We just finished our home-study and we think it went really well! The home-study worker was extremely open, honest and nice. She was close to our age, married for 8 years, no children of her own, but she and her husband have fostered over 20 children! So you know I asked her a gazillion questions and she was so gracious to answer every one of them. She was so encouraging to us - she understood our desire to adopt and gave us so much hope. As she was leaving she said, "Ya'll take care, and I'm going to look for YOUR names on the list the next time I'm on call to place a baby!" So I think that maybe, hopefully that means we passed...unless something comes up when she submits our interview to the agency. The home-study wasn't as bad as we thought but they do ask a LOT of very personal questions! They even wanted to know about some of you! What a blessing it was for us to be able to brag about the closeness we share with our family and friends. We have a GREAT support system and we thank God for all of you!
If everything goes smoothly, we are getting really really close to being done. We have submitted all of our paperwork and now we're waiting for a fire inspection (with Dallas county...who knows how long that will take) and we SHOULD know by next week if we passed our home-study.
For those of you who don't know, we have opened our preferences to a sibling group of 2, ages 0-3. So we could have TWO kiddos running around here. PLEASE PRAY FOR US! Seriously - please pray! When the excitement dies down and the reality hits, we're gonna need those prayers!
Thankfully, I can finally rest for a minute .... we've been cleaning up and organizing since we got the call on Sunday. Titus put all the child locks on the cabinets, only to find out they weren't the right ones! So we had to store all our cleaning supplies on a top shelf in the laundry room. So now, any time I wash a dish, I'm going have to stand on a step stool (you know how short I am) and grab the dish-washing liquid from way up there! All Titus and I could do was look at each other and say...our life sure is about to change around here! Other than that, she was so thankful and impressed at how prepared we were! She doesn't have to come back to check a thing!
We'll be on vacation soon - maybe our last "childless" vacation, so we plan to enjoy ourselves! Please pray for traveling grace and safety! We want to come back well and ready for a placement!
We love you all and we'll keep you updated!
