May update

Well it has been a busy end of April travelling to Seattle to see Scott for a mini vacation. We spent 5 days in Seattle and saw the sights and Scott's place in Oak Harbor and the Navel Air Station. Then came back in time to run the Flying Pig Marathon Relay May 3 as TEAM THORNBURY! We did it! I wanted to run across the finish line and know we can win as a family at something that took time and dedication. It was tough and we did it faster than we imagined and wish we had trained a bit more. I wanted a win!!!! Since this adoption Process has been difficult I needed a personal win! When you set out to do something you never have before and accomplish it you break a belief in yourself barrier. It was a good day! I think I would like to do it again as a relay and really be able to train next time without being hurt with foot problems which have been a challenge through the whole training period.

So no real news accept the rumor is it will move possibly 6 days. Would love to see that as it would keep us at a referral in June 2010! Our adoption agency is working with us on the additional fees they feel they need to charge us since so much time has passed. From the Rumor Queen it appears there are any where from 1200-1500 people ahead of us for a healthy baby girl. We are closer but the wait continues.

I will post a picture of Katie and Mike, half of Team Thornbury with our medals, as they waited for me to cross the finish line! I had the best leg of the race! I got to cross the line!!!!

I'll do another post once we know how many days it is moving in May!

Have a Marvelous May!

April update

The referral box has apparently moved 2 days for this month making the date March 8, 2006, so as of right now a June referral 2010 is what we are thinking if it begins to speed up and move 7 days at a time. March 8 to June 13 is 14 weeks which interprets to be 14 months until referral if we can get back 0n track of moving a week at a time. When it moves less than 7 days it moves us back another month. The only way to speculate our date is mathematically and gives us a good idea of where we are......I know the best is yet to come and God is going to give us double for our trouble.

Cie la vie.....I do have lots of hope it will speed up. Until then we live our lives.

Happy Easter!

Early April update

Well the date did move 4 days last month to March 6 and it is not looking good but moving only a couples of days this month. So the wait is longer and well into 2010 now before we have Jailyn in our arms.....
Happy Easter!

March Update

Well another month and we still are not sure how many days it has moved. Many rumors.....You know if it speeds up to move 2 weeks at a time which would be Super Optimistic we could get the referral in late 2009. Middle of the road optimistic would be to get moving again a full week at a time looking at late spring 2010 referral and the worst case would be creeping only days at a time which would put us into 2011. I am going with the middle of the road for my sanity.

Our fingerprints for our govt expire again April 10 and will have to redo and more than likely this fall our paperwork will expire again with our US govt and will have to fork over about another $800-1000. I have really just let go and have decided to just believe it is going to happen and not worry b-cuz we will only get Jailyn when China says we get her. I truly can not believe how long it has already been and so much more time to go so I let go and have faith it will happen all in the right time! However, Jailyn is born in our hearts and we continue to do the things we need to for her to join our family.

Now some disheartening news......We received word our agency wants to add an additional fee not in our original contract. We know our fees to travel will be more as time has passed and a fee in china has been raised earlier this year for the orphanage fee which is an additional $2000 more which we can not do anything about. So we accept those things. However, our own agency is now wanting to pass on another fee of $2000 more which was not in our orginal contract and back in May they said we were exempt from this fee as it was added to families in the process after April 2007. We have been in the process since Jan 2006. It has been disheartening and we are working to resolve not paying this fee. You know I do my best in my business to be a woman of my word and work by the golden rule and try my best to do the right thing in the best honest interest of others. I expect the same from others and especially the agency we have chosen to help me realize my dream of being a first time mom and Mike a dad again. The last thing we would have ever expected was to have our agency make this journey more difficult financially or emotionally. But who ever said it would be easy and we will overcome obstacles and press on......and see what comes of this matter.

Another month passes!
Happy Spring!

February Update

Well another slow month is predicted. The rumor is moving only 1-4 days. Once again that puts us back another month. Now looking toward May 2010 for referral. The agencies are optimistic it will speed up but I just do not think it will be for a few months as March 2006 is a large month of families logged in to adopt healthy girls. Hopefully we can get to moving 7 days a month or more to keep it from becoming longer once again. I can only hope and pray we will not continue to add time to the wait as it has become such the norm.....It is what it is and we wait and live our lives.
Happy Spring!
Linette

January update

Well it appears it is a teeny tiny referral batch of moving only 2 days. That dashes the hope for things speeding up in 2009. However the month of March is the largest month of login dates for 2009 so we knew it would probably creep along. Bummer it is not moving faster. We are still on track for 2010 April referral but it has to speed back up to moving 6-10 days a month or we are set back again. It just breaks my heart this continues to be so long and here we are another year and so much time before our daughter actually arrives. But once again we are blessed. We have eachother, wonderful friends and family, a home, jobs and our health. This month has been eventful with a trip to Amish Country to a B&B wooded cabin for R&R. Boy the simple life that the Amish live is so much more peaceful. It was extremely cold but so good to get away. And I lost a dear friend Sharon to Cancer this past week and I was so honored to be her friend and it was such a blessing to celebrate her life at her funeral as sad as it was. I believe we are all here for a purpose and we do not always understand why some have to leave us so qucikly. Sharon I know you are up in heaven blessing others as you blessed me. I am thankful you were my friend and I loved you. Until our next update.....it will be interesting the Chinese New Year begins and the CCAA is closed for 2 weeks.

Late December Update!!!! OH MY STARS MORE REFERRALS THIS MONTH! Christmas 2008!

Woohoo! Another batch of referrals came this month! Maybe they are going to speed up! What a great belated Christmas Present! It moved 5 more days yesterday! They are through February 2006! Only 3 1/2 months and they are to June 13 but could take a year and few months still. The Rumor Queen thinks they are moving on referrals now to get two batches in before the Chinese New Year January 26. The CCAA closes for 1-2 weeks for the New Year Celebration so maybe another batch before the New Year in January! However, March is a large month so not going to get too excited about getting too far into March Referrals in January!

We had a blessed Christmas....action packed and we are so thankful as God reveals His goodness in our lives. We had a house full of The Thornbury's Christmas eve and a fun time was had by all and a fun filled white elephant gifting was the highlight. Then Mike and I were able to attend the Christian Church for their 11pm Christmas eve service with a nice drama and music celebrating Christ and our friend Scott Moening sang the beautiful song "Mary Did You Know?" The song really touched my heart as our baby will be born this year and the wait will someday come to an end with a beautiful baby girl who has ready been born in our hearts with so much love. I can't wait to have Jailyn here to experience her first Christmas. It was a special night. We had our whole immediate family in town. Scott made it home for the holidays before all the snow storms hit Seattle and just celebrated his 25 birthday on Dec 18. He left Dec 26 for the Dominican Republic with his Navy buddies for a vacation. Katie and Billy celebrated their second Christmas together dating and they seem as happy as ever and busy with lots of family and friend holiday celebrations. Billy's folks were in this week to celebrate with them. We celebrated our family's Christmas on Christmas morning with Mike's Blt's at 10am, gifts and celebrating with Katie, Scott, Billy and Mike's dad. Then the afternoon brought the Comley Christmas lunch and presents with my family. My neice and nephews are sure growing up fast and we all had a great time together as family.

We are blessed and look forward to an awesome 2009 and for God to reveal His will for our lives as we continue to see His plan unfold as we prepare for Jailyn to join our family. It will be God's perfect timing for us. It appears it is never soon enough and God is never early so we wait for His perfect will and continue to celebrate the blessings in our lives. 2009 will bring a trip to Amish country in January at a cabin at a Bed and Breakfast, a trip to Grand Caymen we won a time share trip from Mike's work in March or May, running the Flying Pig Marathon as a 4 person relay in May (Getting in Shape and running as TEAM Thornbury with Katie, Mike, Ronny (Mike's brother) and me running the last leg to run over the finish line, a trip to visit Scott in Washington State and a trip to Gatlinburg in the fall and then hopefully China sooner than later.

Happy New Year!