whats been going on?

Well the answer to that question is not too much at all. We were accepted with an agency but after doing a little more research i found out that their travel fees are very high and we have to go thru them for all our travel arrangements. So i just sent my application off to another agency. Hopefully we will hear today that we have been accepted. Most people i have talked to have had nothing for good things to say about this agency. If all goes well we should be placed on the waiting list hopefully by the end of the month. And then anywhere from 6-12 months we could get a referral. There is a chance that we could get a referral faster then that (it would be GREAT to know who are baby is by Christmas) but i am not holding my breath. It will happen when it happens.
Lately Tracy and i have been talking about names. We had a name picked out when we were thought we were going to Vietnam but for some reason it just doesn't seem right to use that name anymore. We still love the name but we are trying to come up with some others. We don't really want a name that a lot of other girls in her class are going to have. We want something traditional but a little funky at the same time. I don't think we will be able to decide until we see her face.

accepted!

I got a call today from our agency rep. from our China agency and we have been officially accepted into their China program! Now I just have to read thru their very long contract, sign it and send them a big check. Then we will be officially enrolled in their program. Once we officially enroll in their program we can get on the "waiting child" waiting list.
Tomorrow is the last meeting with our social worker. Once that is done she will update our home study so we can send it in to the USCIS so we can switch our approval to China. Then i get to start our dossier all over. I am not looking forward to that but i did it once so i can do it again!

The things we do for love...

For those of you who know me know that i have an irrational fear of needles especially getting my blood taken. Before we started the adoption i couldn't remember the last time i had my blood sucked out of me. Thanks to my desire to adopt a child i have now had to get it taken 2 that's right 2 times the year! The very first time didn't go so well. Think of a 2 year old getting blood taken and that was me. I had to leave with out getting it done. So back i went a few days latter. This time i was armed (no not with a gun) with some good old fashion drugs. The kind that make you a little less tense and if you take too many a little sleepy. Fast forward 7 months and we are back in the same position we were then. I need to have more blood taken because China requires more blood tests. All i have to say is they better have taken more then they need because i am NEVER going back there again. But at least i did it. And it really doesn't hurt more then a pinch but i just have a fear of needles. Tracy said i at least acted like maybe a teenager instead of a toddler this time. So if getting blood taken is the worst thing that is going to happen this time around then i will take it.