It's official
03/27/07 13:30
We are officially
waiting parents for our second daughter. We received
a phone call today from our agency that our documents
were all translated and authenticated, and were
FedExd to China yesterday, or in adoption terms, we
are DTC (documents to China) as of March 26th. That's
Scott's mother's birthday too.
The estimated wait time is longer than just a year ago when we received Cady. Our wait time to find out information about her was 9 months. Now the expected wait time is 18-24 months. It's a much longer wait than before. Some officials are stating that the longer wait times are due to promoting domestic adoptions within China. That leaves the rest of us waiting longer, but that's really of little concern, when you realize that it also means that more children are finding homes.
Some people think that the child you get is a random act. But I don't. I believe that we have a choice to have the child or not. But, when we decide to, the match is made by a much higher power than CCAA (the agency within China that matches children to families). I simply cannot imagine Cady being a child other than who she is. So, when Cady is four years old, her baby sister will probably be one year old. The wait time for us seems fine. It gives us some extra time to spend with Cady being the only child in the house.
Oh by the way, her sister's name is going to be Melody.
The estimated wait time is longer than just a year ago when we received Cady. Our wait time to find out information about her was 9 months. Now the expected wait time is 18-24 months. It's a much longer wait than before. Some officials are stating that the longer wait times are due to promoting domestic adoptions within China. That leaves the rest of us waiting longer, but that's really of little concern, when you realize that it also means that more children are finding homes.
Some people think that the child you get is a random act. But I don't. I believe that we have a choice to have the child or not. But, when we decide to, the match is made by a much higher power than CCAA (the agency within China that matches children to families). I simply cannot imagine Cady being a child other than who she is. So, when Cady is four years old, her baby sister will probably be one year old. The wait time for us seems fine. It gives us some extra time to spend with Cady being the only child in the house.
Oh by the way, her sister's name is going to be Melody.
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