Our Log In Date is 4-13-07

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Do We Know Who Our Daughter Is Yet?

We constantly get asked if we know who our daughter is yet. The answer is no. In about 18 - 20 months, we will get something called a referral that will have information about our new daughter including her birthday, height, weight and any medical information that they may have. Also in the referral will be pictures of her.
We have requested a baby between the ages of 6- 12 months old. The youngest that I have ever seen come out of China is around 7 months old. Most of the babies seem to be more around 10- 12 months old for those requesting a 6- 12 month old. However with that said, we qualify for a child between the ages of 0-24 months old and the final decision is with the CCAA (the Chinese government who is in charge of the adoptions in China.)
There is a large Chinese adoption community on the web and I am trying to keep up with a couple of Yahoo groups during the wait. I don't have time to post much on these sites, but do try to read the emails so that we are fully informed about this process especially by those who have already adopted from China. The people that I have met on these sites have been wonderful and some of the most patient people that I have ever met.
The wait time has increased drastically since we first began discerning whether God was calling us to adopt a child. When we first looked into adopting, the wait time from the log in date (LID) was only six months and not the 18 - 20 months that we are now facing. As our little John-Paul is a very active almost three year old, we are kind of thankful that our little girl has not arrived yet. We know that God has chosen the perfect daughter for us and it will be in His time when we get to bring her home.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Im not sure if you are in the yahoo April LID but I am also APril LID! What a beautiful name you have chosen..Cant wait to follow your journey!

Somewhere Over the Rainbow is our Elizabeth!