This afternoon we had our first of three home study Interviews. We decided to do the first one in our home. I cleaned and cleaned today. I knew there would be a lot of questions during each visit, but I thought the home visit would also included a lot about our actual house. She didn't walk through our home at all. She asked us questions about our house and where he would sleep but didn't actually walk through. Maybe she will do that on another visit. Either way my house is nice and clean. :)
This visit we talked a lot about our background. Growing up, our parents, siblings, school, where we lived, important events, our relationships with those in our family, how we feel about them, why do we want to adopt, why Internationally, why Honduras, how we raise our children, our marriage, etc...
We have two more visits. On Monday we have individual interviews. We will each go into the office to be questioned separately for about an hour. On Wednesday we will meet again as a couple and are going to do it at our house again.
This is so exciting!! I cleaned a lot because I wanted to make a good impression, but I didn't go over the top. I wasn't nervous at all. Just excited. Just very, very excited.
"Today was another step closer to you son! I can't wait to hold you in my arms forever!!"
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Moving along!
Lots of the little things have been accomplished in the past month.
*We have our police clearance letters written.
*One of our reference letters has been turned in. (These are different than the ones written before in our home study.)
*Nathan and Weston got new, certified copies of their birth certificates so now we all have updated ones. (Not sure why but all copies have to be within a year old once they are in Honduras)
*Nathan and I had our first meeting with the psychologist. It was more involved than we expected and had to answer 370 True False Questions, IQ tests, and the interview. We will go back in a couple weeks for the second interview and hopefully receive the letter we need for our Dossier. (large file that gets sent to Honduras)
*We worked on and completed the bank letter we needed for the Dossier.
*I wrote our Child Request Letter and it was approved by our Family Coordinator.
*Made our colored copies of our passports.
That is all I can think of at the moment but I know there has been more. Lots of little things. We have to have a few things changed or adjusted whether it's a notary that needs to be changed because it expires too soon or something that wasn't completed properly. Weston's doctor has to write a letter now explaining why we didn't do blood work on him. (he's only 1)
Tomorrow is our home study meeting in the home! We're so excited!! Our home study has taken a bit longer to get off the ground than we expected first due to us and then because they were booked up with other families. We are praying that we can move forward in the last phase of the home study very quickly.
A few things we need to complete in the coming week...
*There are several photo pages with specific photos needed to be in our Dossier and I'm working on that.
*Gather the rest of our letters.
*Get a copy and notarize the deed to our home.
*The doctor's letter.
*Make a few corrections to other documents.
*Pay for a few post adoption visits and sign our agreements to have the post adoption evaluations done after our boy is home.
There are more things the will go in our Dossier, but some other things have to be completed first.
Thank you to those who are still praying for us! I'm ready to move past this part where things our not in our control. I feel I will be more at ease in the waiting phase...we'll see when it gets here. haha Just to know that I've done all I can do, except pray, will be a good feeling. I'm not as pressured as I was in the beginning because things are moving forward and coming along. We're praying that these next few weeks are very productive so that we finish everything on time and get it approved before our time runs out to send it to Honduras. Your prayer means a lot! Still a long road before we bring our son home, but each thing checked off the list is one more step closer!! :)
*We have our police clearance letters written.
*One of our reference letters has been turned in. (These are different than the ones written before in our home study.)
*Nathan and Weston got new, certified copies of their birth certificates so now we all have updated ones. (Not sure why but all copies have to be within a year old once they are in Honduras)
*Nathan and I had our first meeting with the psychologist. It was more involved than we expected and had to answer 370 True False Questions, IQ tests, and the interview. We will go back in a couple weeks for the second interview and hopefully receive the letter we need for our Dossier. (large file that gets sent to Honduras)
*We worked on and completed the bank letter we needed for the Dossier.
*I wrote our Child Request Letter and it was approved by our Family Coordinator.
*Made our colored copies of our passports.
That is all I can think of at the moment but I know there has been more. Lots of little things. We have to have a few things changed or adjusted whether it's a notary that needs to be changed because it expires too soon or something that wasn't completed properly. Weston's doctor has to write a letter now explaining why we didn't do blood work on him. (he's only 1)
Tomorrow is our home study meeting in the home! We're so excited!! Our home study has taken a bit longer to get off the ground than we expected first due to us and then because they were booked up with other families. We are praying that we can move forward in the last phase of the home study very quickly.
A few things we need to complete in the coming week...
*There are several photo pages with specific photos needed to be in our Dossier and I'm working on that.
*Gather the rest of our letters.
*Get a copy and notarize the deed to our home.
*The doctor's letter.
*Make a few corrections to other documents.
*Pay for a few post adoption visits and sign our agreements to have the post adoption evaluations done after our boy is home.
There are more things the will go in our Dossier, but some other things have to be completed first.
Thank you to those who are still praying for us! I'm ready to move past this part where things our not in our control. I feel I will be more at ease in the waiting phase...we'll see when it gets here. haha Just to know that I've done all I can do, except pray, will be a good feeling. I'm not as pressured as I was in the beginning because things are moving forward and coming along. We're praying that these next few weeks are very productive so that we finish everything on time and get it approved before our time runs out to send it to Honduras. Your prayer means a lot! Still a long road before we bring our son home, but each thing checked off the list is one more step closer!! :)
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