Twelve

So, since we are a couple of weeks into this month and probably a couple of weeks until the next batch of referrals, I got to thinking about our wait (imagine that) and how, even at this incredibly sloooooooww rate, we are getting awfully close.

We started with 286 log-in dates before us. There are now 18. 18 days left. Of those, 6 are weekend days and, usually, there are no log-ins on the weekends, so technically, there are 12 more log-in dates before us. TWELVE!! If the CCAA can speed up just a little tiny bit, they could get through that in just 2-3 months. Of course they could also slow down, but let's not even think about that. Twelve actually days of people logged in before us.

As of today, we are at 988 days since we logged in (give or take a few hours and such). Don't believe me? Check the bottom of the page!! (I'll pause a moment while you check...see!!). (Actually, it occurs to me that that will only work if you are reading this the day I post it...oh, well). In any case, this means that we are 12 days from reaching 1000 days since we were logged in. TWELVE!!

When we started this process, we never dreamed we would be waiting more than 1000 days, but there it is!! March 7th (our log-in day in 2006) has come and gone twice since we were first logged in and there is a very real possiblity (or likelihood depending on how you look at the numbers) that it will pass one more time before we get our referral. I am hoping that we have the referral long before then. Hopefully by my birthday or, at the latest, Denise's, which is MArch 2nd. IF we had the referral by her birthday, there would be roughly 4 more referrals. This is an average of only 4.5 days (including those weekend days) per month. Very do-able!!

Of course, it would be very exciting if they could go a bit faster than that. All it would take is 1-2 larger batches, not even ridiculously large, just larger than normal. Just a couple of months ago they moved about 9 days. If they did that this month, it would be half of our wait. If it happened twice, we would have a referral before the end of the year. Not likely, but possible!!

In any case, unless the entire adoption process just freezes, this is the last Christmas Denise and I will spend as a 2-person family. Last month is the last Halloween we will not have someone to take trick-or-treating. Next week is our last Thanksgiving that Denise will prepare a meal without a little girl helping, watching, or playing nearby. 42 days from now is the last time the ball will drop on another year that Denise and I did not have a child. There is not only a possiblity, but a strong likelihood that we will be celebrating Mothers Day and Fathers Day 2009 not as expecting parents, but as current parents.

Who could be upset with that exciting news brewing?? Gigi is almost here!!

Yep! 2 Days!

Well, it's official...the cut off for October was 2/17/06. As sad as we are that it was only 2 days of LIDs we're still celebrating that we only have 18 days to go!!! Especially when we think about when we started we had 286 days to go, 18 is a piece of cake!! Plus we have the holidays to distract us and they always go fast...so hopefully Santa will bring us some very large matches for the next few months!!

Still Nothing Official...

Well, it's not official yet but it seems that they only moved two days this month. Ugh!! It looks like 2/17/06 is the cut off and not 2/20! Sad!!! This will take our wait down to 18 more days which every little bit helps of course but it is very frustrating!!! I hope this isn't the newest trend. The average of 5-6 days a month was tough enough but 2 days is just insane!! I guess Dan really will be 40 before we get Gigi and I'll be shortly behind him! Well, i guess it's meant to be this way and I have no control over the matter so I'm just going to be thrilled to be two days closer to my little princess! I'll write again when it's official.

Still No Word...

There was one rumor that the cut off will be 2/20 which is 5 days. This is the only rumor out there other than the CCAA is still matching. We hope to hear more tomorrow, 11/2. I can't believe there's only 2 months left to 2008! This year went by super fast. The holidays always zip by too. In a way that's good for us because all this waiting is making us crazy!! I just hope after Gigi comes home time slows down a bit so we can really enjoy each other and not be amazed that she's about to start college while we wonder where the time went!! LOL! Thanks for checking in...I'll post the cut off date as soon as we have one! Hopefully it will be more than the 5 days predicted.