Jennifer Whims and her husband Travis have waited for more than three years to adopt brothers Steevenson and Sterling from Haiti.

After last week's devastating earthquake, the Canadian government confirmed the boys' adoption is being fast-tracked, but the Burnaby couple has no idea when the boys will arrive in Canada.

"It's been 10 days of crying, weeping, not sleeping and holding out hope," Jennifer Whims told CTV News. "We have to pace ourselves. The worst part is you let your heart go, then you have to pull it back and say, 'no, no, no, wait and see what really happens.'"

Eighty-six children fully approved for Canadian adoption will likely arrive in the country this weekend.

But that's about all the Canadian government knows.

"In all honesty, we probably won't know with absolute certainty the full list of kids on the first flight until it takes off from Haiti," said Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. "We are asking people to be as patient as they can in the final stages of this process."

A plane-load of orphans arrived in Pittsburgh earlier this week with the help of the Pennsylvania governor.

Only one of the children on the plane was bound for B.C.

Angie Appenheimer of Hope Adoption Services in Abbotsford said the process of adopting a child from Haiti is already filled with ups and downs and can take anywhere from one-and-a-half to three years.

The earthquake added even more stress on parents who were left wondering if their children were safe.

"We had one particular family whose children were a little bit older and they were in a crowd of thousands and so there's this question: Do they have supervision? Or are they literally on their own? We have found out their safe," she said.

Jennifer Whims says she's prepared to go anywhere to pick up her boys.

She's just waiting for the call to tell them where.

She said she's also preparing herself for the possibility that her boys might have been traumatized by the quake and its aftermath.

"Just trying to make heads and tails of what the possibilities are of what could be coming down the road, and preparing as much as you can," she said. "It's a rollercoaster."

Hope Adoption Services has been inundated with calls and is planning an information meeting about adopting children from Haiti on Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Mennonite Educational Institute in Abbotsford.

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Leah Hendry