Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Individual Interview

I had my individual interview today, Graham will probably have his in a couple of weeks. I think it went well, same questions that we have talked about before but a little more in depth. Graham bore his testimony on Sunday about us losing the baby and how he felt; and about us making the decision to adopt and I just bawled through the whole thing and then had a hard time keeping it together the rest of Sunday. Then today there was a small bit of drama with getting to my appointment, so when I was there I couldn't help but cry...not super crying, just teary and emotional. I really miss Bryson. It is almost his 1 year birthday...sometimes it seems like it went so fast and sometimes it seems like it was just yesterday. April is going to be a hard month...keep us in your prayers. We love you all.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Intake Interview

First things first...I had a clean bill of health from the dentist. Graham wasn't so lucky. He's always telling me to brush and floss more, but when I go to the dentist and he tells me my teeth are great...where's the motivation??

Okay, on to the more important topic, the intake interview went well today. We talked to our caseworker and told her a little bit more about how we came to the choice of adoption, how great our marriage is : ) and then went through a WHOLE slew (not sure how to spell that) of papers on what things we need to gather (birth certificates, marriage certificate, medical stuff, etc.), filled out paperwork for our background check and asked any more questions we had.

Then...they send you and even more lengthy application that we each fill out and turn in. We should be getting that application on Wednesday. I am so anxious to get this show on the road I can barely stand it! But so glad that we are on the way to being approved. Probably won't be many more updates until the home visit...hopefully that will be by the end of April.

Learned an interesting thing though...some people design and print "adoption cards". They look like business cards but they have information about the families and their hope to adopt and ways to get into contact with them. Some also have pictures of them. They give these out to friends and family to pass on in the event they know someone that is interested in placing for adoption. Some even give them to their doctor in case they come across the situation. Feels a little outside of my comfort zone, but this whole process has really stretched me mentally and spiritually already. What's a little more stretching and growing right??

Thanks for all your comments and love as we start this amazing journey.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

First Step

We have our intake interview on Monday morning, right after the dentist! Not sure if that is a good idea...the dentist office always puts me in a damper mood (no offense any dentists reading this, it's the office; it's not you). Sounds like it is more talking and the start of a long road of paperwork. So anxious to get a move on!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Unfamiliar Territory

Many of you know that we have been struggling for some years with having children. As a child, I was never the little girl that dreamed of her wedding and looked for the fairytale; I just wasn’t a girlie girl. I loved to climb trees, swim, camp and get dirty. But the one thing I always wanted was children, for as long as I can remember I knew that would be a part of my life. I’ve learned that it’s not working the way that I anticipated, as happens with many things. I’ve also learned the peace that comes from deciding that adopting children will be part of our life story. Graham and I are so excited to tell everyone that we have decided to adopt a child. We are so anxious to get this process going. We are only in the beginning steps. We have turned in our application and are waiting to schedule our “intake” interview, where we talk with a caseworker and, I’m assuming, get asked all sorts of personal questions to make sure we are fit parents. : ) We’ll keep everyone updated as we pass through each step.

We have decided to go through LDS Family Services. They strongly encourage us to reach out to all family, friends, acquaintances, friends of friends, etc. to find our child. For anyone reading this, please spread the word to all friends and family throughout the United States. If anyone is interested, once we are approved, we would like to put links on friends and families blogs letting all that read know that we would like to adopt and giving them our information. Keep us in your prayers as we embark on this journey. Love to all.