It seems like I have been filling out stack after stack of paperwork from the very beginning of this journey. I knew that there would be red tape, but wow! The funny thing is that it's all pretty much the same stuff. So, over the last five weeks, I have filled out several forms for different entities all stating the same thing. Sigh! It is pretty incredible, how bare you have to strip yourself to in order for others to consider you for adoption. it is all so humbling and even scary. The brunt of gathering all the necessary documents and filling out these forms has fallen on my shoulders. At the end of the day, Daniel and I discuss the paperwork, I answer questions as they come up, and he signs and or initials where he needs to. It is a system that works.
Currently, we are in a good place in the process. The paperwork part of the homestudy is almost complete. All we need is to go to the doctor for our physicals and take the animals to the vet. Seein the doctor has proven to be a challenge as I am having a hard time even getting the clinic to call me back to make an appointment, and Daniel's schedule is tighter than president Obama's. :) But once that is out of the way we can have our two meetings with the social worker and be done with the home study.
Our adoption loan was approved, and there are a few forms that still need to be signed for that. Sometime next week we should be working with the media department at the agency in order to put our profile together. After that, it will just be sitting tight and waiting for the birthmother that is carrying our baby to find us.
In the mean time, I have started to make plans for the baby's nursery and for purchasing a few things to have ready for baby just in case we get a call and have little reaction time. I have decided on Winnie the Pooh for baby's rooms. I want it to be a bright and comfy place. I am going to paint the room a nice bright yellow and perhaps have a cool mural. More to come on that.
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