Spring may have sprung here on our little lake. The frogs are back. They made their debut tonight and are croaking away as I type. Listening to the frogs at night is by far one of our most favorite things about living in the boonies on this tiny lake...
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.
Well its a snowy blowy day here. Caitlin and I headed out today for church and found out just how deep the drifts on our road can be! We were stuck-really stuck. Even in my truck. So I called Gordy for help and we had quite a time trying to get out. The snow was all the way up to my doors and getting worse by the second. We had to dig out the road just so Gordy didn't get stuck. Unbelievable. Then of course someone else on the road thought they could get around me despite my obvious state of "stuckness" I tried to sound the horn but it was so muffled there was no use. Well anyway and hour and a half later I was soaking in the tub trying to revive my purple and painful toes. So we didn't make it to church. Caitlin was not pleased.
Well folks it appears that a referral off the current list of children is probably not going to happen. Several times the ladies in the Waiting Child Department at CCAI have stated that the current list will focus on folks with Jan through March Medical Checklists. Even though we are open to a boy which so many are not we will have to wait. Many of the boys are older and/or have more significant needs than we feel comfortable with so they are waiting their families on the agencies website because their needs don't match anyone's list. It is a very sad thing. If Caitlin was a little older there are a couple boys we would snatch up in a second...I'm not sure we are ready for virtual twins. Our wait continues.
CCAI is delighted to announce that we have received a new list of Waiting Children! YAHOO! We are hard at work translating and verifying our Waiting Children’s information and contacting families. We will consider each child’s case individually, so we appreciate your patience as we work carefully through our files. If CCAI has a potential match for your family, we will contact yo
We are sooooooooo excited that the new list is finally here. We hope we will see our next little O'Meara very soon. It is not a guarantee that we will get a referral but we sure are crossing our fingers and praying we will.
So we have been talking with our sweet girl, Cailtin about adoption and China in general. Saying prayers for all the little ones who need families to come get them...I have been a little more specific lately and asking her if she wants to go to China to get a baby brother or sister. She definitely thinks that would be cool and the past two nights has been very specific in her prayers. The other night she said something like this: Please God let us go to China to play for a little bit and see stuff and then bring home a baby sister or brother. Tonight she said: "Please God let me get to the Great Wall so I can bring home my baby brother or sister." I gotta tell ya' she is the sweetest, most in tune with things around her, kid I have ever known. She picks up on all our conversations and this adoption has just become a part of her awareness just by hearing us talk about it. She truly amazes me and I am forever thankful to have her in my life.
We got a couple inches last night on top of what we already had and we are staying home today! Happy New Years Everyone! Here are some pictures from outdoors today. Our nephew stayed the night and may stay again tonight since his dad and sister are sick in bed at home. Enjoy the pics-we had fun!
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