China Adoption Forecast

This is out current time frame. It gets worse each month. If you are LID with the CCAA you can check out your forecast here www.chinaadoptionforecast.com

Our prediction for LID 2006-11-13
Our best guess - a weighted average of recent CCAA velocities, guessing that CCAA will perform about as well in the future as they are performing now, but might return to previous trends: 2011-02-18
That's our best guess for when you might receive your referral. Just at a guess, we can suppose that the CCAA either speeds up or slows down significantly, and show you those dates. If they speed up: 2009-07-04. And if they slow down: 2014-01-04.
Since China generally sends out referrals in a batch about once per month, your referral date could easily vary +/- one month depending on whether you just get included or just get missed in a particular batch.

14 Months!

Yesterday was our 14 month LID Anniversary. Hopefully we will be out of the Review Room soon. So far, we have not been asked any questions, so hopefully that is a good sign. I was a little bummed earlier this month when referrals came out and they had only matched from Dec 14, 2005 to December 19, 2005 (we are Nov.13, 2006), but I think I have finally come to terms with the wait (yeah, right), and Joe and I plan to continue on our journey to China for our little girl. I know it sounds silly, but giving up now would be like a miscarriage. We have invested too much into this journey to give up now. WE are going to China for Chloe Paige (eventually).

Bye Bye, George

It was a tough decision, but my dad had to find George a new home. George has been sad since Laura passed away at Thanksgiving, and has run away from home several times over the past few weeks, and even gave my father a black eye. The decision was made to have George go to live on a wildlife preserve near Alexandira, LA to be with other ostriches. Bye George, Blaine will miss you. We will come for a visit this summer.

Disney Pictures

I uploaded all of our Disney pictures into an album at shutterfly which can be viewed at www.blaineandchloe.shutterfly.com

Christmas Card

It's a little late, but here is this year's Christmas card. Keep in mind I had them printed up before I knew Joe would be able to come home for two weeks in December.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, and mom too!

Yes, today is my 33rd birthday! It is also my mom's birthday, but I doubt she want me to share her age (she is 61, hehe). At the current rate of referrals, I will be at least 37 years old before we bring Chloe home. I can't even imagine having to wait that long. All I want for my birthday is for the CCAA to start referring at least 15 days a month. Is that too much to ask? I would ask for one month a month, but I really don't want to press my luck.