We have been continuing to work hard on our adoption process and have been deep into paperwork, doctor appointments and paper chasing. Our first home study visit is done and went pretty well. We met with our social worker in our home and she talked with our kids and us and toured our home. It was actually pretty intimidating at first since she really laid out many not so great adoption outcomes she has seen in the past. I was getting pretty frustrated during this discussion, since she was making me feel like she was trying to talk us out of it, but I realize she was just giving us a reality check and wanted us to be aware of the possibilities that our little happy family may have some struggles with bringing a new little guy in. By the end of the visit, things had turned around and she was being more positive and supportive.
Sam and I both have individual interviews left to complete with her, but first we have to get all our paperwork in to her before she will schedule them with us. So....we have been working really hard to get this all together. We visited the police station and got our clearance letters, both had physicals and lab work, ordered birth certificates and marriage licenses....the list goes on and on.
In much more exciting news......we got matched with a little boy a couple weeks ago! After a few days of reviewing his file we decided to say YES! We submitted our letter of intent to China and are waiting to hear back with pre-approval. Basically that will be China saying that we are locked in with him and it is okay for us to proceed with the process of adopting him. So exciting and we are anxiously waiting to hear back! We can't wait to share more details about the little guy once we get our pre-approval!
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