We did it!! We had our home study interview with our Social Worker. A very nice woman named Michelle who has 2 adopted and 1 biological children of her own. Bo was very entertaining to say the least. I did prep him that a nice lady was coming by to see his favorite toys and to see his big boy bed and to talk to mommy and daddy. Well the poor woman didn't even have her coat off before Bo paraded every single toy he owned in front of her. After about 10 toys, we put a movie on. God bless CARS!
We had a nice 2 hour talk about our families, our life and the kind of child we want to bring into our world. Some easy questions, some hard ones.
We handed over all the paperwork (in a nice neat binder of course). It was nice to put it in someone else's hand at the moment. With only a few bits of paperwork left, we are on our way. She explained that about a 10 page report is written by her. We will get a chance to review the document and confirm the facts. Once we get a copy we can apply to an agency. The document is good for 1year from the signed final date. If you need to update, you need all new clearances and new financial forms as well as a new physical. Most folks adopting go through this once or twice depending on how long you have to wait. So in about 9 months we will start prepping much of this stuff again!! Fun.
I have connected with a lovely mom in Virginia who is my adoption buddy. She also has a little girl and is in the beginning of the adoption process as well. It's nice to have someone who is in the trenches with you.
While we wait there is much going on. Working, visiting family, cooking (i dusted off the good housekeeping bible) and keeping warm! Hope the year has started well for everyone!!
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WELCOME 2011!
9 Wonderful warm sunny days in Mexico has renewed my being. It was quite and year and we are looking forward to 2011. Hope everyone had a wonderful time!
Before I update all of my millions of readers on our progress, I need to discuss "Mr. Peepers". Who is "Mr. Peepers" you ask? Well....in short (and I mean short) it's the male body part covered up by diapers. Speaking of diapers, we are in the throws of potty training. We actually have gone cold turkey and are flying by the seat of our pants (so many puns, so little time). There seems to be a disconnect between me and Mr. Peepers. He seems out of control. No matter how many ways I try to get that pee pee in the potty it always ends up....well....everywhere! Hold it down hold it up...it doesn't really matter. I never had a Mr. Peepers and I'm glad. I am going to leave this one up to Rich as much as I can. As for the munchkin....he's doing great minus a few accidents and in general all the change of clothes are due to me not having good aim. Just putting it at there, needed to vent, thanks for reading.
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Our homestudy is set for next week. So much cleaning, so little time. I've decided not to stress too much about the state of affairs on the house. We have a kid, it gets messy and I'll clean as much as I can before our meeting. Make sure all the gates are ok, the smoke alarms are batteried up and the fire extinguishers are replaced. What's our fire escape plan? Hmmm. I'll work on that. Other than that, just trying to get together our latest paperwork. I made a binder for our social worker and a check list so everything is laid out neatly.
I'd say the hardest part of getting ready is coming to terms with the hard questions you need to answer about your life, your marriage, your partner and your expectations of your next child. It's intimate. It's supposed to be.
What you are willing and not willing to accept of your birth mother and the child? Drug abuse, deformities, health problems, minor or major surgeries needed, blindness, deafness....these are the types of things you need to be able to honestly answer. What are you willing to accept if the situation came up? We would like a perfectly healthy child from a perfectly healthy birth mother. But most of the time that's not a reality, so we keep asking......THE question. We don't need to have all the answers but we need to think about what we are capable of at this point in our lives and what will be best for our family as a whole. When we figure it out, I'll let you know.
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Before I update all of my millions of readers on our progress, I need to discuss "Mr. Peepers". Who is "Mr. Peepers" you ask? Well....in short (and I mean short) it's the male body part covered up by diapers. Speaking of diapers, we are in the throws of potty training. We actually have gone cold turkey and are flying by the seat of our pants (so many puns, so little time). There seems to be a disconnect between me and Mr. Peepers. He seems out of control. No matter how many ways I try to get that pee pee in the potty it always ends up....well....everywhere! Hold it down hold it up...it doesn't really matter. I never had a Mr. Peepers and I'm glad. I am going to leave this one up to Rich as much as I can. As for the munchkin....he's doing great minus a few accidents and in general all the change of clothes are due to me not having good aim. Just putting it at there, needed to vent, thanks for reading.
COMMENTS: I have no idea why the comments you are leaving are not showing up. I'm sorry and I am working on fixing it. Back to your regularly scheduled program.
Our homestudy is set for next week. So much cleaning, so little time. I've decided not to stress too much about the state of affairs on the house. We have a kid, it gets messy and I'll clean as much as I can before our meeting. Make sure all the gates are ok, the smoke alarms are batteried up and the fire extinguishers are replaced. What's our fire escape plan? Hmmm. I'll work on that. Other than that, just trying to get together our latest paperwork. I made a binder for our social worker and a check list so everything is laid out neatly.
I'd say the hardest part of getting ready is coming to terms with the hard questions you need to answer about your life, your marriage, your partner and your expectations of your next child. It's intimate. It's supposed to be.
What you are willing and not willing to accept of your birth mother and the child? Drug abuse, deformities, health problems, minor or major surgeries needed, blindness, deafness....these are the types of things you need to be able to honestly answer. What are you willing to accept if the situation came up? We would like a perfectly healthy child from a perfectly healthy birth mother. But most of the time that's not a reality, so we keep asking......THE question. We don't need to have all the answers but we need to think about what we are capable of at this point in our lives and what will be best for our family as a whole. When we figure it out, I'll let you know.
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