We are nearing the end of our home study process. We completed our three hour long Child Passenger Safety Training last night, next week we will do our Children's Mental Health training and we have a few pieces of paper to turn in. We also have Multicultural Parenting Class in September, but that can be done after they have written the rest of the study.
I just received an email from our case worker asking to schedule our home visit. When I read those words I couldn't help but feel excited, but also really anxious. It is scheduled for August 16th at 10am. We are going out of town to Wisconsin Dells on the 13th and returning on the 15th, so this makes me a little bit nervous. I know that I will feel the need to clean the house from top to bottom. Brandon says we'll just have to make sure it's ready to go before we leave for The Dells. Inside my mind, all I can think about is the imperfections of our house and how we can make things look as good as possible. People tell me not to worry and that she'll just be making sure the home is safe for a child, but when you are in this spot, you can't help but worry!
If anyone has been through this before and can offer some suggestions or reassurance, I'd love to hear from you! Or if you want to help clean my house - I'll take that too!
Showing posts with label paperwork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paperwork. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Moving along....
Yesterday Brandon finished his autobiography and sent it to our social worker at the agency. This means, another meeting! I feel like this is another big step for us. She'll really dive into some things that we wrote in our biographies and Brandon and I might learn a few things about each other too.
Last night we also printed off yet another application - this time for the infant adoption program specifically. In it, it asks if we want to be listed on our agency's website once we are officially "waiting". Brandon said, "why not?"
Well, it also asks for three sentences to post on the web along with a photo. This is obvioulsy my job as Brandon's strength is not his writing. How in the world can you introduce yourselves and explain how much you want this in three sentences? Not to mention express your gratitude for anyone reading it! So far, I've written about 5 drafts. We'll see how many more it takes until I feel really good about it.
We're also working on signing up for Child Passenger Safety Classes and completing some other training is required. I hope that we can get everything finished by the end of the summer. It's already taken a little bit longer than I had thought, but we lead such busy lives that it's hard to get it all done fast.
A couple of other things...
This past weekend we were able to get some family photos taken by KJB Photography and Design. It's a husband and wife team and I went to high school with the wife half. They are just starting out with this business and I was very happy that we had a reason to get some photos done. The boys have already changed so much since our wedding a year ago and I wanted at least one really good shot of the four of us for our adoption profile.
We've also been recovering from our recent vacation. Brandon and I were lucky enough to travel to Cozumel over Memorial Day. It was our first TRUE vacation together and it was quite the adventure! It was such an amazing experience and we can't wait to go back to Mexico in the future. Next post will hopefully include some pictures!
Last night we also printed off yet another application - this time for the infant adoption program specifically. In it, it asks if we want to be listed on our agency's website once we are officially "waiting". Brandon said, "why not?"
Well, it also asks for three sentences to post on the web along with a photo. This is obvioulsy my job as Brandon's strength is not his writing. How in the world can you introduce yourselves and explain how much you want this in three sentences? Not to mention express your gratitude for anyone reading it! So far, I've written about 5 drafts. We'll see how many more it takes until I feel really good about it.
We're also working on signing up for Child Passenger Safety Classes and completing some other training is required. I hope that we can get everything finished by the end of the summer. It's already taken a little bit longer than I had thought, but we lead such busy lives that it's hard to get it all done fast.
A couple of other things...
This past weekend we were able to get some family photos taken by KJB Photography and Design. It's a husband and wife team and I went to high school with the wife half. They are just starting out with this business and I was very happy that we had a reason to get some photos done. The boys have already changed so much since our wedding a year ago and I wanted at least one really good shot of the four of us for our adoption profile.
We've also been recovering from our recent vacation. Brandon and I were lucky enough to travel to Cozumel over Memorial Day. It was our first TRUE vacation together and it was quite the adventure! It was such an amazing experience and we can't wait to go back to Mexico in the future. Next post will hopefully include some pictures!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Starting the paperwork
On Saturday when we received the first round of paperwork from the agency, I looked through it and became overwhelmed. There were background check forms upon background check forms, physician statement forms for everyone in the family, detailed questionaires, etc. I started to worry. Would they say my health wasn't good enough? I mean, they ask for your BMI! Would they say that our house is too small? They ask for square footage!
Luckily, my mom gave me a call and we talked it out. Of course they want to go through our lives, our home, and our finances with a fine toothed comb. This is about a baby; a life! If I was a birth parent deciding on an adoption plan, I would want to make sure that I knew EVERYTHING about the family. This paperwork isn't about the fact that I've struggled with my weight or the fact our house is more cozy than it is large. This is really to make sure that we can take care of another human being for the next 18 years and beyond. And the truth is - we can and we will. Above all else, we have so much love to give and I know that someday, we will have the opportunity to share that love.
So last night when I got home from work, Brandon (that's the Mr.) said, "So what paperwork are we working on tonight?" We started filling out the forms to send into Human Services of each county we've lived in, police departments for the cities we've lived in, etc. Even my 13 year old step-son has to have a couple background checks completed! Today Brandon is picking up stamps so that we can mail all of these in and luckily, we have nothing to be nervous about with this step. It's a good place to start.
Luckily, my mom gave me a call and we talked it out. Of course they want to go through our lives, our home, and our finances with a fine toothed comb. This is about a baby; a life! If I was a birth parent deciding on an adoption plan, I would want to make sure that I knew EVERYTHING about the family. This paperwork isn't about the fact that I've struggled with my weight or the fact our house is more cozy than it is large. This is really to make sure that we can take care of another human being for the next 18 years and beyond. And the truth is - we can and we will. Above all else, we have so much love to give and I know that someday, we will have the opportunity to share that love.
So last night when I got home from work, Brandon (that's the Mr.) said, "So what paperwork are we working on tonight?" We started filling out the forms to send into Human Services of each county we've lived in, police departments for the cities we've lived in, etc. Even my 13 year old step-son has to have a couple background checks completed! Today Brandon is picking up stamps so that we can mail all of these in and luckily, we have nothing to be nervous about with this step. It's a good place to start.
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