Friday, February 12, 2016

Questions Answered...

I thought I'd try to answer some questions that people may have....

1) Domestic or international? At this point, we're moving forward with domestic adoption. We'd love to adopt internationally but for now, we're staying within the U.S.

2) Why is adoption so much money? I don't think I have a great answer for that... Legal fees, agency fees, etc.

3) When can we apply for grants? After we have an approved home study (end of April hopefully). There are many grants available that we can apply for, but they want to make sure the money isn't going to a family who isn't officially approved by the state... makes sense.

3) How long does the process take? Who knows?! We should be officially waiting by the end of April. Which means we could be matched with a baby any time after that... days, weeks, months... we just don't know (but God does!)

I can't think of any more questions right now, but let me know if you've got any! We're open!



Thursday, February 4, 2016

Home Study Part 2

We are getting closer to becoming a "waiting family" one step at a time! We have officially completed all of our paperwork (step 1 of home study process). It took about 3-4 weeks to get all of the things collected/completed but we made it!! 


Background checks 
Credit reports
3 years of taxes
2 months of pay stubs
Fire inspection of our house
Pet immunization records
CPR & First aid
Physicals
Drug screenings
Driving records
Writing our will
Many. Other. Things.


Now we start step 2.... interviews with our case worker. We're so grateful for our case worker already. She answers our questions so quickly and is very supportive. It's nice to feel like she's excited for us and our process! This step should take about 4 weeks. Then step 3 (final step) of the home study should also take about 4-5 weeks. Once that's all approval, we will be officially a waiting family! :)



Thank you for all our your encouragement and prayers!!!! Thank you for being excited along side of us!