Hello-
I decided to start this blog to keep journal the (hopefully) last part of our wait for daughter # 2 from China. In November 2005 we adopted the sweetest little girl from Hubei ,China. We decided immediately upon our return with her to adopt a second child. In August 2006, we began the process so that our paperwork could be logged into China right around the 1 year mark from our first adoption. We would have done this earlier if we could have but China mandated that we wait 1 year. Anyway, we have a LID (logged in date) of 12/31/06. When we adopted Ramzie the wait was only about 6 months from LID to referral but since that time the wait has steadily climbed and is currently at 36 months! With the current referral trends it could take another 3 years before we get a referral! BUT..... 2/29/08 we turned in a medical needs checklist that puts us on the list for a child with certain medical needs. We were very realistic on our checklist about what would be right for our family and we know in our hearts a child just right for our family will join our family.
So at this point, our agency is placing children with families who have similar medical checklists with dates about 1 month ahead of ours. We would love to think that we might hear something about our new daughter by the end of the year. Only time will tell..............
Best and love,
Joanie
I decided to start this blog to keep journal the (hopefully) last part of our wait for daughter # 2 from China. In November 2005 we adopted the sweetest little girl from Hubei ,China. We decided immediately upon our return with her to adopt a second child. In August 2006, we began the process so that our paperwork could be logged into China right around the 1 year mark from our first adoption. We would have done this earlier if we could have but China mandated that we wait 1 year. Anyway, we have a LID (logged in date) of 12/31/06. When we adopted Ramzie the wait was only about 6 months from LID to referral but since that time the wait has steadily climbed and is currently at 36 months! With the current referral trends it could take another 3 years before we get a referral! BUT..... 2/29/08 we turned in a medical needs checklist that puts us on the list for a child with certain medical needs. We were very realistic on our checklist about what would be right for our family and we know in our hearts a child just right for our family will join our family.
So at this point, our agency is placing children with families who have similar medical checklists with dates about 1 month ahead of ours. We would love to think that we might hear something about our new daughter by the end of the year. Only time will tell..............
Best and love,
Joanie
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