Somewhere in China is our little baby. The question is where?
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Cutiepie!
Since there are no concrete rumours to speak of, here is a cute Cara-Li story.
As you know from my last post, we were robbed of our beautiful topiary trees right from our front door. They have yet to be replaced as they are backordered. So in the meantime, I decided to get 2 hanging baskets filled with vibrant red double impatients. Cara-Li and I hung them up and then headed up to the street for dinner with C, J and J. Upon our return, Cara-Li noticed that one basket was missing and started ranting ''They stole it, they stole it!'' But upon inspection, we found a big heap of broken pot and plant at the bottom in the front yard. I was, once again, devastated! But Cara-Li turned to me, hugged me and said, ''It's OK, Mommy. You still have me.'' What a cutiepie!
As you know from my last post, we were robbed of our beautiful topiary trees right from our front door. They have yet to be replaced as they are backordered. So in the meantime, I decided to get 2 hanging baskets filled with vibrant red double impatients. Cara-Li and I hung them up and then headed up to the street for dinner with C, J and J. Upon our return, Cara-Li noticed that one basket was missing and started ranting ''They stole it, they stole it!'' But upon inspection, we found a big heap of broken pot and plant at the bottom in the front yard. I was, once again, devastated! But Cara-Li turned to me, hugged me and said, ''It's OK, Mommy. You still have me.'' What a cutiepie!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Mother's Day
How I love this day! We get to spend the day with our child(ren), we get to put our feet up and the weather is always great.
My day started on a rather sour note however. Last week, after much pondering, we purchased 2 beautiful topiary trees , planted them in urns and placed them on our either side of our door. Much to our chagrin, they were gone this morning... trees, urns, dirt etc. STOLEN, right from under our noses! Can you believe it?!? Cara-Li is beside herself telling everyone about our incident and insisting that we call the police. Poor thing! She is now afraid to leave anything outside.
Things picked up after that. Breakfast was prepared, apple turnovers were baked. Gifts were given. Cara-Li made this beautiful bracelet for me from Magic Dough at school last week. It is just beautiful! I wore it all day with pride.
Later in the day, as we were outside chaining our new urns to the railing (new topiary trees are backordered), Cara-Li's new babysitter drove by to drop off a gift that they had been working on all week. It is a beautiful pillow with Cara-Li's handprints on it. I just love it! I couldn't have asked for a better gift. Thanks L. for all your help with this project!
And now to report the latest early rumours. Rumour Queen has stated that she has heard from 2 sources that the next referrals (that will come probably first week of June) may go to November 16th - 21st. Remember, we are LID November 11th. I am NOT getting my hopes up as it can lead to disappointment. But one can't help but be excited when no one is looking!!
Happy Mother's Day to all!
My day started on a rather sour note however. Last week, after much pondering, we purchased 2 beautiful topiary trees , planted them in urns and placed them on our either side of our door. Much to our chagrin, they were gone this morning... trees, urns, dirt etc. STOLEN, right from under our noses! Can you believe it?!? Cara-Li is beside herself telling everyone about our incident and insisting that we call the police. Poor thing! She is now afraid to leave anything outside.
Things picked up after that. Breakfast was prepared, apple turnovers were baked. Gifts were given. Cara-Li made this beautiful bracelet for me from Magic Dough at school last week. It is just beautiful! I wore it all day with pride.
Later in the day, as we were outside chaining our new urns to the railing (new topiary trees are backordered), Cara-Li's new babysitter drove by to drop off a gift that they had been working on all week. It is a beautiful pillow with Cara-Li's handprints on it. I just love it! I couldn't have asked for a better gift. Thanks L. for all your help with this project!And now to report the latest early rumours. Rumour Queen has stated that she has heard from 2 sources that the next referrals (that will come probably first week of June) may go to November 16th - 21st. Remember, we are LID November 11th. I am NOT getting my hopes up as it can lead to disappointment. But one can't help but be excited when no one is looking!!
Happy Mother's Day to all!
Monday, April 30, 2007
November 1st!!!
It seems that the Rumour Queen is really certain that the cut-off for this month's referrals is November 1st! She rates it an R5 rumour which is the highest rating as in, it is pretty certain. I was ecstatic to see November 1st today as I really didn't think they'd make it through the 31st of October. Ok... so now we are in our month... November. Now, what are the odds that they will do 10 days next month to make it to our LID of November 11th. That's the tough question. I can see it now... we will be living on the edge for the next 30 or so days. Back I go to listening to Jim Cuddy's (of 'Blue Rodeo' fame) song... 'Pull me Through'. Maybe that'll help...
Friday, April 27, 2007
Pre-Referral Funk
I have just named the state of mind that I am in... the pre-referral funk. We are at that time of month once again where we wait to see if we will hear anything from China soon. Rumours have it that we might hear something on Monday. If we don't, then we will have to wait until mid-May as the Chinese are off for the first week of May. So here we are once again, in limbo. Although we are pretty much guaranteed not be in this batch anyway. But the further ahead they go, the better our chances will be for the next batch.
Add to this the fact that today was Cara-Li's nanny's last day with us. This is the day I have been dreading about for the longest time. After all, she has been with us for 3 years and they are very close. Hugh... so sad!
One good thing happened today. We had a travel meeting with our adoption agency. These are always fun as everyone is always very excited about their upcoming adoptions. We decided to bring Cara-Li with us as we did not want to leave her with a sitter after what happened today. We walked into the room with her a couple of minutes before the meeting was due to begin. It was funny because everyone gasped simultaneously when they saw Cara-Li, her being a live example of what they will soon be travelling to China for! And another couple brought their 5-year old as well with whom we hope to travel with. And the best part was, the girls hit it off! Cara-Li went home happy to have made a new friend who is also going to China to pick up her Mei Mei.
Not a bad end to what was a pretty difficult week. To new beginnings!
Add to this the fact that today was Cara-Li's nanny's last day with us. This is the day I have been dreading about for the longest time. After all, she has been with us for 3 years and they are very close. Hugh... so sad!
One good thing happened today. We had a travel meeting with our adoption agency. These are always fun as everyone is always very excited about their upcoming adoptions. We decided to bring Cara-Li with us as we did not want to leave her with a sitter after what happened today. We walked into the room with her a couple of minutes before the meeting was due to begin. It was funny because everyone gasped simultaneously when they saw Cara-Li, her being a live example of what they will soon be travelling to China for! And another couple brought their 5-year old as well with whom we hope to travel with. And the best part was, the girls hit it off! Cara-Li went home happy to have made a new friend who is also going to China to pick up her Mei Mei.
Not a bad end to what was a pretty difficult week. To new beginnings!
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Shoes & Cribs
OK... so we have resigned to the fact that we will probably not receive our referral call until the July batch... at best :( Which puts us in China sometime in August. It better still be really hot as, when we thought we'd be there in June/July, I went out to buy 3 pairs of shoes just for this trip that are perfect for really hot weather.
These Rockports are my personal favorites as they are a closed shoe (perfect for travelling and walking through some of the dirty streets in China) and the white fabric is a mesh therefore very breathable. And they are machine washable! If we go in fall/winter (Aghhh!), I will have to add these shoes to the ones I bought last summer when we thought we were going then. Did I mention that I am not what you would call a big shoe person... I hate buying shoes. Too stressful!
I was off work for a couple of weeks as Cara-Li's nanny was not around so I took this opportunity to set up the baby's room. I rebuilt the crib and set it up. Yes, folks... the crib is up! Some of you might remember back in 2003... Twas the night before departing for China... and there was no crib in the house... not even a diaper! Did I think that this baby was never coming home? Yes, because of SARS, we were delayed several months. I was definietely having crib issues! But no longer. The crib is up and this baby will come home!
Now, I've got to get those hedgehogs painted on the wall....
(OK... make that 5 pairs of shoes. Just got back from shopping! Boy, I really do get weird toward the end of the wait.)
These Rockports are my personal favorites as they are a closed shoe (perfect for travelling and walking through some of the dirty streets in China) and the white fabric is a mesh therefore very breathable. And they are machine washable! If we go in fall/winter (Aghhh!), I will have to add these shoes to the ones I bought last summer when we thought we were going then. Did I mention that I am not what you would call a big shoe person... I hate buying shoes. Too stressful!I was off work for a couple of weeks as Cara-Li's nanny was not around so I took this opportunity to set up the baby's room. I rebuilt the crib and set it up. Yes, folks... the crib is up! Some of you might remember back in 2003... Twas the night before departing for China... and there was no crib in the house... not even a diaper! Did I think that this baby was never coming home? Yes, because of SARS, we were delayed several months. I was definietely having crib issues! But no longer. The crib is up and this baby will come home!
Now, I've got to get those hedgehogs painted on the wall....
(OK... make that 5 pairs of shoes. Just got back from shopping! Boy, I really do get weird toward the end of the wait.)
Monday, April 9, 2007
2 Days!!!
We will NEVER get to China! That's right. They only moved ahead 2 days in the referral world from October 24 to October 26. So much for our May referral. We might be lucky to get a June referral at this point. I am speechless. Never mind... everyone who is waiting is floored at the lack of days being referred. 2 days is an all-time low, the lowest being last year at this time with a referral of 5 days. Ah man... I am going to bed...
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