I always had this terrible vision and idea of what the homestudy would be like...I pictured it to be quite awful I must admit, it has (so far) proven me wrong again & again!!
Last week we had our first homestudy visit, which I was INCREDIBLY nervous about, and it was amazing! Our social worker, Ill call her J, is the sweetest lady. Honestly she was incredible, she helped us to fee at ease and made the whole thing quite pleasant. She seems so sweet & sincere and I couldnt have asked for anyone better to work with. So that night we wrote our first "big check" and signed lots of papers! It was so fun, it really felt real after that night!
Next up was getting our 5 references, getting fingerprinted for FBI checks and getting physicals. Well we have 2 out of 3 completed only a week later, so Id say thats not too bad!
I wont mention what happened last friday when Karl & I tried to go and get our fingerprints done, because we went back tonight and it was honestly to perfect of an evening to even begin to complain about the first time :)
We drove to the Opelousas Police Dept because "supposedly" due to the fact that they have digital scan for fingerprinting, that it only takes 2-3 weeks to get the results back, compared at most times it taking 6 weeks back. My fingers are tightly crossed that it will only take a couple of weeks, but Gods timing hasnt failed us yet...and I know He hasnt brought us this far to leave us now!
Today was also really incredible because we got to have a 1 hour conference call with our agency in Michigan and it was AWESOME!!! Usually families have to travel to Michigan for this "orientation, informational type conference" but the trip and the fees were both waived! Many thank you prayers for that!!We got loads of information and everything we found out reassured us even more that we are on the right path.
So hear is what is next...TOMORROW is our LAST homestudy visit and tomorrow we will turn in our last documents to J. Friday Karl and I are going get our physicals done and giving that paperwork to J. After that we are done with the paperchase and we just have to wait for the FBI checks to come in!! Assuming (hoping) that will be in about 3 weeks. Once we get that we will be homestudy approved and we can submit our official application with the agency and we will be an official waiting couple!!!!!!!!
YES YES you read that right...in a month (or less) we could be officially waiting. birthmothers could be flipping through our family profiles...considering us as part of one of the most important decisions of their life! it totally gives me goosebumps.
please continue praying for us, pray for our babys birthmother and pray for our unborn baby!
P.S. we painted the nursery this weekend, it still isnt set up like a nursey (like no crib or anything yet) but it is super cute so I will post a pic!!! enjoy :)
Its really hard to tell from the pictures, but the color is called Classic Key Lime...its a beautiful, soft greenish yellow color!! perfect for a baby boy or a baby girl!
