Congratulations K!!!

Last night while we slept my friend K met her adorable, sweet, precious Mia!

Hop on over and check out the cuteness and congratulate this new Mama!!!

SO happy for you K!  Finally all the ‘Motor City Mamas’ have our babies in our arms!

Baby Mia Has Arrived!!

Please hop over to Krista’s blog and congratulate her on the referral of her precious new baby girl!  Sweet Mia is just 5 months, 28 days old and absolutely adorable!!  (I remember well what it was like receiving Hannah’s referral call when I found out she was only 5 1/2 months old!)  Mia is a baby baby!  Yay!!!

I first met Krista in November of 2006 when a group of 4 gals who were pretty much strangers except for our blogs that tied us together, met for a fun filled weekend in Detroit!  Friendships were born as we shared our hopes and dreams that weekend.  Little did we know that it would take another 4 1/2 years before all of us became Mom’s to our precious little ones from China!  It is cool though that all of us have continued with the long wait.  I have many precious friends I’ve met through the wait who have formed their families in other ways rather than waiting for China.  It’s neat that all 4 of us now have children who were born in China!

One thing about Krista is that she is a penguin lovin’ kinda gal!  When we met that first weekend she’d bought some adorable little size 2 penguin jammies that Hannah is wearing now!  Check out that top pic in her referral post.   There are penguins flying through the air!  So cool!  It’s so neat when God does this.  Just like in Hannah’s referral pic where she was wearing little red shoes with Mickey Mouse on them.  Oh yes, she was my gal for sure!!

And for the updated pics received from DaoXian SWI in September 2009 she had switched up her shoes to yellow ones but they still sported Mickey Mouse!  Yes, her love for Disney was born long ago!

Congratulations Krista!  SO happy for you!!!

Congratulations D&D!!!

Today was D&D's day!!! They received a referral for their precious Baby D!

Could not be happier for you friends!!! What fun it was to change your title in my sidebar from your LID to 'Preparing to Travel!!!'

CONGRATULATIONS FRIENDS!!!

2 Big Days of Referrals!!

This month CCAA matched 2 days of files. It may not sound like a lot but I'm thrilled!! It wasn't that long ago that I dared to voice to a few friends that I believed it might take CCAA 2 months to get through March 7th purely because of the large number of files logged in that day. Not only did the match all of March 7th this month but they did the 8th too! And, to top it off some families with a LID of March 9th even received their referrals! Not all of March 9th, but some...and we'll take it! In the past CCAA has not matched partial days so not sure what this is all about but I do know that some wonderful little babies will be coming home to their families sooner than we originally thought! Perfect!!

2 days closer (as I'm choosing not to include the March 9th date in my calculations as it wasn't a complete day) and now there are only 15....count 'em f-i-f-t-e-e-n days between where CCAA is currently matching and when they get to my file! That's 10 fingers and 5 toes....and I'll take it!!

Add to this 3 wonderful bloggy friends receiving their referrals and it's been a GREAT weekend of happy family news!

Congratulations to Lisa and her adorable little Tate!


Simply T with cute as a button, smiley Emerson Grace!


and Pug Mama's beautiful, ready to roll baby girl!!


I've had the pleasure of meeting all these Mamma's in real life and I couldn't be more thrilled for them!!

CONGRATULATIONS FRIENDS!!!!!!

2nd December Referral Batch!!!

Wahoo!! Referrals began to arrive today for families with LID's of February 24 through February 28, 2006!! Yes....we are through February and March is on deck!

A HUGE CONGRATS to PIPO who received her referral of her precious baby girl today! CONGRATS friend! Beyond thrilled for you!! Praising God for answered prayers!!

Today's referral batch is the 2nd batch of referrals that we've received in December and it's only 19 day since the last batch! Wow!!! Shortest time between batches that I'm aware of. This means it's looking good for another batch of referrals coming out before CCAA closes for Chinese New Year late in January. Still tracking towards a May referral and July travel!!

Congratulations Alyson and Ford!!

Yesterday was a super exciting day! Precious little Alyzabeth An was introduced to her new Mommy and Daddy, Alyson and Ford! Hop on over to their blog and check out all their wonderful posts and see their beautiful little girl in action.

Ford is video taping each day and posting portions on their blog. Too cool and it makes is so much more real!

Also, please pray for this wonderful little girl. At 23 months she's quite aware that her little world has been turned upside down but is not really sure what has happend. She's also become a very normal 'velcro baby' to her mommy so Aly is feeling each and every muscle in her body. Please pray for them as they become a family and get to know one another and as this wonderful little girl's hurting heart begins the healing process.

CONGRATULATIONS Aly and Ford! Your daughter is wonderful!