Still Nothing New.....

We last heard that as of March 1, 2006 our file (the July group) is in the Mattching Room. For nearly 1 month prior to that we heard that June was in the Matching Room. June is still waiting for their referrals (which means, you guessed it, we are still waiting for ours.)

Is it possible that we could get our referral the same time that June get theirs? Sure, but remember who you're talking to....every time we think we'll be on the shorter end of this, we end up on the longer end. Take for example that when we started this process we were told it would be about 5-7 months from the time the paperwork was filed. 5 months from July would have been December...7 months would have been - February!! So, now we hear 9 months, maybe 10....and they're telling the new guys (people after June/July) to expect 12 - 14 months!!!

Now, I'm not saying that we're not very lucky people-cause we know we are. However, for the past 7-10 years that they have been doing adoptions from China, the system was moving pretty quickly. Is it a coincidence that ever since WE entered the system it takes longer?! You guessed it, we're the ONLY people in the universe that this is happening to.... Ha, ha, ha!

Someone posted on the message board recently the length of time it takes for some animals to give birth....we're about at the camel/rhino (or maybe hippo) stage now and will hopefully "give birth" before we hit the elephant stage (21 months).

The good news is that when we were in November/December it was sad to know we still had to wait for March, April, May and June...now we're a bit more hopeful since we just have to get June out of the way....but let's hurry up already!!!!