Disappointed....

It doesn't look like we're going to receive a referral this month from China. As of today, it looks like the cut off is the business day before our Log In Date. There is still a slim chance of us receiving a referral in the next few days but it doesn't look good right now. We are so disappointed. We really thought this was our month finally. No one has any information about why they took a whole month to only get through 2 LID days but so far, that's what it looks like. As soon as the cut off date is official, I'll post another update.....

Grayson updates...

I haven't posted much about every day life lately so I thought I'd add some picture of things happening in Grayson's world right now!

Here are a few pictures from Cougar Pride Night at Praireland last week... This is Principal Arnold with Sawyer and Grayson... Here we are with Grandma and Grandpa Quinlan...
Here are 3 of Grayson's friends from school - Kristyana, Claire and Michael - with Grayson...

I'm also adding a few pics from Grayson's soccer game on Saturday. He plays on the Prairie Cities Soccer League. His team is all 6 yr old boys...

Here are a few pics of Grayson and his friends, Megan and Eliza. We went to the Non-Scary Haunted Trail in Normal yesterday. They had a great time! All three of them went to pre-school together and still love to hang out...

We're all anxiously awaiting to hear about our new addition to the family right now. The rumor is that we'll recieve her picture and information some time between October 31st- Nov 6th. I will let everyone know as soon as we get the call!!!

Disney - 30 years later...

Me and my dad at Disney World in 1978....








Me and Grayson at Disney Land in 2008....

California vacation!

Jeff, Grayson and I went to California the last week of September. We were in San Diego the 1st 1/2 of the week and Laguna Hills during the 2nd half. We stayed with Bill and Marianne while we were in Laguna Hills. We went to Legoland, Sea World and Disney Land! Disney was our favorite. Here are a few pics... (and, yes, that is Grayson fighting with Darth Vador!)

October China update....

China referred babies up to 2/15/06 - which is still good news. That is 5 days away from our 2/20/06 LID. AND in 2006, there is 2 weekend days in those 5 days so if China can get through 3 more business days in their November referrals, then we'll receive our referral! Our agency is pretty confident that we'll get our referral in the beginning of November and travel in mid - December. I really hope they are right! That would be a great Christmas gift..... :)

We just returned from our California vacation and we're working on organizing our pictures. Once I download them, I'll post some here. We had a great trip!

China....

We are currently waiting for our I-600a form to be extended another year. Even though it's our 3rd time of doing this, there is a new form that must be approved by the DCFS regarding our homestudy. There is nothing wrong.. just a new form. This new form must be received by October 15th or we would have to start the form all over again which would be terrible! Our social worker says that she's confident it will be approved by then. There is a rumor that China may get to 2/17/06 in their October referrals. We should find out the 1st week of October. If that is the case, then it's almost positive that we would receive our referral in November because that is only 3 days away from our date. I guess we better get started on getting her room ready! :-)

Sept China update...

China has completed referrals for Feb 1-9th, 2006. Soooo... they have to get through 11 more days for us to receive a referral! (reminder: we are 2/20/06) I have a feeling that it will be November when we finally see a picture of our baby girl... and then travel 6-8 weeks later. We'll see but at least it's moving forward. :)