Third and Final Home Visit

Today was our last home visit with Kate.  We discussed finances and ways to fund our adoption.  We also had our last home safety check and finalized all of our millions of options for the adoption. Now it takes about a month to type up and put together the home study.  After that we will be a waiting family!  Waiting for a birthmother to pick us as her child's parents!

Family Profile Book Finished!

I finished our Family Profile Book this weekend!  This is the photo book that the birth moms will look at to pick out which family they would like to adopt their child to. It is a very important part of the selection process.

Frank and Kendra

Second Home Visit

Wow, talk about intense! Our second home visit included separate, 2 hour interviews, each. When they say they will get to know you well, they weren't kidding! We were asked every personal question under the sun! It's nice to know how thorough Bethany is.  They definitely do things the right way. Now I know what they mean when they say they (the case managers) become good friends with their families. They get to know everything about us! Our third and final home visit is Nov. 6th.  Need to get the smoke detectors up in each room and the locks on all the cabinets before then!

First Home Visit

Today we had our first home visit!  Kate came out and met with me and Frank in our living room.  We discussed our lives openly with her, talking about our relationship, jobs, schedules, faith, community involvement, family and friends.  We also did a home safety check. Everything checked out good, but we need to get those plug protectors on, baby proof those cabinets, and install some more fire alarms! We love Kate our case manager!  She is sweet, caring, and compassionate. We are so lucky to be working with her! Next visit is scheduled for October 29th and the third on Nov. 6th. Then we become a waiting family!!!!!

First Home Visit Scheduled

Our first home visit is scheduled for October 17th! We are so excited to have another round of paperwork done and moving on to the "good" stuff!

Two Day Domestic Class

Yea!  We got our homework done in just a few days (we busted it!) and we got into the September Class in Orlando!  The class was amazing!  We got to meet birthmothers and hear their stories of their unconditional love for their unborn babies. Adoptive parents and their adorable babies came to talk to us about the process and to keep our heads up.  As the process may seem long and overwhelming, but will be rewarding in the end. We also got to meet with a lawyer to go over the legal side of adoption. The two days were packed with lots of information and emotions. Wow, what a roller coaster of a ride!

Homework Packet

We received our "Homework Packet" in the mail this Friday! Wow, it was a thick one full of papers to be filled out and signed! It took us all weekend to collect a lot of the information and fill out the paperwork.  We still need to get a lot of papers notarized, signed by doctors, insurance agents, etc.... We hope to get into the September 14 & 15th classes, so we have our fingers crossed that we can get it all done in time for them to review our paperwork and put us into the class.