Moving Sarah!

Today we are driving down to Memphis to move Sarah and her roommate, Lisa, to a new apartment. One that is in a safer and better neighborhood! When we originally moved her, back in August, we thought we had moved her to a nice place, but as it turns out looks can be deceiving! Without going into scary details, I'll just tell you there has been some gangish (not sure that is a word) behavior going on way too close to her! YIKES! Although, I am not looking forward to the long drive, I am very excited to see our Baby Girl! I miss her sooooo much! I will be so relieved knowing she is in a safe place, now! I'm sure she is so tired of me constantly reminding her to be aware of her surroundings and have her pepper spray ready at all times! I am also happy that instead of us breaking our backs this time, Gary has hired movers! My hero! See you all when we get back on Monday! Just in time for April referrals,Yippee!

Happy Easter, Everyone!
Today is also our 26 Month LID Anniversary! This is definitely our last Easter without Kaelin!!

Almost Next!

Today we received an email from our agency and guess what?! We only have one more group before us and we are next! I can't even believe I am even saying this! It just feels so good to finally be so close to seeing our girl, but it also feels a little weird! I mean we have been waiting for soooo long that the feeling of this actually happening is indescribable! Kind of like excitement, anxiety, happy, and nausea all rolled into one! Now you would think that since we are almost next we would be traveling to China soon, but this probably isn't the case. Since CCAA has only been sending about a week's worth of referrals per month, we probably won't get our referral until June with travel to China in early August (Ugh! This is the hottest time of the year in Guangzhou! Like being in southern Florida!) Even still, we can't wait and are completely not ready to travel! It's really hard to get ready when we have no idea how old she will be! Once we finally get her referral, we will be running around like maniacs! (Yes, I know I already am one!) I am guessing that we will get "THE CALL" on June 2nd or 3rd at around 3:00 PM!

Princess Fiona!

This is my sweet and lovable kitty, Princess Fiona. "Little Fi," my nickname for her, hasn't always had such a privileged and cozy life. A couple of months ago she was a skinny, flea-bitten stray whom Gary found sleeping in the seat of a hi-lo in his warehouse one day. After a few days of hanging around it was obvious that she was homeless. So we took her in as our own and named her Princess Fiona. What a delight she has been! She is affectionate, playful, and gets along so well with our big male cat, Tigger, and our enormous English Setter, Storm. Now, her favorite place to be is here, snuggled up next to this stuffed kitty on the window seat in Kaelin's room. Definitely, a step up from the hi-lo! Little Fi is a very smart kitty and it's almost like she knows. She lays there as if she is waiting, waiting for a little girl that will one day carry her around the house like a rag doll and love her and play with her always!

Panda Referrals Are On Their Way!

Finally! After taking nearly 3 years to get through all the LIDs in 2005 CCAA is sending it's first batch of 2006 referrals! Although they still have to finish 2005 in this batch, it is a sure thing that the LID cutoff will be January 4, 2006. This means that our January 2006 Precious Pandas group will begin seeing their first non-special needs referrals after waiting a very long 26 months! By the time we receive Kaelin's referral we will have waited, and even longer, 28/29 months! Congratulations to all of our Panda friends who will finally see their babies for the first time!