Where in China is Little T??

Dongguan City is in Guangdong Province which is in the southern part of China. The US Consulate is in Guangzhou which is just about 31 miles or so from Dongguan City.

I joined the Yahoo group for her orphanage and there are some people traveling soon. I've asked them to please see if they can take her picture if they visit the orphanage! Wow - wouldn't that be just amazing?? I would love to see how big she is now. The report we had was done back in July of 2007 so it's old. I misread it also - I thought she weighed 17 pounds but actually only weighed 15 pounds. What a peanut!!

Her care package will be ready to mail by this weekend. I've put in a few 18 month size dresses, a plush toy, a "who loves you" book with our pictures, and some candy for the nannies. I need to get some stickers and stuff for the other babies and I'll probably put a blanket in it for her too.

Here is a map and some pictures of her orphanage.

Here She Is!!!

We recevied PA today! I can finally tell the world about our daughter.

Back!

Ok, I'm back from Lombard! I was supposed to have flown out of Chicago Friday night but after 2 flight cancellations I ended up staying and flying out Saturday. I finally got home Saturday afternoon and was completely bushed. My suitcase is still sitting on my bedroom floor waiting to be unpacked!!

I enjoyed meeting my new team and manager. They all seem very nice and welcoming. They have me set up for almost 15 weeks worth of training but I should be able to skim through most of it because I already know the system.

Oh gosh, I'm so ready to burst with my exciting news but I can't yet. This is so hard!!! I really don't know if I can keep this in much longer.....so here's a quick peek...

Next week

I'll be in Lombard IL having a very busy week at my new job. I'm really looking forward to it though. This will be a much needed change and challenge. I should also be able to tell you guys about something else that has been going on in our lives. It's amazing, incredible, awesome, spectacular, and unexpected - yep, it's that good!! What? You want a hint? Hmmm....I suppose I can give you a small one...




That's about all I can do right now!!! I'm not sure if I'll be able to get to my blog next week or not, let alone my other email address. So, I'll see you guys in a week!! heh...

Exciting times!

Yep, very exciting times around here. Lots of stuff happening very quickly. That's all I can say right now. Please keep our family in your prayers!

Scrap Pics

Not a ton of stuff to blog about. T's girlfriend is due in a about 3 weeks. The adoption is still in the waiting mode. Oh - I have a new job!!!! Yeah! I start on the 21st of this month and I will be working from home everyday!! I'm very exicted about it. My last day at my current job is Wednesday so I'll have a few days off. The new job will supply me with all office supplies that I need including a laptop with accessories. I should be going to IL next week to pick up the laptop and the other items will ship later.

I'm sad about leaving my current job. I've been there for 7 years now and have made some good friends - and enemies!! Ha! We are smack in the middle of an implementation to a new product and I had a key role in it. Yes, I feel bad but I have to look out for me and do whats best for my family. Maybe if the higher ups would have been more open and communicative with us little peons I could have stayed. As it is we were finding things out through the rumor mill. Not good people!!

Ok - enough about the job. Here are 2 pages I did tonight. The first one was a quickpage but the second one I did all by myself!!

5 days

4/7/2008
Dossier and Child Match Update from CCAA's Intranet



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

The CCAA has finished the placement of the children for families whose application documents were registered with the CCAA office before January 9, 2006.

5 lousy days. 2 days were the weekend.

154-5 is 149 days until our referral.

Just Scrapping

Sewing away!

I've sewed a few more little dresses. The green ladybug dress is for our granddaughter and the other one is for Little T. I'm really enjoying this and have started on 2 more dresses similar to the ladybug one. There is a hat and little pants for the ladybug dress. When I showed Big T the material for Little T's he was like "I hate to tell you this but those 2 materials do not go together.". Ha! I showed him! I wanted contrasting materials which is why I picked those two out. That dress cost me a total of $3.00 including the pattern!!







One more picture for you! T turned 18 yesterday!! Good God - where does the time go?? We gave him some cash and some tools for his car and took him to dinner last night. (Family tradition) After dinner he came over and was messing around with L and I was taking pictures. I asked him to smile for me and this is what he did!! Nice huh??!!!

Quickie!!

No....not that kind of quickie!!

Here's a quick page I did tonight of my niece. I've played with the picture using photoshop and then used scrapbook flair to create the page.

Happy Easter!!

I hope everyone had a Joyous Easter! We went to my BIL's and enjoyed the day with family. As you might know our niece had a baby a few months ago and today was the first time I've had the opportunity to hold him. What a cutie!! Here are some pictures of Little A and also our other little niece and nephew.










I've also been busy on my sewing machine and made this outfit for Little T. I've already started on another one and I'll post a picture of it when I complete it.




Nothing happening on the adoption front. Still waiting for our agency to get another list in. It's so frustrating!!

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Referrals are Here!

Well, CCAA referred from December 28th until January 4th - 8 days. God that stinks. And hurts.

162 minus 8 leaves just 154 days until our LID!! blech.....

Happy Leap Day!!!

Hi Stranger

A couple of things to talk about. We didn't get a referral from this past list. I'm okay with that. It's hard but God has this in his hands and I have to trust that. Our agency has requested another list so hopefully it will come in March. Will we get our referral then? Who knows - but it is more likely to happen.

Wrestling is finally over. T won conference champion and was one match away from going to states. I truly believe that if he hadn't been hurt at the beginning of the season he would have gone to states. He was disappointed yesterday to say the least. We are so proud of what he accomplished!! To go as far as he did was a testament of his devotion and commitment. Baseball has already started and he has his first scrimage on Monday. No rest for the weary!!

L is also doing baseball but will be on the JV team. He's excited to start in again after his diappointing wrestling season. He just needs to realize that he has to put forth an effort. Things won't come as easily as they did when he was younger.

Work - god, what a mess it is. We are in the middle of a huge conversion from one system to another one. Part of the conversion is combining the hospital and the SOM's data so there is just one medical record for a patient. Great idea - bad plan. The hospital will control the server and be the "gatekeepers" of the data. This means that any changes we want to make, say to add a cpt code or a billing area or even a doctor has to go through their change management crap. Not a good thing because our users are totally spoiled. Plus there will not be any custom programming for the new system which means I am literally working myself right out of a job. The go live isn't until late next year and then we will keep the legacy system up for another year but it's still scary!!

Little T's OGWQ is close to being completed. I've got 4 more rows to quilt and then I'll put the border around it and viola! Its done. Big T can't get over that I've actually done this. I've included a picture of the back material that I choose. The border is a pink chenille that will really set it off. I can't wait to finish it!














Here are some wrestling pictures and a scrapbook page I put together.

Happy New Year!!

Actually, yesterday was Chinese New Year in China so I'm a day late but Happy New Year anyways!!

Is it 2006 yet?

Heh, you're probably wondering what in the world I'm talking about. Well folks, referrals are starting to arrive. Remember last month they got through the 19th so you would hope that they could get through the 31st this month. News Flash!! They didn't! Are you suprised?? I'm not! They did 8 days worth this month and got through the 27th of December. Hey - they just started December in November of 2006 and these are only February referrals so what are we moaning about?? 5 months to get through one month??

So, let me answer my question - no, it's not 2006 yet!!

162 - 8 is 154 - only 154 days until our log in date!

How long have we been waiting????

MONTHS!!!!