Homestudy Visit 1 of 3

Our first homestudy visit was last night! We have 2 more to complete, with the next one next Tuesday and the last one probably 2 weeks after that.

Lettie, our social worker, was so nice. We were halfway through the visit and I kept thinking, "when are we going to start?". It was more of a conversation with a friend about camping, running, a little about growing up, and the only direct question was about discipline. She didn't even go through the house, which was very clean I might add!

The biggest annoyance to us were the dogs! Of course they acted afool, but she likes dogs and assured us they weren't bothering her. At least next week they will still be tired from being at Camp Ruff-n-More this weekend!

The last visit will be a little ways out so she can write up most of her report and get the reference letters some fabulous people wrote from Pam. We will get copies of the homestudy then to proof. After that she sends it to Pam to make sure all the required material is in place and then it is sent back to Lettie for her signature and to be notarized. We will get 3 originals in the mail.

So I think in the mean time we are going to start sending out our letters to friends and family.

Lettie said the last couple she worked with had their first homestudy visit, found a birthmother who was almost due, got their homestudy in their hands, and their baby was born the next day! If only it worked out that easy!