Bless Your Heart

I tell ya, we’ve all been fretting and worrying for Shannon about her referral. But finally she got some news from her agency:

Well it has been a rough couple days around here. Yesterday my agency sent me an email saying that although China had matched through Dec 8th, 2005, we were NOT going to get a referral. Needless to say, I spent much of yesterday absolutely devastated. You can imagine the heart ache it caused knowing our date was included but for some reason we were skipped. It was a long night thinking I would have to wait until the first week of Dec to see Emily for the first time.

This morning I found out that China “forgot” to mail my agency their package. Turns out we have a referral after all!! Since they didn’t mail it until yesterday, we won’t have Emily’s picture and specifics until Monday Nov 12. This sure beats waiting until next month, let me tell you!! We were able to learn a few details before they mailed the packages. So what I know right now is

All the babies matched through my agency were under 1 year. (YAY!)
The babies are in Chong Qing at the Fengdu County Social Welfare Institute (orphanage). This part of China is known also as Sichuan (like the spicy food!) and is where the pandas are (the national zoo is there)

On Monday we will get her photos and all the specifics. Her exact birth date, weight, personality report. I never wished for a week to go by quickly so much!!

I AM SO EXCITED. Tony is almost speechless, and of course, my parents and sister are thrilled. It is hard to believe it, but in 8 weeks or so, I’m going to get to hold Emily for the very first time!!! It’s been such a rollercoaster the last few days, but I’m really thrilled right now. What a day!! I’ll send out more info next week.