Blaaaaaaaaaah

Another disappointing month of referrals. I am no longer going to make estimates. It should happen this year though? Meanwhile we are reading more books on the subject of adoption and baby care. Amazon.Com should give us an award for using its website so much this month. I modified the blog to look a little bit more cheery. I cannot wait to be able to put up some pictures of our baby.

On another note we found an office at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond that specializes in international adoptions. They will be able to give us an idea of the general health of our daughter based on a few pictures and the cursory medical report that comes with the referral. They also provide advice on what to bring to China, prescribe prescriptions for the travelers and baby, and are on call 24 hours a day while we are in China. In addition they can conduct a post-evaluation to more quickly address any medical issues our daughter may have when we come back. It is a little bit of security of mind for us. If I could pay a doctor to come along I would.

On the Rumor Queen website, rumors are looking to give us a March/April referral. I think it would be funny if it happened on April 1st. I will keep you posted.

J.Bellavance

Estimates For Referral

I just was on the Rumor Queen website and she has detailed an estimate for how the next few sets of referrals will be released. She bases them on four scenarios. The "Horrid Case" scenario which has actually happened a few times. The "Bad Case" scenario which has pretty much been par for the course. The "Mid Case" scenario which I would call a "Pipe Dream". Lastly the "Good Case" scenario which I would call the "Jinni In The Lamp Scenario". Below is a portion of the web page.





Our log in date is Jan 4th. So if things go according to plan following the "Bad Case" scenario then we hope to get our referral around February. I hope so. This waiting for a baby is getting
tiring. Until then we will keep hoping for the best while looking for the magic lamp.

December 14?

The latest word is December 15th for the next referral. About 8 days worth of progress for the month. Slow and steady seems to be the pattern of flow. We estimate we will get our referral by the end of February. Fingers crossed of course.

December 8th 2005 Referrals Completed

Well it was not as bad as in the past. This time 8 days were processed for the month of November. At this rate we are on track for sometime before February. We have our fingers crossed. We recently just came back from Finland and in the Detroit Airport I noticed two American families with young Chinese babies. I wanted to ask them if they had just come back from China but I did not want them to feel uncomfortable. I just smiled at their lovely babies and continued reading my book.

November 2005 R.I.P.

Well it only took 6 months to process all of November 2005's paper work. Hopefully December 2005 will move along a little faster. From what the Rumor Queen states, November is only 60% the size of December. So hopefully that translates to us of about 4 more months of waiting. I will keep my fingers crossed. What's four more months anyway after already waiting 23.

Ho-hum

Find a balloon. Blow it up and then release it. The sound you hear is how we feel about the Rumor Queens latest rumors concerning the next batch of referrals from China. There was great talk of a 20 day batch of referrals. She must of been channeling from another dimension where the evil Capt. Kirk is located because her rumors were a bust. But hey, she is the Rumor Queen and not the Fact Queen.

On another note we are most of the way through the process of remodeling the house before the baby arrives. The bathroom looks great. Nina's office is slowly transforming from an example of Chaos Theory in action into a steady state phenomena.

I have been thinking about quitting my computer job more and more to teach Ju-Jitsu. This is a long term goal. I believe I will need to wait another 5 years before I can put that plan into action. Sitting behind a desk staring at a computer screen all day can get wearisome on the eyes
We will see. Must not be too hasty. Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.

A New Hope

Rumor has it, from the Rumor Queen, is that the next set of referrals will encompass a whopping 20 days. That is a quantum leap in days compared to last months 6. If this is the trend and it continues unabated then our referral might come about within 4 months. We will hope for the best. In the meantime there is plenty to get done around the house.

JPB