Not since announcing our plans to adopt, have I been so excited to post something. We are done with our dossier!! Yay! Hallelujah! Praise Jesus! A little over 6 months of paperwork and we are done. We received the final paper we needed on Wednesday, collected everything and made copies and sent it off on...
Our next step is a big one!! We will be submitting our I600-A. Exciting, huh? Oh, you don’t know what an I600-A is? It is our application for advance processing of orphan petition. Basically, we are asking for pre-approval to bring an “immigrant” orphaned child into the United States. With the application, we must send...
Yay! We had our last home study visit on Wednesday! It went really well. We absolutely love our social worker Adela :) She is sweet and informative. We talked about many things and got some great advice. Slowly, it is all becoming more real. Adoption is a long process, but I would argue that is...
We met with Adela, our social worker again on Friday. It was wonderful to have someone to talk to about the process. Because there is no physical evidence (a protruding belly or morning sickness), it is easy (even for Chris and I) to overlook that we will soon become parents. Talking to Adela made everything...
Today was our first home study visit. Our social worker lives in Dallas. She was in town to do a final post-placement visit for another couple and she was kind enough to fit us in before her flight out this afternoon. The first meeting was just an orientation. It was great to have a real...
