Official August Numbers

Hi friends! Thanks for keeping up with our adoption process. We finally got our email update with our August numbers, and we are so glad to be in the official waiting phase of adoption.

For the girl's list, we are #:

For the boy list, we are #:

That is a nice jump from our starting numbers which were 84 girl and 51 boy! We are thankful for this movement! And if you're wondering, we get our numbers updated once per month (alternating months between a phone call and email update).

In Ethiopia, courts close during August and September for the rainy season, so we are told to expect a slower season for referrals in the next few months.

And we also heard from a family that just got on the waitlist this week, that it is an expected 12-18 month wait for a referral (we were told 9-12 months when we got on the list). The case managers met and decided to give families a more realistic expectation... so although I am glad that we moved a few spots in just two weeks, I know that we are settling in for the long haul... this will be a long year waiting for our baby. We are so ready to know who he/she is, and to bring our baby home!