December 29, 2006

Well, it's December now, after Christmas (it was good!). In between now and the last post, our bathroom was redecorated and made non-moldy and safe for the inspection. Yay!

In other news, we just put our almost-last packet of stuff in the mail for Bethany. Ooooh. We finally hauled ourselves in to the police station to be fingerprinted like common... adopting parents. *hee* So those, and a bunch of other things are going in today. Yay!

October 30, 2006

Second Adoption Meeting

Well, it seems to have gone well. We arrived at 8:00, and didn't leave until after 12:00. Last meeting was a few hours of writing paperwork; this meeting was all interview questions about our families and past and who we are and things. Lanse found it to be really draining, but we were both surprised at how it really didn't get horribly deep. It also appears that we've combined sessions; during our first meeting she did all of the meeting 1 stuff, and half of the meeting 2 stuff. This time we did the rest of meeting 2 stuff and all of meeting 3. So we only have one more meeting, which will take place here at our house when all the rest of our paperwork and stuff is done. That can't finish up until I'm healthy, (for those of you out of the know, I have pneumonia again), because medical tests are part of it.

The next biggest thing to do (besides bloodwork and fingerprinting) is prepping the house for her inspection. Aside from a good deep clean, I'd like to strip the wallpaper in the bathroom and clean the walls. Anyway, I guess that's the news at this point. Thanks so much for your prayers! Please keep on praying. She's going to be emailing us websites with photolistings so we can get started on screening through kids! Pray that we'll have overflowing discernment and not fall in love with every needy face we see. :)

October 22, 2006

Yesterday we sent in the mail:
1. formal application
2. signed admin paperwork (things that tell them that yes, we received and read the client grievance procedures, that sort of thing)
3. $500 (though it should have been $450)
4. two photos of us.

Our next meeting with Jacquie (social worker) was going to be on Tuesday, but Lanse was just given a big work project due that day, so we moved it to Monday the 30th. I'll be sure to tell all about it sometime next week.

In the meantime, I think I'm going to Amazon.com and change my shipping on the stuff I ordered. I went with the free stuff, and it says it won't be here until Thanksgiving! Sigh. Hopefully I can change it. There's adoption books in there we have to read.

October 13, 2006

I did actually finish the Big Pink Adoption Book, which was really interesting, but unfortunately has brought up a couple of personal issues that Lanse and I have to discuss and resolve before we finish one question on the agency application. Our social worker can't do anything until that's in and she's really itching (and seeming to grow irritable) to get moving.

October 9, 2006

Well, we're supposed to go get our bloodwork done as the last bit of our physical exam. One of the things Dr. Mike was going to check was my white blood cell count. Last week I had a teeeeeeensy nasal drip that he didn't even notice during the physical. Then Friday we went camping, and the lows hit upper 30s. *coughcough*hackhack* If you couldn't have guessed, I'm now back to the 'really sick in my chest' cold thingy that I always do. I'm SO SICK OF IT. It also means that there will be a delay in my paperwork. *GAH* I wanted this to be done with.

In the meantime, I guess I'll sit with some tea and start to plow through this Big Pink Adoption Book. (it's actually The Adoption Resource Book by Lois Gilman, but it's known by its bright pinkness.)