Updates on our process

Last week I spoke with the other couple that went through the adoption training with us through our agency. We speak to one another weekly to encourage each other through the process and just to remain in contact since we are here in the same city and we all bonded during our two day training. We are both working on additional paperwork that needs to be submitted to our agency. The great thing is that with domestic adoptions, it is up to the discretion of the agency to move forward without particular paperwork if necessary. 

Certain items are a must that the agency must have i.e. background check, fingerprinting, references and medical checks/doctor clearances.  However, even if a couple's home study is not completed, the child can be placed if a situation arises like that where time is of the essence. 

A call was made  to confirm some details about the paperwork and to check and see could one thing be sent in without the other to continue to move forward. The intake coordinator stated that there were a few babies that will be born and available for adoption and their expected birth dates are December of this year and January of 2009.  This really gave both of us a reality check because we knew that things could happen quickly, but I am a realist and I look at the scenario that would take the longest (at least 3-6 months or 9 months).  I didn't really think that it would happen this quickly. We were already informed at the October's training that it was only one other family waiting and that the agency can receive adoption situations instantly at the hospitals as well as those birthparents that go through the preparation to make a birth plan. It can happen either way.   

This made me a little nervous because I was hoping that we would at least have nursery furniture in our home or at least ordered before any situation presented itself.  Somethings are just out of our control and adoption is one of them, particularly domestic. We do not necessarily have as much time to wait around and "nest" as we would have with the other program. 

We both talked and we are both prayerfully waiting and not ready to jump on board with the first situation that becomes available without seeking guidance and having some patience. As I get more updates, I will try to do a little better updating regarding the possible adoption situations of what I can speak about openly during this process.