An experience I will never forget

A co-worker and his wife are adopting a little boy from Ethiopia. They are going through the same agency BFAS. This is who introduced the agency to us. Last Monday He asked if I would come up and video record him and his family as they opened up the referral letter from the agency. The referral letter is the first picture of your child. Attached is a copy of all the medical testing/records from Ethiopia. Watching their family open and read about their son was amazing. It made me realize that what we have been working towards will pay off. We are so close to starting our family. Their baby is a month old and so cute. It was very motivating for me. They are a few months ahead of Caleb and I so it helps to see them progressing with the process.

Home Study

Yesterday Caleb and I had our home study interviews. A social worker came to our home and interviewed me then Caleb once he got home from work. She was at our house for two hours. It went really good. Some of the questions she asked really made me think. We both had to describe each of our parents with one word descriptions. We could give her multiple one word answers for each parent. I gave my answers to my parents before Caleb got home. To hear him answer and give very similar answers for his mom and dad made me realize how similar our parents really are. The social worker also asked us to each name some things that made us fall in love with our spouse and what is it that keeps us in love and loving each other. Also being asked why I want to be a mother and asking Caleb why he wants to be a father. I don't think too many people/parents have thought about why they want to be parents prior to having a family. She wanted to know what we were each like as children, what we did as families growing up and what our hobbies are as adults. We have some paperwork things that we still need to provide her before she can complete her review and send it on to the agency.

Paperwork overload

I have heard people talk about all of the paperwork that is needed in order to adopt but I never knew it was this much. I wish that I could snap my fingers and all the paperwork would be done. Really I wish that I could snap my fingers and we would already have our child home with us. If anything I am going to learn how to be patient through all of this.