When might we actually go to China...

Most of you probably know that we expected to be getting our referral this month or next month. Now we are telling ourselves it might be May before that happens. Referral is when we find out who our child is. We will get a picture, her chinese name, birthdate, some general information on her schedule, weight, where & when she was "found". China sends this packet to our agency and they will call us to come out and get it. Our guesstimate for the May referral is based on the groups ahead of us. Referrals run w/ the month. So the first week of December people who had their paperwork into China the first half of April, received their referrals. China seems to be sending out half months at a time all of a sudden. So we have the second half of April, the first part of May, second half of may, first half of June, then us. Our paperwork was to china on June 20th. You never know, things could speed up and they could send a whole month. That is our prayer. If we do get a May referral this would mean travel about 8 weeks later. The hottest time in China of course! But we don't care what the weather is, we just want to go! Prayerfully we will get our referral before May, but we are telling ourselves May instead of getting our hopes up. As for the reason that referrals have slowed down? Now that is the million dollar question that we all would like to know. I just have to remind myself, our baby is not ready yet. Maybe she has just been born. Maybe God is trying to teach me an extra dose of patience. Maybe he is waiting till I finally lose that 20 pounds I wanted to lose before China!! As if the stress of waiting helps in that area. Miss your baby? Have some chocolate, right? Whatever the reason, we continue to wait. I think I hear a snickers bar calling my name....