When are we getting that baby???

May 18th Update--Matches could push out to the first week to June, after all. We still don't know much more at this point. We'll update as soon as possible.

In answer to everyone's excited inquiries, here's the latest information we have. We're definitely getting Emily's photo in the next few weeks. Our adoption agency, Chinese Children Adoption International (www.ccai.org) believes we're not in the match room yet. The match room is a large area at the Chinese Children Adoption Agency (CCAA) in Beijing, China. CCAA is the governing authority that adopts out children from orphanages across China. In the match room, paperwork from adoptive families around the world--which is stacked piles high in CCAA's offices--is addressed on a first-come, first-served basis. So there's no telling what day we're actually matched!

Rumor is the matches will happen the week of May 23rd. I can't give my source, but it's reliable. This date isn't set in stone, but as soon as our agency has more information, they'll let us know--they refuse to publicly speculate, and who can blame them? As soon as we hear anything solid, we'll update the website.

Once we get “THE CALL”, the agency will give us Emily’s Chinese name, birth date, orphanage name/province, and general health information (height, weight, Hepatitis B results, and any other available information). The health information should be dated within the last 6 months. Hopefully we'll receive more current medical information and updated photos of Emily before we travel.

Keep us in your thoughts these coming weeks--sleep is getting harder and we're getting reaaaallllyyy excited!! And feel free to add your comments to the website, because we'll keep it as a momento for Emily when she gets older! :D

Caroline and Kevin
mommy- and daddy-to-be