Flowertown Festival

Today I went to the annual Flowertown Festival in Summerville with my niece, Jess and little Zada. It was packed as usual...thousands of people milling about the streets and park of beautiful downtown Summerville. We went to see the "bow" lady and bought bows of different sizes and colors for Zada, Olivia and Emma. I can't wait to see them!! I also stopped at a booth of a Chinese artist who made me a bookmark with Brielle's name written in Chinese. It has a little panda bear at the top. Very cute and of course I wanted to cry just seeing my little girl's name in her language. It looks pretty messy though..... the sweet little man cocked his head sideways when trying to pronounce Brielle. It made my day.

Another batch brewing??

It's rolling around...it's almost referral time again!
An early rumor was just posted by the moderators that the cut-off date may reach November 2nd. That would be incredible!! Every now and then - like when I just read that rumor - my heart almost comes out of my chest that there is hope that this may happen one day.

I've decided to only look at it by the number left of referral batches til we receive ours. Counting down from 6 really isn't sooooooo bad....

I love you, Brielle. Wherever you are & whomever you are with, we are praying for your comfort and safety.

Will we ever get through november???

Holy moly...

RQ put up another poll for 2005 LIDDERS and results indicate we may not break into Novmeber until May referrals !! This is not good. By the looks of it ~ January folks are now pushed out to September or October before receiving a referral... and, that too may change! Will we ever see an end to this bizarre wait? It's so stinking hard not to think of my little one every day... how old is she?...what does she look like? does she look like me? (haha) where is she now?? is she happy and healthy?

We've started the ugly task of re-doing the tedious paperwork. Reading over our home study brings the wait to reality. It's absolutely amazing how things have changed since 2005. We've added another beautiful little girl to our family, Emma Julianna. Rob has started his own business...Dale has started his own business and Sherie has a new employer as well! And I've changed my car but that's typical for me. :} The one and only good thing is that we do not have to resubmit photos. Now that would definately tell the story of how long we've been waiting!!

Another Saturday without Brielle

It's around 6pm EST in SC, and we've had an absolutely gorgeous day here... one of those days where it's really warm and sunny - 70ish - and it makes you want to go buy every kind of flower and plant you can find. I'm sitting by the pool as the sun is quicky escaping behind a neighbor's house ~ trolling RQ's forum and reading a few of the blogsites of fellow RQ fans who also are patiently and impatiently waiting for "our turn." Looking at the beautiful pics of China babies who've just been matched with their forever parents is my favorite pasttime. How many more Saturdays will I go shopping, run errands, catch a yard sale or two... without our little Brielle?? With a LID of 1-13-06 I'm guessing it'll be about six months if I'm lucky - more if not!

I really would like to figure out how to put some music and a visitor counter on this blog. Help somebody!

Majorly Bummed!

My friends who have a LID of 10-27-05 got word from their agency today that they did not make the referral cutoff!!! No word if referrals have been mailed out from CCAA.... not alot of rumors floating around but for the major rumor that CCAA would be matching through December 2005 by May 1, 2007. NO WAY!! By the way it sounds this evening...they will be matching less days in March than they have been matching the past few months. I was really excited at the thought of a speed up! :( Looks like it WILL be this Fall before we even see our precious girl's face. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Whaa.