Remember last month when I said that we knew for sure that we would be receiving our referral this month? Well, I was wrong.
We had originally thought that our “magic” date was April 23rd, 2006. I'll explain again, because it gets confusing, this is the login date, the date we were officially approved for adoption. As this June approached, the CCAA (China Center for Adoption Affairs) had referred children to families with login dates through April 21st, 2006.
We examined our adoption agency paperwork several weeks ago, and noticed that the paperwork showed April 26th, not April 23rd as we had thought. Not sure how the 23rd got into our brains, but it did. No big deal, though, there was still a good chance that they would reach the 26th this month.
We follow the adoption websites very closely. On Friday, word was out that the cutoff date was April 26th, which meant that, after a 4 ½ year wait, we would get to see a picture of our child’s face in just a couple of days! We were excited and nervous all weekend. On Monday, we saw posts on our favorite adoption website that families were receiving calls from their agencies, and pictures! The day went by with no calls to us. We were a little worried, but calls aren't always made that first day, so we just needed to patient, we thought. Tuesday goes by – still no calls. Tuesday night I called the agency. They had nothing for us. They called the CCAA. At 1:00 am on Wednesday, we received an email from our agency. The CCAA has our login date recorded as April 27th, 2006, not April 26th. We're not sure how or why the wires got crossed, and we may not ever know, but it is what it is.
My body must have known that something was up. I had 102 temp on Monday, and 100 on Tuesday.
Initially we were extremely let down, as you might imagine. But we came to realize that when we finally see the child that is matched with us next month, and then meet her, we will be so happy that it worked out the way that it did, and in the end wouldn't have it any other way!
Long story short, we will get a referral next month, which means travel in mid to late August.
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