Home Study Complete!

Well.... in all honesty, the FBI clearances aren't back yet and those can take 8-10 weeks.

But.... we passed!! We had about 2 hours of questions about our financial plans, what we expect from the adoption process, our expections about a relationship with the birthparents, our parenting philosophies, a bunch of stuff. Then we gave a tour of our home and went over the "checklist" of items like posted emergency phone numbers, working bathrooms, where the baby is going to sleep, and how we store cleaning chemicals. The last part was individual interviews asking about how we were raised by our parents, our relationship today, my strengths and weaknesses. In all it lasted about 4 hours.

The social worker was making me a little nervous because she pointed out that we don't have any baby furniture and the car seat. Both of her last 2 home studies were completed and the families were placed with an infant within 2 weeks. She doesn't think we will be waiting very long once we get our profile submitted to the agency and are officially "active", although you never know! I guess I better start buying some stuff, but it feels so weird to buy things for someone that you don't know. I hope the baby will like greens and yellows because that's what we're buying!

Right as our social worker was walking out the door, Paula was calling both our cell phones to let us know that cousin Heather was in a very bad accident in Austin. We are praying for her and she is in our thoughts. Heather - we love you!!

So it was a day of good and bad.