[doozer22boys]

Our whole adoption took almost 2 years as well. We didn't even get a referral until a year after we started with our agency. We turned that one down and didn't get another for 2 more months. It was very hard to wait. Then we went on trip one several months after we accepted that referral and had to wait a very long 5 months to go back on trip two. Just try to look at your waiting as a lesson in patience. I know it sucks, but I figured it was happening for a reason. Hang in there. Unfortunately this process has much waiting involved. Just when you think you don't have to wait anymore...you're in for another round of it. (As a sidenote, most of our agency's countries are having slow downs, except for Ethiopia.)