No posts lately

Sorry for not posting in the last couple of months. Things have been just crazy here. On December 1st, 2008 my dad Gil had a massive stoke at the age of 56. To read about it please visit his blog that the family has set up for updates. the site address is Gilkeene.blogspot.com

Dorrine

october referrals are in

Octobers referrals are in and CCAA (china affairs) has given out children who is logged in up to Feb 15, 2006.

My referrals have been right on with my good case predictions. If it stays right on in the good case, then we are looking at April 2009 for a referral and Middle of may 2009 for a travel date. We are only 34 days of log in dates before it is our turn. WOOHOOO!!!!!!













What does referrals mean?
Referrals are given out once a month from China (CCAA china affairs) When your paperwork is sent over to China they go through your paperwork and log in into a computer and check for updates if needed. Once you are logged in CCAA gives you a log in date ours is March 22, 2006. Everyone that has a log in date before us gets a referral before us. Once you are logged in CCAA then sends your paperwork over to a different room where they go into detail into your paperwork, they sometimes ask for more information or deny couples for certain reasons. This is called an audit. Once you have been audited they send your paperwork to the matching room to sit til it is your turn to get a referral. We got notified Feb 3, 2007 that we were audited and everything was approved. Now we sit til it is our turn for a referral.
Once it is our turn for a referral we will receive a package that includes pictures of our child with information on background, size, approx date of birth, medical evaluations ect. We have approx 24 hours after receiving a referral to accept the child or not. If not then we go back into the waiting pool for approx. 3 months. If you have any questions about why it is taking so long please read updates on main page in posts " why is it taking so long to get Makayla" or "Referrals and what they mean"

Update on maykayla's room

Ok, I wanted to share with you all, updates on Makayla's room. I have bought but not installed her knobs for her dresser. They are blocks with letters on them, and they are the same colors as her room in decorated in. I also have matching light switches and hangers for her coats, which I still have not put up. This is the reason why Don has put me on a spending hold. LOL

I know she needs a toy box, but where I will put it is unknown at this point. below is pictures of makalya's room when I first posted on January 7, 2007.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Makayla's Bedroom

This was Makayla's room over a 1-1/2 years ago.










ok, I pretty much have all of Makayla's room done. With the Christmas gift certificates from Dons parents for Christmas we were able to get material to make her curtains and bedding. I surprised myself on my sewing ability. Usually I start a project and never finish but I had a goal to get her room done so I could post it for all to see. I still would like to get a toy box, new drawer handles for her dresser, a table with two chairs and I still have to make a supply caddie for her crib. As I see it I think we still have at least six months of waiting so I still have time. Let me know on what you think of the room so far. Plus our cat angel wanted to be in the pictures, she loves to get her picture taken.. Since Don and I bought the crib we were a little worried that our two cats would not leave it along. However bob and Angel only got yelled at a couple of times when we first got the crib and they have not been in it since. The only time the cats go in the room is to sit by the heater vent or to look out the window, I think we got lucky and was blessed with really good cats. In Makayla's room, the curtains were made from Pink material with green poka dots, green material with pink poka dots, and blue material with green poka dots. The signs in her room says DIVA, GIGGLE, SMILE , DIVA IN TRAINING, Queen of everything, Princess, DREAM and oh course Don's favorite NO BOYS ALLOWED., all the signs have pink, purple, blue and green poka dots. I bought the signs first and then picked out the material. The rugs are pink and purple and one is all four colors, pink, purple, blue, and green. I am hoping to buy plain wooden round drawer pulls and paint them green with pink poka dots, but I still have time for that. Please sign our guest book and let us know what you think of makayla's Room. Dorrine

Makaylas room

In the next couple of days I am going to take new pictures of Makaylas room and this can explain why Don has told me to stop buying for her. So when I want something I just tell Steph, my sister in law and she usually will pick it up for me, Thanks Steph, love ya

Sept referrals are in

Referrals are in. CCAA (china affairs) gave out referrals through Feb 9th, 2006. A great 11 days worth. We are logged in March 22, 2006, so I am happy we are getting much closer to our date. To see the chart closer just double clink on it. We only have 41 days of log in dates before ours. WWWWOOOOOOWWWWOOOO!!!!!!!!













What does referrals mean?
Referrals are given out once a month from China (CCAA china affairs) When your paperwork is sent over to China they go through your paperwork and log in into a computer and check for updates if needed. Once you are logged in CCAA gives you a log in date ours is March 22, 2006. Everyone that has a log in date before us gets a referral before us. Once you are logged in CCAA then sends your paperwork over to a different room where they go into detail into your paperwork, they sometimes ask for more information or deny couples for certain reasons. This is called an audit. Once you have been audited they send your paperwork to the matching room to sit til it is your turn to get a referral. We got notified Feb 3, 2007 that we were audited and everything was approved. Now we sit til it is our turn for a referral.
Once it is our turn for a referral we will receive a package that includes pictures of our child with information on background, size, approx date of birth, medical evaluations ect. We have approx 24 hours after receiving a referral to accept the child or not. If not then we go back into the waiting pool for approx. 3 months. If you have any questions about why it is taking so long please read updates on main page in posts " why is it taking so long to get Makayla" or "Referrals and what they mean"

Aug 2008

We'll this month went by pretty quick, Last week we were on vacation in Branson Mo.. It was wonderful, the first vacation we took in 3 years. Our vacation started out with Driving to St. Louis on Friday, then on Saturday we went to the arch, on a riverboat cruise, and then to the zoo. Lots of walking on our first day. Then on Sunday we drove to Branson till Thursday. While in Branson we went to the Titanic museum, dinosaur Museum, go cats, toy museum, haunted house, 57 heaven car show, china acrobats, lots of shopping, and we even got our picture done in a hill billy antique pic. Then on Thursday we stopped in Springfield and went to bass pro shops, which is a great set up and tourist attraction in itself. We got home late Thursday night and the weekend we just visited with relatives that happened to come into town from Canada. It was hard having to go back to work.

New pole to vote on

There is a new pole to vote on.

Please check out our older pole results, in posts " pole results"

referrals July 2008

Sorry I have not updated the site lately. But here we are on referrals. Plus I updated the referrals chart. to see the chart in a larger size double click on the chart. Referrals as of July 6th. CCAA ( china affairs) has given out referrals for people who are logged in on or before Jan 27th, 2006. We are logged in March 22, 2006. So we are a little under two months of log in dates before we get our referral. Some people say that after the Olympics is over the program will speed up. I hope so. It has been taking 6 months to get through one month of referrals. SO if it stays at this rate we have about 11 more months to go. If it speeds up we can have as little as 4 months.




What does referrals mean?
Referrals are given out once a month from China (CCAA china affairs) When your paperwork is sent over to China they go through your paperwork and log in into a computer and check for updates if needed. Once you are logged in CCAA gives you a log in date ours is March 22, 2006. Everyone that has a log in date before us gets a referral before us. Once you are logged in CCAA then sends your paperwork over to a different room where they go into detail into your paperwork, they sometimes ask for more information or deny couples for certain reasons. This is called an audit. Once you have been audited they send your paperwork to the matching room to sit til it is your turn to get a referral. We got notified Feb 3, 2007 that we were audited and everything was approved. Now we sit til it is our turn for a referral.
Once it is our turn for a referral we will receive a package that includes pictures of our child with information on background, size, approx date of birth, medical evaluations ect. We have approx 24 hours after receiving a referral to accept the child or not. If not then we go back into the waiting pool for approx. 3 months. If you have any questions about why it is taking so long please read updates on main page in posts " why is it taking so long to get Makayla" or "Referrals and what they mean"
Past referrals:

February referrals are in

Well Feb 2008 referrals are in. The CCAA is Finished with Referrals through Jan 27,2005. As all can see we are getting closer to March 22, 2006. However it seems to be taking forever. To see the chart better just double click on it.





What does referrals mean?
Referrals are given out once a month from China (CCAA china affairs) When your paperwork is sent over to China they go through your paperwork and log in into a computer and check for updates if needed. Once you are logged in CCAA gives you a log in date ours is March 22, 2006. Everyone that has a log in date before us gets a referral before us. Once you are logged in CCAA then sends your paperwork over to a different room where they go into detail into your paperwork, they sometimes ask for more information or deny couples for certain reasons. This is called an audit. Once you have been audited they send your paperwork to the matching room to sit til it is your turn to get a referral. We got notified Feb 3, 2007 that we were audited and everything was approved. Now we sit til it is our turn for a referral.
Once it is our turn for a referral we will receive a package that includes pictures of our child with information on background, size, appox date of birth, medical evulations ect. We have appox 24 hours after receiving a referral to accept the child or not. If not then we go back into the waiting pool for appox. 3 months. If you have any questions about why it is taking so long please read updates on main page in posts " why is it taking so long to get Makayla" or "Referrals and what they mean"

Update on information

Sorry I have not updated on info for a while. Busy busy with Christmas!!!!! Referrals are on there way and tonight I am going to sit down and arrange all the info over the last two months for all.
Dec referrals were from Dec 9th through Dec. 14th 2005. Yes 6 days
Jan referrals were from Dec 15th through Dec 19th 2005. YES 5 days
I am hoping that they finish Dec. 2005 this month. Cross your fingers.