A Glimmer

Today another waiting mom posted on the chat group that she spoke with our caseworker today, and there are now seven to nine families ahead of them on the waiting list. They are requesting a boy 0-12 months, so that means they are not counting any of the families ahead of them wanting only a girl. They went on the waiting list September 2nd, so they are about three weeks behind us. I'm hoping that means there are no more than a half dozen families ahead of us specifying a boy. When she includes those on the list wanting only a girl, that's more discouraging since their wait is longer.

Top Twenty!

For the past month I've been stewing over the fact that we were told in August there were twenty to thirty families ahead of us and three months later we were then told there were twenty-five to thirty families ahead of us. I couldn't stand not knowing, so I emailed our caseworker last night.

I got an email back today that clarified things and made me feel much better about the situation. She said that back in August, there were twenty-seven families ahead of us. In November there were twenty-five. Now there are roughly sixteen to nineteen families ahead of us since there were so many referrals in November and early December.

That was good news in itself, but then she went on to say that they are expecting several more referrals in the coming weeks, so she's hopeful to see us move up again.

She did finish up the email with the standard warning that we were told back in August that we could possibly wait up to ten months. I hope that is not the case, but that's only six months from now, and June no longer sounds so awfully far away.