OK so I am starting this blog to keep people informed about our newest adventure! We are just days away from submitting all of our paperwork to start the adoption process.
Two weeks ago we met with an adoption attorney, who was fabulous and very informative. Depending on certain circumstances we will use her a little or a lot and we will also work with an agency to find our baby!
So far we have had to fill out tons of paperwork, read 377 pages on all aspects of adoption and log the time it took us to read, credit reports, financial statements, tax returns, birth certificates, marriage certificates, name guardians, write autobiographies, answer some questions, and get medical clearance. Trust me it isn't quick and easy. This is just the application part.
Next step is to have our application approved. Then we can schedule the homestudy. Sounds scary, but I don't think it will be that bad.
The Homestudy is basically when our social worker comes to our house to interview us: about us, why we want kids, why we want to adopt, thoughts on parenting, discipline, and to make sure our house can accommodate a child. They do ask some stuff you don't always want to talk about or at least talk to a stranger about, but all in all this whole process is a positive one. Not like on HGTV when people come and critique your house.
After that is done and we have a copy of the homestudy in our hands, then we will be considered paper pregnant. At that point we could be chosen by a birthmother that day or years from then. So a little like limbo.
The best part is basically as long as we pursue adoption the end result will be our first baby, unlike all of the fertility treatments of 2008.
More to come....
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