We're DTC!

We learned today that our dossier has arrived in China, so we're DTC (dossier to China) again!

Our dossier was sent out on Monday, February 25, and it arrived in Beijing today, on February 28, at 3:10 p.m. The package was signed for by C. Hop. We learned of being DTC just a short while ago, at 2:50 p.m. Canadian time.

Hopefully we'll get logged in soon. For Claire's adoption, it took about three weeks for our dossier to be logged in and another three months before we learned of our log-in date. For some reason, it seems that Alberta dossiers have a longer wait to get logged in once they arrive in China than other provinces.

In any event, we'll be settling in for an extremely long paper-pregnancy. So far, China has sent out referrals for families who were logged in before December 27, 2005 (although it is expected that in a few days, referrals for early January 2006 will begin arriving). Considering that we were logged in with Claire on September 5, 2005, the Chinese government hasn't made a lot of progress through their massive backlog of applicants. But looking on the bright side, the process can't get any slower, can it? ;)

For the moment, we're just happy to reach this significant milestone. Today is a beautiful winter day, with sunny skies and an unusually warm temperature of four degrees. It definitely makes for a memorable day.