Legal Free Adoptions

We have never fostered but did receive one call for a 6, 3 and 11 month old one night. We said yes, and after running around like a fool... they ended up with family that night and we wernt needed. BUT...we were approached by a local worker about 2 kids she had on her caseload, wondering if we may be intereseted. They are legally free. 5 and 3 yr old girls. They have some special needs, but nothing we cant handle (we hope anyway!LOL) How long did it take? Over 3 years. Most legally free are older and have been in the system a while. Obviously, not all of them, as previous poster have experienced, but in my area it is rare to have legally free under 8 or 9. Most of the younger ones/ lower needs kids are adopted by their foster family. We didnt want the revolving door effect either, which is why we were adoption only for 3 years. Once we added our foster license, we had many more options.