We missed it by a day!!

Yesterday we received the following in an email from our adoption coordinator:

Well, I have good news and bad news.
Bad news: the referral group only went to 2/23/06.
Good news: you will be getting your referral next month!

Our Log-In Date (LID) is 2/24/2006. This month, China matched through 2/23/2006. We missed the cutoff by one lousy day. After sulking for a couple of days that we will have to spend a fourth "last Christmas without Maddie", I'm getting over it and am now looking forward with great anticipation to the first week in January!!!