Drum Roll Please! We have a LID!!!!!!!!!!

We FINALLY have a LID, what is a LID you ask? Well, that is your log in date, the date that China logs in your dossier into their system! This makes you official and the count down starts from this date! So, Nov 17, 2005 will be one of the most important dates of our journey to our sweet baby girl! The wait is looking like anywhere from 8 to 10 months but could speed up ( I am praying for that one) or slow down at any time! It seems that in one of the provinces that many internationally adopted babies come from, has had an issue with baby trafficking, so they have halted adoptions from that paticular province till they can have a resolution am not clear on all of the details just yet but hope to sort it all out and document it for Alexandra to have when she gets older. I am in the very early stages of starting a life book (similar to a scrapbook)for Alexandra to document our journey to her and to document her journey to us!
that's all for now, must go partake in my drug of choice these days, shopping of course! Hope you all have a very merry Christmas!

I know, it's been a while!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, Ok, I know I have not bloged in a while but honestly I just have to sometimes pretend it is not really happening, the adoption that is ( call it self preservation)! You see, what we thought would be a 6 month wait, has turned into an 8 to 12 month wait! We were hoping to travel in late spring or early summer and it is looking more like fall or even winter! Sooooooo, in order to cope I have to put it in the back of my mind or I would totally loose it!
It seems the CCAA ( the powers that be in China) have slowed down the process a bit and depending on how many people you ask, you will get that many different explanations! So, I have passed the time with Christmas shopping!
Want to hear another Olivia story? We were in the car last week and Olivia says" Mom, do you feel married?" Me " Do I feel married?" Olivia, " yah, do you feel married?" Me " Yes, I do." Olivia, " I do too." Victoria " What is she talking about!" Me " I have no idea!"
Another one you say? Olivia " Mom where do babies come out?" Me, huge breath " well, they come out of your vagina." Olivia " what's that?" Me "Your tee tee." Olivia " Ohhhh, that's funny!"
Ummm, funny is not how I would describe it, but I did not feel the need to go into great detail on birthing babies with my 4 year old! That's all for now!