June's Numbers

June marks the 11th month on the waitlist for us. I can honestly say I didn't expect us to be on the waitlist still at this point in our adoption journey. I know there are tons of unknowns in international adoption, but this was one I was hoping/wanting to avoid. I realize that the overall changes to adoption in Ethiopia are good, making sure that everything is by the book and above board, but it doesn't make the wait any easier. I don't know how families who adopt from China's nonspecial needs list wait the years they do for their child.

Officially this month we did see movement on the boys list. We actually thought we were lower on all three lists due to the weekly updates on the "unofficial" list we get every Friday. How did this happen? Families can choose which lists they want to be on and can make changes until they receive a referral. If you make a change to your homestudy's parameters (age, gender, number desired, etc), you go onto that list where you would have been placed when you originally went onto the waitlist.

So as of today, we are. . .

Boy List- #12

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Girl List- #21

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Siblings List- #12

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