LID 4/29/2006!!!

we received out LID via email today! So we were officially registered with the CCAA in China on 4/29/06....
how it feels official :)

New dog!

We added a 3rd rugrat to our posse of small dogs. Meet Carmen, a 4 year old Chihuahua :)

She's in the process of losing weight-her previous family fed her lots of junk and never took her for walks :( She's already lost over 2 lbs (from 11 lbs 7 oz to 9 lbs 5 ox in just 3 weeks!) As you can see from the photo she still has a few more to go, but at least she can get up the stairs on her own now :)

Triathlon photos from 6/18/06

12 month wait....

it's official that the current referral batch took 1 year from LID to referral....they have been only matching partial months for some time now...hopefully we'll see all of July matched by the end of July or our wait will be getting longer...
In the meantime, I am learning to quilt :)
I'm in the process of collecting fabric for our 100 good wishes quilt, and I am almost finished piecing together the quilt top for the first trial quilt (not the official one, but one made from fabric I bought myself). It's been an interesting process becoming reaquainted with the sewing machine (and trying to keep the critters out of the fabric).
THe triathlon went well last weekend. I finished in 3:45 which made me happy, but was good for 101 out of 102 finishers :) Now time to train for the Baltimore marathon in October :)

still waiting...

it's been a while, but not much is happening with the adoption at this point. we are just in the long wait with little in the way of updates...current estimates still put us at a 12 month wait (referral in April 2007), but no one really knows...
in the meantime i am making a 100 good wishes quilt. this is an old chinese tradition to welcome a new member to a family. basically we collect fabric squares along with good wishes from 100 people, and sew them into a quilt. then the wishes go in a scrapbook so you can look to see who sent each piece of fabric later. so time to relearn how to use the sewing machine that has been collecting dust :)
i'm also continuing to work on the nursery and on her baby book...
otherwise we are playing ultimate, running road races, and i am training for triathlons. i'm racing an international distance tri on 6/18 (1.5K swim, 40K bike, 10K run). also planning a fall marathon (either NYC or baltimore). i think it's good to keep busy and to counter all that nervous eating :)
i'll update periodically with nursery and quilt photos as i get there....
wait wait wait...