One Year Ago...

One year ago today we finally finished our dossier paperwork and went on the waitlist at #61 for infant girl and #24 for siblings.

  To be honest, it's hard to believe it's been a year already!  I doubt many in the adoption world would say their time on the waitlist flew by, but it really has for me.  (So far!)  We joined the waitlist long before we were actually ready for a referral, hoping by the time we were ready we'd be towards the top of the list.  Well, today I can finally say with complete confidence...I am ready!  We're moving to our new house next week (with an extra bedroom for 1 or 2 more kids) and our littlest man just turned 2 and is becoming less high maintenance every day. 

Moving will require us to update our homestudy (and pay more $, ugh), but shouldn't be a huge deal.  So, bring on the referral!  Today we're #13 (#5) on infant girl and #4 (#1) on siblings!

Getting Close!

Yes, I've been a bad blogger...so I thought I should at least update where we are in the process.  It's been an active few weeks and right now we're sitting at #4 for siblings and #15 for infant girl. 

One aspect of the waitlists that I should probably mention is there are families that are "on hold" as well.  This can be because they've gotten pregnant while waiting, having financial issues, personal problems they need to iron out, etc.  They can stay on the lists and move up, but can't accept a referral until they are able to come off hold status.  Although it can change at any time, right now I believe there are 8 families on hold in front of us on the baby girl list and 3 families on the siblings list.  Sooooo...if you take them out of the equation, we're unofficially #1 on siblings and #7 on baby girl!! 

Our referral could be anywhere from next week to next year (given the ebb and flow of this process), but thinking it'll be sooner rather than later!