Its Official!

We got a letter from the DCSF this morning, letting us know that they have contacted the CCAA to tell them officially that we are withdrawing our application, and to request they return our dossier. Even though I am now committed to our Ethiopian adoption and our future child from Ethiopia, I am a little sad and reflective that we have now officially withdrawn from the China adoption programme. Who knew, when we started all excited and full of dreams, that it would end like this? We confidently expected that we would be home with our daughter by now, and here we are still in the process and still waiting. It seems so long ago. But if the wait for a referral from China hadn't lengthened at the astonishing rate that it has for the past few years, we wouldn't now be changing to an Ethiopian adoption. I am sure that once we have our new little one in our arms, that we will see that this is how it was supposed to be and that our new little one is the perfect addition to our family :-)