CCAA into September 2005...

The CCAA has finished the review of the adoption application documents registered with our office before January 31, 2006.

The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before September 8, 2005.

Eight Months Down!

Ok, so eight months since we were logged into China's system and 14 months since we began our adoption journey. We know why God made human gestation nine months long...because nine months is long enough!!! So, are we half way there? Over half way? Well, I guess we will wait and see and wait some more. Wait patiently with us, won't you?

November is Adoption Awareness month! Here are some links should you care to browse:

Voice of the Orphan has a series of radio broadcasts running the week of November 13 - 18: www.voiceoftheorphan.org

Adoptive Families Magazine has a calendar to help you mark each day: www.adoptivefamilies.com/pdf/2005calendar.pdf

Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute: www.ccainstitute.org

Child Welfare Information Gateway “Answering the Call”: www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/nam/index.cfm

National Council for Adoption: www.adoptioncouncil.org

We're Moving!!

Here is our new house off of County Rd. C. near Dale in Roseville, Mn. We will miss many of our neighbors from our Russell/Queen Block Club, but there was definitely an overwhelming sense that this was MEANT TO BE!! We sold our house in two days, by the grace of God. We only were kind of joking about moving a little over a month ago! Crazy.

We are excited that we will be in our new house for Christmas and that we will have plenty of time to get things settled before Olivia comes home (she IS coming home, isn't she!!??)

Lots of love and visit soon!

Dawn

Some Action at the CCAA!!!!

The CCAA has finished the review of the adoption application documents registered with our office before January 31, 2006.


The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before August 25, 2005.

So they are reviewing February paperwork!! We are March paperwork!!! Getting closer! If nothing else, very exciting to see SOME movement on the part of the CCAA after a lull.

There IS a child waiting for us at the end of this journey...lately it has felt like less of a reality than it did a year ago.