it's been awhile...

Well it has been quite a while since I last posted. We have had a couple ups and downs in our journey towards adoption recently. We are currently trying to make some decisions about the path we will take. The Chinese Government has mandated that all agencies that have a Waiting Child program are to participate in one shared list. Which means that all 51 agencies will fight to "lock in" kids from one very large group of children and families must respond to a referral within 48 hours. I think this is bad for families and encourages people to make decisions too quickly. So we are evaluating whether we want to be involved at all. If we choose not to we will stay in the traditional program and forge ahead as originally planned.