A BIG step towards little feet!

Today we got the news we've been waiting for...we are officially on the wait list for our baby girl!  Our homestudy was approved by the state and our Dossier is complete since we finally received the letter from our bank! (It's amazing how cooperative they were after threatening to close all our accounts!)

We are officially number 61 on our agency's baby girl list!  Considering the number was in the 20s earlier in the year....that's a really high number!  They are still saying it'll only be a year wait for a referral, but I'm doubtful it'll be that quick...we shall see.  All in God's time though, not mine.

Our agency is growing very quickly, but there are a few things that make the number not quite as high as it seems.  First, most families are on more than one list...for example, you can be on the baby girl list and the toddler girl list and get a referral for either.  Since the toddler list is much shorter, chances are pretty good that's what their referral will be.  So, there won't really need to be 60 baby girl referrals before we get ours!  Also, there was a big election in Ethiopia that put everything on hold for a couple months...no referrals for that long results in a much longer list.  Finally, since our agency is growing, they have recently contracted with 2 more orphanages in Ethiopia...so they are now receiving referrals from 3 different orphanages, which should help the list get a move on.

Anyway, we're soooo excited to be done paper chasing and start watching the numbers tick down!  We pray everyday for our daughter (and for her birth family) and can't wait until she's here with us!

And so we wait...to get on the wait list.

We just got back from a very much needed vacation to beautiful Tennessee (pics on the family blog soon).  We had been hoping that while we were gone everything we're waiting on would come in, but of course no such luck!  So, for those wondering...here's where we stand.

The homestudy has been complete for a few weeks now...but we're waiting on our fingerprint clearances to come back in order for it to be submitted for state approval.

Our dossier is complete (though not been through final agency review) except for the dreaded bank letter.  We received one letter, but they of course added a bunch of unnecessary verbage.  So, we submitted a request for a new letter over 2 weeks ago.  Yup, they are S-L-O-W!  Just hoping they actually use my sample letter this time...I wrote it for a reason people.  ;)

So, once those couple things come in we'll finally be on the waitlist!  I think my previous post is working...because I'm really not stressed at all about waiting.  God knows where we need to be on the list!

That's it...hopefully my next post will reveal our number on the wait list!