Almost Done

Wheew!
We are almost finished with all of our paperwork and process. Hubby had his home study individual interview today with the social worker. The next and final visit will be at our home on a date that we schedule.

Hubby said that his individual interview went well today and we only have some small pieces of information that we have to get turned in. Those final documents actually can be picked up by the SW when she comes to our home for the last visit.

The final documents that we have to get which are simple are: our dog's shot records, drug tests, copy of insurance for other cars, and child preference form. The child preference form is a form that the PAP fill out where they check off what they are comfortable with being in their child's birth family's history etc.

Hubby stated that our SW advised him today that there is currently only 1 family waiting, not including us. We are the second family that will be waiting for a referral once we complete these final items. She also advised him that they are having another orientation later this month in which they have 5 families registered to attend. She also asked him again if we were open to either sex, because she knew that I was kind of bent on a girl since we initially were requesting a girl when we were in the ET program.

Our SW advised us that she would bring us copies of profiles books in the event that we need to see examples. We have an idea of how we are going to put the profile book together since we have been thinking about it for a couple of months. We are trying to create something colorful and unique that shows who we are.

I initially thought that we were dragging our feet a little bit and taking too long to get the information submitted. However, I realized that we just determined at the end of October that we were going to move forward with a domestic adoption. So, actually, we have done well with managing our time and getting things done being that this is just February.


I have learned that it really takes time and devotion to get all of the documents in. It requires patience and follow up calls to others when you need to complete the check off lists.
My plans are to complete the missing items this coming week since I have some time off. Then we can relax a little after we give them our profile book in addition to working on the nursery. The only thing that puts me a little on edge at times is knowing that sometimes things happen quickly and we do not have months to prepare for a baby. We are ahead of our timeframe that we set up initially with the SW.

I will try to do a better job about updating the blog on our progress as things move forward. The paperwork, my job, classes, and life have kept me kind of busy the past couple of weeks and I have not been able to keep up with the blog world.