Our June Numbers

Yes, yes.  June numbers are here.  Not a ton of movement this month, which is super disappointing of course.   We are quickly approaching our 1 year anniversary of getting on the waitlist, and we just want to be in single digits!  (Okay - to be fair, we don't "just" want that.  We also want a referral. And a court date. And an embassy date.  And a baby home with us. But you know what I mean... )

So here are our June numbers…

For Girls we didn't move… we're still…

For boys we went from 13 to…

For siblings we also didn't move.  Still…

One of the reasons there was no movement for girls and siblings this month is that some people changed their age requirements or the lists they were on.  For example, they may have decided to jump on the siblings list now that they have been waiting awhile.  Or change their age parameters.  So if they jump on a new list, and they were technically 'ahead' of us on the other lists, then they are ahead of us on their new list too.  Which is super for those families - that they don't have to start from scratch.  Not so super for us when we are trying with all our might to get closer to our referral :)

Our caseworker likened our wait to a marathon race (hence the race numbers above).  In the beginning, you are all excited and have energy and are looking forward to the race ahead.  Then in the end (which is where I feel like we are) you feel like you can't go on, and you're so tired, and the last miles stretch and stretch and you just want to be done SO BAD.  Well, I've never run a marathon.  And I can say with confidence that I probably never will.  But this adoption marathon is a real bugger.  And I'm ready to be done waiting.

I've got baby fever in a real way.  And now that I'm on summer break and not distracted by my job each day, my marathon is going to feel like its slowing way down.  And I'm not thrilled.

So I'll try to blog about some happy, flowery, keep my mind busy, kinds of things.  

Starting tomorrow.

So come back then for a sneak peak of something wonderful...