The CCAA news...

The latest from the CCAA (China Center for Adoption Affairs). They have finished reviewing dossiers that were logged in before April 30, 2007. So we are caught up mostly. We were ahead a little but now it seems we're right on time, must be there were a lot of dossiers in March and April. But I guess that's better than being behind a month or two.

Our friends the Bertrams Ethiopian adoption goes up for court today, we are all praying they get their approval, and that means they will be able travel to get their son Lucas very soon. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Have heard a little about this swine flu epidemic, and that anyone with a referral or travel arrangements may be postponed for 20 days to travel to China. Feel very sad for those families. This is no official word, just rumors through the blogs. It doesn't affect us though and they should keep reviewing and matching families while they wait.

The latest families that got their children from our adoption agency waited 34 months from their LID. We should be in the review room by June-July that will be 24 months, and then we countdown from there. That actually makes me very happy. May and June should fly for us, we have a Recital, and pictures for the studio in there, and we should be able to keep busy so the next 2 months don't seem so long. Then we will start counting down from 12. That will give us about 2 months fluff in there, and that's me being optimistic, but truly, Gary and I need to see smaller numbers ahead of us. Wish us luck and we wish Christa and Benji (the Bertrams), and their family a lot of luck today!!!

Ladybugs all around!!!!!

Love to everyone,

~Alli