China adoption rumor mill states that the powers that be in China are starting the paperwork for matching the next batch of referrals to their new families.
Families are sorted by the date their dossiers are logged in with China (LID). Our LID is August 7, 2006 (8/7/6). The officials have exactly 31 days of dossiers to match before they get to ours. Of course not all of those days have many or any families, but lately the rate of referral is about six days per month. I'm hoping they'll go a little faster because rumor has it that fewer families than average were logged in for July 2006.
Anyhow I'm on pins and needles waiting to see how many days of referrals they do in this next batch. We're really, really hoping we get to see our baby's face before the end of the year.