There have been a few reports on some of the China adoption sites that the referrals for this month (August batch) have been sent via DHL, and are on their way. If this is accurate (hoping it is) then our match “call” could come as early as Friday morning. We are both excited, and a bit freaked out by this very exciting news.

This of course means that in 5-6 weeks, we will be on our way. Crazy! Stay tuned, we will post as more of this unfolds.

Kurt

Well here we are, it is July 28, 2007 and we think there is a good chance we are only a week or so away from being matched. Kelly thinks we will be matched possibly by Friday the 3rd of August, and I am holding firm to the 6th or maybe even the 7th. Cannot believe it is about to happen, just cannot believe it. It has been about 21 months since we were “logged in” in Beijing, and approx. 26 months since we started, and I now find myself wondering what’s next? So much of this journey thus far has centered around this waiting period that lately Kelly and I have been kidding ourselves that, once we are matched, what will be “hanging out” for? Haha, there will be soooo much to do it’s going to now be a case of can we get it all done prior to leaving? We have the gallery issues worked out so there are now photos to view in the gallery area.  There are many more to upload and, again, we have the Ferguson’s to thank for getting us up to speed in that area. We will be “practising” with many more additions in the coming week so that by the time Match comes, we can get those photos up on the site once that takes place. In addition, once we get the match, and we have all the info on Madison that is available, her page will become “live”. Well, that’s it for now, we hope everyone out there in cyberspace is well, and having a great summer, still cannot believe that this whole adventure is about to begin to truly unfold. I am a little in awe of it all, while all along, completely freaked out by what’s about to happen!!

Kurt

Well, here it is!!! Our website/blog is up and running.  We are sooooo proud of it.  We hope you like it too. We could not have had this site without the help of Jim and Candice Ferguson whose patience and expertise in design as well as implementation has been invaluable, so a huge thank you goes out to that lovely couple for their efforts in assisting us with this.

We are still working out a few kinks with our Gallery section, so it will be a few days until we get the photo’s of Madison’s room and some other  shots into the site, but soon we promise. Our match should come around the 6th or 7th of August, so keep looking in here as we will update as new information becomes available.

Travel to China should commence about 6 weeks after the match occurs. We are guessing somewhere in the week of September 17th.

Kurt

It’s almost done!!!! We chose to do

We have been taking the adult Mandarin language lessons that CCAI offers at the school they run for the kids. Its been a lot of fun. There are only 4 or 5 of us in the classes, and our instructor is very good. While we are attending the adult class, all around us there are additional classrooms that have adoptive Chinese kids in them who are learning their native tongue and learning about their heritage and culture through instructors from