said it before, and I'm going to say it again..."If you want to make God laugh, make plan".

Very Bad News.....

There was a chance we would be matched with our baby this month; that chance appears to be taken away.

From China Adopt Talk....
A few European agencies are reporting they have news that the CCAA is not sending referrals at this time due to the swine flu outbreak. I have not heard this from any US agencies yet, and that seems a bit odd. Even though they aren’t open, there are a few agencies who would post this information from home even during the night. This is an R2 at this time.
I would assume that, if this is true, it will also explain why there is no news of TA’s, either.

March 8th

Referrals began arriving today and it looks like March 8th is going to be the cut-off. It's not definite yet, but only people with LIDs of March 7th and 8th are reporting that they've received "the call".

What's the mean for us? We're definitely on the downward slope, but still not there yet. If the CCAA refers 6 days next month, we're in. If not, we're not in. We're now at the wait and see stage. Keep fingers crossed for us! However, in order to function for the next four weeks, I'm going to tell myself it'll be June or July before we receive our call.