1st Homestudy Visit

So, we had our first Homestudy visit on May 21st and approximately (actually, exactly) 11 a.m.  A Homestudy is when a social worker comes to (put you under a microscope) ask you questions and tour your house.  Everyone gets nervous about this. I really didn't think I would be that nervous until I read that the house should be "TIDY"...yikes!!!  "TIDY" is not a word I would EVER us to describe my house.  "Clean", as in not covered in dirt, yes, but "TIDY", um....no.  Somehow we managed to "TIDY" it up and then we took pictures because it was unbelievable...no, actually because we have to give pictures of our house to our placement agency, so that seemed like a good time to take them.

All in all, it really was "no problem".  We talked about how we met (and finally agreed on the story:), what we like about each other (I'm funny, he puts up with me:), how we train, I mean parent our kids (bribes) and why we want to adopt (because it's the best experience in the whole wide world, equal to having our biological kids of'course :).

So, now we finish up a few more forms (medical, 2 more on-line classes and 1 reference letter) and then we schedule our final visit....HOWEVER...we are now considering a Domestic adoption and so we are waiting to hear more details from the birthfamily to see if it is likely to go through.  Can you say..."ROLLERCOASTER RIDE"?  We will continue down our same path of our international adoption and if we decide to take a turn down the path of domestic adoption then we will finish the Homestudy as a domestic homestudy.

The birthmother is due at the beginning of AUGUST!!!! ( so mom if you are reading this, we may have to bank those plane tickets....don't be mad....love you :)

Stay Tuned............................