Disappointed to still be waiting

I'm not sure why I got my hopes up, but I did. I thought that today's case worker visit would be the one when we would be handed the adoption paperwork to start the adoption process for the siblings we have had for 18 months. Nope. Bad new instead. We have been waiting for six months since the parents relinquished their rights. On the day they relinquished, they gave the SW a list of four relatives for placement. They waited the full year of the case to suggest relatives. Now we have waited six more months for the ICPC process to see if any of the relatives can pass a homestudy. The two local ones were denied. The SW just found out that the ICPC process had not even been started because a form was missing. That means we may have six more months of waiting. There isn't anyone who is suggesting that the children will be moved even in the event of a perfect homestudy, but we have to wait out the process. I was hopeful that today was the day because we were asked to come in on the 20th to read the redacted files and the health study paperwork. Today we were told that she wants us to do all that so we will be ready to go. We just can't go, yet, and there is no telling when that beautiful day will arrive. I am in an area where it is rare to keep little kids in CPS custody this long. They really try to get them permanency as quickly as possible. At this rate, our new foster kids will be nearing the end of their cases before this one gets any resolution. Ugg! I just want to make this all legal and forever!