So where is she, you ask?

Thank you for asking; we’re wondering the same thing. The short answer is that we’re all still waiting, but making progress.

The longer answer goes like this. The CCAA (China Center for Adoption Affairs) is making good progress reviewing paperwork. Our “dossier” (also known as an adoption application) was logged in last December 16th. Right now, the CCAA has reviewed the adoption applications that were submitted before October 31, 2005, and (at present) seem to review about a month's worth of submissions each month. They should get to ours by the end of August.

Referring children has been moving a bit slower, but seems to be picking up pace. Right now, children have been “referred” to parents whose dossiers were logged in on or before June 28th of last year (12 months from their log-in date). We’re hopeful that we will get a referral in December and travel early next year.