Months on the wait list:
Current longest waiting family has been waiting for (months):
24
To help our family and friends better understand the process, I will talk about how our agency handles referrals. The wait list consists of all the families in chronologic order by the date each was placed on the list. Every family submits a child preference profile form stating their gender and age range preference. For example, a family could be requesting a girl between 2-3 years old or like us, a boy 0-6 months old. Once the agency has a referral ready, they basically go down the list (by date) and find the perfect match. That family then receives the call we are all dreaming of. This means that when we get closer, if there are many little girls ready for homes, we will probably get skipped. If there are many boys and the families ahead of us are requesting girls, they get skipped. Got it? Get it? Good.
As of May 2012, the current longest waiting family has waited 24 months for a referral. There are approximately 87 families ahead of us, 15 of which are waiting specifically for siblings.
As everyone can see, we still have quite a while to go. Only God knows when we are next. So for now, we celebrate.
On our 10 month waiting anniversary, we went to work and decided to have Mexican food for dinner. We had chicken and beef fajitas with rice, beans, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
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| Thank you Mr. Waiter for including your index finger in our picture. |
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| We decided to take a slightly better picture than the one above :). |
Since it is currently 98 degrees Fahrenheit, we found it appropriate and necessary to have frozen yogurt for dessert. We went to Orange Leaf and ate our yogurt outside to watch the sunset.
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| We could not decide on one flavor and ended up mixing them up. |
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| Can you guess which one is Rob's? |
Happy ten months waiting!!!
We love you so much baby boy!
