Well, my original intention was to post an update every month. As you can see, that hasn't happened. Life if busy!

There is no new news, only that the wait seems to continue to get longer. CCAA has just matched famlies with a LID of 11/7/2005. The wait for these familes was 19 months. But when they started the process the wait was 6-9 months. Our LID is 12/26/2006 so there are thousands of families in front of us. Rumors are it could get to 24 months, some saying 36 months. That would get us a referral somewhere between December of 2008 and December of 2009. I am still hoping things will speed up. We waited 14 months for DD #1 and the wait for folks after me and once SARS was under control dropped to 6 months. So, there is always a chance things could speed up.

In the meantime I have contacted my agency to discuss the possibility of looking at their WC (waiting child) lists. The children available on my agencies waiting child list have minor correctable special needs such as a repaired cleft lip and/or palate, skin issues, eye issues......However, with CCAA's new rules in place, they are not sure we qualify to switch from NSN to SN. They are looking into it for me. If I do qualify, and a WC is matched with me, the process is more like 6-8 months.

I do believe there is already a plan in place to bring Mei Mei home. Somewhere in China there is a women that has found out she is pregnant. She has realized keeping the baby is not an option. She does know she will carry the child to term, and do the best she knows how to give her child a good future. Please pray for us, Mei Mei, and her birth mother while we wait.