AN R4!!!!!

Well Robert called me at work to say that on the Rumor Queen web site there was an R4 which means that there has been conformation that files have been sent out. There had been calls to people in Europe. S the big question is are they going to include the 28th of Feb in this batch? Then just after 1:00 he called again to say that we had received a letter from Sunrise,

Sunrise
FAMILY SERVICES SOCIETY
Hi everyone,

We received calls this morning about the latest China information. We are happy to inform you that the CCAA website has been changed to show that files received before Feb 28, 2006 has been matched. We expect to receive the proposals in the next few days and we will let you know as soon as we have update information.

Congratulations, the long wait is finally almost over.

Regards,
Marg Harrington
(Per: Fonnie)

Fonnie Wu

We will be getting a photo and more information very soon. Yippee

# 98 - Purrrrrrrr

Our long time friend, Lee chose this piece for us.

I love that the cat looks so real and so much like our cats.

96 & 97 - Another Quilt?

These two samples are from other quilts the top one is from quit that Carmen's Grandmother made her and the bottom one is from a quit that Norma is making for Grace.

Thanks Norma we can't wait to see it.

# 95 - The Ties We Have To Our Favorite Teachers

This is from Erin. She was Jacob's kindy teacher and we have stayed in touch. I love that the fabric has a school theme. Thanks Erin we love it.

#93, 94 - More From The Maker Of This Master Piece

Some very Aussie material. I love it! Thanks Auntie Jan.

# 86,87,88,89,90,91,92 - From the Perrons

The first 5 beautiful pieces are from Louise, she had a hard time choosing. Randy chose the dog one and Carmen chose the blue one. Thanks guys, you are great friends.

CCAA Website and News

There have been changes on the CCAA website.
Files logged in to January 31, 2007 are in the
matching room and files logged in to January 25,
2006 have been matched.

We got this news on Friday. It is very exciting because we are next. Group 15 just got their proposals. Even though it is still a whole month and a bit that the CCAA has to go through until they get to ours we still feel that it is coming we hope by some miracle we will get to go before Christmas but we aren't holding out breath. Please send us your positive thoughts and send hurry up thoughts to the CCAA.

# 85 - Care Bears

Thank you goes out to my Aunt Dorothy (on my Dad's side). This is so cute we love all the little care bears on it and I am sure that it won't be long before Grace knows all their names.

# 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 - From The Proudfeet.

The first piece is from Cherie (the colour blue and the fun dots are perfect), the second is from Robert (Australia all the way), next is from Adelaide (notice the 3 images as she is 3 right now), then we have Brennan's (he loves the beach) and Victoria's piece (it is soft and lovely just like her) and last we have a piece that Cherie gave us to represent the next Proudfeet's that arrive into our family ( the baby images are perfect). Thanks guys we love them all so much.

# 78 - Kate's Choice

This beautiful piece of material is from my friend and coworker Kate. I really love the pattern and the colours. Thank you so much for contributing to Graces quilt.

# 77 - For the Fishermen In Our Lives.

Well you guessed it. This is for Rob's Dad and my Dad, Rob, Jacob and Luke.

We needed this one don't you think?

# 76 - From Carlyle With Love.

My cousin Gail sugested that I get some Beatrix Potter fabric to represent Carlyle because my Gran and Popa were both from there. Thanks Gail for the sugestion we love this material.

# 73, 74 & 75 - Our Countries.

We wanted to get some material that represented our countries. So the first is very Canadian and especially west coast. The second is very Chinese both in colour and with the fortune cookies. We wanted the fortune cookies because it is our family tradition to buy a bag every time we go to China town. The third piece of material is very Australian with the kangaroos.

I hope that Grace will embrace all three of these place with as much love as what we do.

# 72 - In Memory Of My Popa That I Never Met.

This is for my Popa, (my Dad's Dad) he was in the Navy and died before I was born.

I wanted something to represent him.

# 70, 71 - "The Bears"

A bear from Canada and a bear from China what more can we say.

# 66, 67, 68, 69 - A Sign Of The Times

We chose these four pieces to represent the "in" characters of 2008.

# 65 - In Memory of a Chocolate Lover

This is in memory of my Granddad (Mum's Dad). He had the worlds biggest sweet tooth. My Mum found this piece and we thought it was very appropriate. I have many memories of him licking the jam spoon or the ice cream scoop both at our house and at his.

Predictions For Our Referral

This is just a prediction I found on a web site that I was perusing. I also wanted to see how long a wait it would be for families that were just getting their log in date (LID).

Our prediction for LID 2006-02-28
China has 47 days of dossiers to be processed before they get to your dossier. China currently processes about 5.7 days of dossiers each month.
Our best guess: 2009-01-06
Since China generally sends out referrals in a batch about once per month, your referral date could easily vary +/- one month depending on whether you just get included or just get missed in a particular batch.

How CRAZY would this wait be?

Our prediction for LID 2008-05-16
China has 855 days of dossiers to be processed before they get to your dossier. China currently processes about 5.7 days of dossiers each month.
Our best guess: 2016-04-29
Since China generally sends out referrals in a batch about once per month, your referral date could easily vary +/- one month depending on whether you just get included or just get missed in a particular batch.

# 64 - In Memory Of Grandma

I wanted to include my grandparents so I chose this fabric because it really symbolizes

Grandma (my Mums Mum). She was always playing cards.

I remember her playing solitaire and clock patience.

I used to watch her play when she came to visit us.

# 61, 62, 63 - Hanna's Choice

Thank you Hanna for the beautiful material choices. Hanna is Kim's daughter.

I really love the fairies and castles. The cats remind me of BoBo so it is very special and the tiny butterflies are so delicate.

# 60 - Shades Of Violet

One of my best friends Kim, gave us this fabric to put in the quilt.

I really love all the shades of purple. I love the feel of it too.

It will be so nice to have all the different textures in the blanket .

Thanks Kim.

# 59 - Memories Of Great Gran

I chose this material because it reminded me of my Granny. She really loved birds and
I made her a cross stitch with Chickadees on it when I was younger.

I thought it would be nice to have some more special memories added to the quilt.

# 58 - Hearts From England

This gorgeous material is form our friends Wendy, Mark, Barney and Sam.

We are so excited that they sent us this material all the way from England.

We miss you guys! Thanks so much we love the hearts.

Are We Actually Getting Closer?

This was last weeks update and we were so happy that there had been some changes

and more files had been matched.

CCAA Website and News
There have been changes on the CCAA website.
Files logged in to December 31, 2006 are in the
matching room and files logged in to January 9,
2006 have been matched. The CCAA has moved
two months worth of files into the matching room.
For Sunrise families, this impacts groups 25 and 26.

Then we looked at this weeks update and we almost died they have matched another 3 days! We just can't get our hopes up too much but it is such great news. YIPPEE! YAHOO!

CCAA Website and News
There have been changes on the CCAA website.
Files logged in to December 31, 2006 are in the
matching room and files logged in to January 12,
2006 have been matched.

# 57 - Ladybug, Ladybug, Bring Our Baby Home

Auntie Yvonne and Uncle Doug gave us this very special material. Lucky ladybugs!

The material is so soft as well I think Grace is going to love it.

Thanks Guys.

# 56 - And Now Something From The Official Quilter

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

For doing this for us we are so thankful that you are going to be making the quilt.

We love the fabric too it is so great to have something very Australian

since we have some very Canadian fabric too.

Now we just need to get the very Chinese piece we have our eye on. Thanks again Auntie Jan.

# 55 - Whimsy Bugs

I think Grace is going to like this one it is so pretty.

Thank you so much to Dawn in Australia for this one.

Dawn is a really good friend of my Aunty Jan.

I have lots of memories of feeding the lorakeets at Dawns.

# 54 - More From Australia

My Mums cousin Betty sent this one for us to put in the quilt.

We are just over half way there now. Thank you so much for the fabric. Love the stripes.

# 53 - Currumbin Beach Fun

My Great Aunty Maree and Judy (Mums cousin) sent us this. We just got it in the mail yesterday. It is so bright and fun. Auntie Maree lives across the road from the beach and I have so many memories of visiting and walking over to the beach to play. We would also stay at Aunty Maree's house so we had lots of fun eating pikeletts too.

Thank you so much. We can't wait to bring Grace over to see you after China (we are saving like crazy).

# 52 - Reno

This fabulous material is from Eileen and Reno the dog. They are long time family friends. Reno is a Jack Russell just like the one on the fabric.

The boys love to play ball with Reno when I go over to do everyone's hair.

# 48, 49, 50, 51 - Something Special

Thank you goes to Mrs. Darby (one of my clients) for these four cute designs.

She brought in a few pieces and we narrowed it down to these four.

She has made quilts in the past for some babies and had used these ones in making them.