referral pics

I have to say this...Chinese babies are adorable. As the referrals come to people from this last group, photos are going up on websites...blog pages...etc. I jumped on one such page which was linked to an adoption chat/blog site. The family posted two of their referral pics and oh my what an adorable baby girl! It is sooooo cool...so unbelievably wonderful a feeling to see one of those pictures...even when it's not your baby.
I must admit though as I looked on that page and those two pics...I felt several emotions at once. Joy for these people...happiness at knowing that cute little girl has a family now...and also a deep yearning and sadness--well, not so much sadness, but something. I saw those pics and felt soooo far away from our referral time which is still so up in the air at this point. I want to believe it will be in August...hell, I want to believe it will be at the end of July but I know that's a bit of a long shot. I want to believe it will happen in just about 3-4 months and not longer. I saw those referral pictures posted by a very happy and proud family and it made me sooo much more anxious and eager to get to our Match Day. Part of me almost wishes I hadn't looked...but, you know what...I'm glad I did. I am very happy for that family. And I'm very happy that someday hopefully in a few months, we'll be like that family...posting our baby girl's referral pics to share with friends, family, etc to say...'We made it! This is our daughter and we can't wait to go get her and bring her home.'