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.

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.

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!