Moving Right Along...

Six months have gone by pretty quick. I wonder if the next 2 -3 years will go by as quickly. LOL I somehow doubt it.

Last year around this time is when we made the decision to adopt. We were going through the last miscarraige and just had enough of the fertility meds that were making me crazy. It was a pretty easy and freeing decision. It dawned on me I didn't need to be pregnant to have a family. Then it took us about a month to research all our adoption options. Choosing China was also a pretty easy decision. It fit for us and we qualified, at the time. Then we finally chose an agency, learned about the new restrictions and did the mad dash paperchase to meet the May 1st deadline (otherwise we would no longer qualify). Well, we made it, and here we are 6 months after our log in date. Of course when we were logged in April 17th, the wait time was 18 months at the time. Now I think it is 22 or 23 months. I've learned that it is 22 months for those logged in from Nov. 2005. Which just means the wait time is going up up up! Oh well, we are in it for the long haul. So while we've been logged in for 6 months, we made the decision to adopt a year ago. Time flies!!

Fortune Cookie

We had Chinese take-out the other night and I just got around to opening my fortune cookie. Here is what it said...
Ahhhhh, yes it is! And I am working on it! LOL Almost 6 months down too! Some days are better than others. I have plenty of things to do to keep busy that's for sure. I have my mind set with waiting 3 years (well now 2 1/2 years!) but when I think it could be more, well, let's not go there.

Thank you to my April DTC Secret Pal!

I received my Sept. secret pal gift today! This Discovery Ladybug is the cutest thing!! Is it a book? Is it a rattle? Is it a squeaky toy? YES YES YES! All of the above. She also sent these cute magnets that spell out "Raven". Sooooo cute! They are up on the fridge already! Right under my little LID map! Thank you Secret Pal!!

LID Map

Ok, I know... I have WAY too much time on my hands! LOL I wanted to make some kind of visual countdown thing that I could look at and update every time there are referrals. So I made this map which list all the LID (Log In Dates) that still have to be referred before they get to ours, April 17, 2007. Looks like this month (they only send referrals once a month) they only referred up to Nov. 30th, 2005 (Not official yet), which is really only 3 days. I've included weekend days on my map just because it was easier to countdown that way. So since last month when they referred up to Nov. 25th, 2005, they have now referred up to the 30th, 2 days being a weekend. That in itself is very sad that they only got to 3 days this month. hopefully it'll pick up next year. So I am going to color in the dates with red marker every month, and in the end it'll be my own little representation of the "red thread" because all the the circles will be red, starting from the USA to China. Anyway, like I said, I have way too much time on my hands!

Yoshi's Shiba Inu Scream

This post is dedicated to my canine baby, Yoshi. LOL

One distict characteristic of a Shiba Inu is called the Shiba scream. This is a high-pitch yell/howl/whine/cry/ouch!-my-ears kind of yodel that Shibas seem to have mastered. This happens almost every time the phone rings.



If you've never heard of a Shiba Inu before, here is a little information for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiba_Inu


I saw a "red" one years ago and always wanted one, whenever the time was right to get a dog. I didn't even know they had "black and tan" Shibas until I saw this cute little puppy at the pet store one day and HAD TO have him! How he has grown!

Can you believe this is the same dog?? At least he grew into his ears!! LOL