I'm similar to gdaisy... we've been "officially" waiting for just about 2 years.
We first walked into LDS FS to start the process March 2004. Did the 4-5 week workshop of classes May 2004. Finished most of our paperwork by the end of August 2004 (a big chunk of that time was trying to get the photos right for our collage). The several weeks after that was just waiting for a few final papers that the caseworker needed, I can't remember now but I think the background check, proof of employment, stuff like that. The official day we started waiting was November 11, 2004.
We have done absolutely everything they have suggested to make our adoption happen--we truly *want* a totally open adoption, we are open to any race and most disabilities or drug exposures, etc. We are online with both the LDS FS website and Parent Profiles, we have had presentations by LDS FS at our former branch and the ward we just moved into. We've included our desire to adopt/information in our holiday newsletters and in conversations with friends and families.
We had one match last November that fell through when she changed her mind after giving birth. We've had a few brief contacts from Parent Profiles, but nothing serious. I don't mean to sound like I'm complaining, but I am a bit frustrated.
I don't think that the "6 month - 2 year" statistic is fair or accurate. It is totally up to the placing parents to choose a couple. By now I'm starting to believe that we are "undesirable" as adoptive parents because of our hearing loss. For all the talk of the "Spirit" guiding things, birthparents are only human, they want adoptive parents who are like them and therefore our chances of being matched--I think--are very slim.
I don't mean to get you down at all--I just want you to be realistic and not have expectations that it will be months for you. It might be. But it might not. There is no way to really know.
Sorry, I just had to vent a little bit.
--L.