Finger Printing

It was a rainy and cold  morning here today, but we are finished with one of the last major things that we needed. It wasn't messy and it was painless! 

I had an early appointment and my hubby took his lunch break and went to have his prints scanned. It is a process that only took 4 minutes total, literally. I arrived and filled out an information card for the prints, gave her my money order and notarized document. 

After I finished filling out the document the attendant asked me to come stand over at this scanner and she rolled my fingers across the scanner and they appeared on the screen. This was such a quick and easy process. I am so happy that we did not have to go through the old school messy ink pad process.  Thank goodness for modern technology. 

Here are a few random pictures of today's rainy morning going to get the prints taken. 

The Paper Trail Begins Again...

We looked at the paperwork last weekend after the workshop that we attended. It is actually not that bad at all. We are already more than halfway there, believe it or not.  

We have to do the following things:  

• fill out the application portion (3 pages) and submit with payment
• background checks done after application is submitted 
• medical clearances from our pcp's (primary care physicians)
• the home study is the next step after we submit the application and then profiles are shown
• placement

During the home study process we have to fill out some additional paperwork that deal with physical descriptions of us and our immediate family so that the best possible match can be made during the process. We also have a document to fill out that summarizes what we are willing to accept in terms of possible communication with birth parents if needed. There are some other documents that we have to fill out as well. I will cover those when the time comes.  

The paperwork has not taken over our kitchen!