A big week!

The verdict is in.....we are having our individual interviews Monday afternoon and our home study done Tuesday or Wednesday evening. We are so excited to finally be getting this part of the "wait" over with. The home study isn't as bad as it sounds (they won't be sneaking and peaking into every drawer and cabinet)....the social workers are mainly checking to make sure there is adequate space in the home for a new family member as well as all the safety precautions taken for the new little one (fire alarms, cleaning products up high etc.). They will probably ask tons of parenting preparation questions, but mainly they talk about child care plans, finances, discipline, and daily life. Then Matt and I have to give our agency copies of our portfolio (basically a scrapbook) that they keep at each agency location around the state to show to birth mothers. After the home study is finished and typed all we have to be is chosen then! The waiting game continues............

References are in!!!!

We just received notice that all of our references are in and we are ready to move on with the process.  Yipee!  I'd like to personally thank all of those people who took the time to write a reference on our behalf.  We truly appreciate it!  We heard word that our social worker will be in touch with us the beginning of next week, and will set up our home visit.  :-)

Reference Letters

We are almost ready to start the individual interviews with our social workers. We were just waiting on the last of our references to come in. The next step is for Matt and I each to have an individual interview, then we have our final home inspection (the social worker comes to see our home, checks for all safety items, etc.). We are looking forward to the day we are approved and officially waiting!