Our Red Thread to China

The Chinese government has recognized that they officially have our paperwork, and they’ve finally decided to let our agency (and us) know. This is called our log-in date (LID), and ours is March 3, 2006. The counting for our wait starts then. (It’s not unusual for a long wait between the actual LID to when we hear about it.)

The next thing for us to do is . . . wait. Right now, the wait time is around 10 to 11 months, and our agency isn’t expecting it to change. At the end of the wait is a referral. We get a picture and information about a child. We won’t travel to China to be joined with her for another 6 to 8 weeks.

That is a while to wait, but right now it doesn’t seem too bad.

Oh, and this is not an April Fool’s joke.