Today marks 18 months from the time our paperwork for adopting our next child was logged into the system at the China Center for Adoption Affairs. In that time, 18 months, the CCAA has only issued children to about 3 1/2 months worth of families. Ugh. So, when we started, we were anticipating a 2 year wait. Now, we have no idea how long our wait will be. 2 more years? 3 more years? More? It’s hard to say. Many people are changing countries, adopting from the waiting children list (typically older or special needs children), or are dropping out completely. We are committed to waiting this out, but we do wish we knew what that meant. There are rumors that the “climate” at the offices of the CCAA is looking good and that they are implying that things are going to pick up soon. I really hope that that is true.