Finally a Rumor!

Someone posted on a China adoption board that her friend's agency told her friend that her LOA "is on the way" [from China]. She has a 4/9 LID. Could mean nothing in regards to our adoption. Could be a sign of great things to come since our LID is 4/2. I'm going to consider it the latter because I am tired of the lack of news. Keep your fingers crossed!

Bummed

I know. I feel the same way. This wait is taking way too long! Come on LOA!

This was what I was counting on...

Above average is great if you are talking about income, health, intelligence, metabolisms, or life spans.

It is not so great if you are talking about the wait for LOAs. We are now on day 79.

Time for some April LIDs to get their LOAs and I am raising my hand to be first!

Timeline

Seven months ago we first saw Jin Pei's picture.

Hopefully within 3 months she will be in our arms.

Day 75

Okay, it is time for our LOA. I have been very, very patient but I am not sure I will not be able to contain the whining if we reach day 80, which would put us at higher than the average wait for "our line" - meaning those who receive a referral , receive pre-approval, and then have their documents sent to China and logged in. I have seen people with 3/31 LIDs get LOAs last week and we have a LID of 4/2 so we should be next. I just would love for next to be NOW so we can be one step closer to bringing Pei Pei (pronounced Pay Pay) home!

A Care Package Update

So I emailed back the person sending the package and asked if she could tell me the size of the clothes she sent. And she wrote back with all the details I asked for and a huge apology for forgetting!

She is called "Pei Pei" and she is in FOSTER CARE! I suspected but didn't want to get my hopes up. Though I know she could have been receiving great care in the orphanage (that is where the paperwork I have says she is), if she is in a good foster care home she should be receiving more individual attention and perhaps, be better off for future attachments.

She is just shy of 20lbs and is 31.5 inches long. This means I am likely safe buying 18 month clothing because they will not be too small though she is probably in a 12 month size or smaller right now. She is in a size 5 shoe which is where Brynn started at so we have those too! She is growing as expected compared to her previous measurements.

I am a happy camper!

Care Package #3

I had asked my agency to get an update in Jin Pei for us... I am so wanting to know her height/weight so I can pick up a few items and the last reports we have are now 11 months old. I got a "we will try" response and have heard nothing else (I haven't been very patient so it really hasn't been long) so I decided to send another care package through the company we used in March, this time with clothes. I asked the sender if she would let me know Jin Pei's size, whether she is in foster care or the orphanage, and what they call her, figuring that at least her size would have to be asked anyway for the clothes. I was optimistic because I know she has gotten updates for other families but didn't want to push my luck asking too much, even for more pictures.

I ordered the package last Saturday and all week have been looking for an email with information. This morning I got a picture of the package but nothing else except a note saying Jin Pei should get it this weekend. The picture was attached to an email from March's care package we sent so now I don't even know if the company saw my new information request. Then again, the letter in the package from us (under Hello Kitty) is the new one (I can only see how we signed it but we signed it differently this time) and that was sent in the same email. I am keeping my fingers crossed that perhaps next week I'll hear more but I would think that any information gathered was done so already and would have been included. Oh well.

The care package we sent had standard content (the Hello Kitty toy, blanket, camera, candy, and pajamas) but I did add in a book, hairclips, and an outfit and Price was near me when I ordered and insisted on the caterpillar. He enjoyed helping me decide what to include.

We are on day 65 of the wait. The last group in our agency waited 73 day for LOA with the two groups before them waiting 78 and 70. We are definitely getting close!