Rumors that the stork is coming

When you are a member of this process you constantly have your ear to the ground listening for any rumble of news. I am a member of yahoo groups where adoptive families either, with your same Log In Date (LID) or your same travel group chat on line from all over the world. The families in Spain usually hear information about what is about to happen before the rest of us. This could be any news from when the CCAA goes on vacation to, groups entering the matching room to when referrals are coming. So on May 23rd we heard something was happening and that referrals were being mailed out to us from China. So we WAIT again, only this time with great anticipation and excitement! Could it be real? Could the referrals of "OUR JADE" actually be on there way. We will see. Then for 2-3 days the e-mails and rumors fly. The end result is that REFERRALS HAVE BEEN SENT!! YIPPEE. Bailey, Kyle and Landon not to mention Brent and I are pacing asking How much longer...Are we there yet? The kids tell everyone and everyone asks "Have your heard anything yet? This time we can say yes. The stork in in route!! So for the next few days we begin to see all of the beautiful faces that have been matched up with their families. Oh- our hearts are pounding we are so excited! But NO news for us and the families in our agency yet. We then begin to call our agency and they say they are in the mail and they will call us when they hear something. UGH... What a hard wait. It is killing us. This is truly the labor part of it all. Finally on the 26th we get the call. IT'S A GIRL!! The information is all in Chinese but they can give us minimal details. Her name is YOU FU RONG BORN APRIL 29, 2005 SHE IS IN THE YOU YANG CHILDREN'S WELFARE INSTITUTE. SHE IS A "MODERATE SLEEPER". SHE IS FOND OF LISTENING TO MUSIC AND HAS A READY SMILE. AND SHE IS CUTE. As much as I pressed my agency worker, Lynn Park, and as many questions as I asked that was all she could tell me. She did assure me however that she would overnight the package and we would be able to see her darling face tomorrow the 27th. WE CAN'T WAIT!! Well tomorrow came and we waited for the Fed Ex man all day. The kids could not understand what could possibly take so long. Neither could we. So I get on the phone and call Lynn to request our Fed Ex tracking number. She gives it to me and I call Fed Ex only to find out that our name is spelled wrong on the package and the address is also incorrect. UGHH!! We correct it and call our friends that are also waiting in the area. They call and their address and names are spelled incorrectly too. Needless to say after the correction, not to mention the storm that rolled in and Monday being a holiday (Memorial Day) our packages will be delayed until TUESDAY!!! We can't stand it! But there is nothing we can do! So we try to pass the time by spreading the news about her. Everyone is so excited for us and for Jade!! Come on Tuesday- Fed Ex put us on the early delivery for Tuesday!!