The Canadian agencies were all closed today, so there was no opportunity for us to receive a referral. However, as the day progressed it was obvious that the US was receiving some referrals, and the indications weren't as positive as a lot of people would hope. Lots of talk about the referrals only moving forward 2 days, and the Documents Processing notices attached - which are cut from the CCAA (China Center of Adoption Affairs) website - confirm the rumours. They have only moved from Oct. 24 to Oct. 26. This should be good news for us since our LID is Oct. 26, but as we have learned so far, never take anything for granted. There are people that have been given the wrong LID, and people whose files have been misplaced, so we continue to be cautiously optimistic.
One way or another though, I think that we will know tomorrow where we stand. Best case would have us posting the first picture of our child, along with the basic information we've been provided by email. Children's Bridge will then be translating the rest of the package from China and couriering it to us hopefully later this week.
The Ladybugs are still hanging in there, but hopefully they will be gone tomorrow and our referral will be here. Kind of tough to focus on anything else at this time.
