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Where Are We in the Process for Baby #2?
One word: S L O W

Just thought I would post an update on our process to adopt baby #2 for those of you who may be new to following our adoption journey. 14 months and 1 week ago we sent in our initial application to AIAA. This is the agency we used to adopt Riley through. In January (after waiting for over 7 months and still on the waiting list just to apply) we received a letter that said that adoptions through their agency were slowing down and they really couldn't be sure when families on the waiting list would even be able to apply to the Korea program.

We spent some time thinking, praying, and researching what our options were. We decided to switch agencies and are now working with another agency. This agency accepted all of our paperwork that had already been completed but then we had additional forms and coursework to complete. On March 4th all of our paperwork was processed and we began officially waiting for a referral.

Waiting for a referral is the point in the process where we still are. The referral is when we are matched with our baby. At that point we will receive pictures, background information, etc... We were originally told an estimate of 0-5 months for our wait. We are now close to the 6 month mark. Our phone could ring with good news at any second, or it could still be a few more months. With adoption, you just never know!

The waiting continues to be HARD! But, when that phone rings and our lives are forever changed (again!) most of the heartache of the waiting disappears.