First Homestudy appointment

We had our mini-homestudy appointment this past Monday. It went great. The lady was really nice, and she said she was looking forward to working with us. She said she normally counseled unwed pregnant mothers, so it was a nice change to be talking to a couple who was excited to adopt and become parents.

This appointment was mainly a criminal background check, and then she gave us the application packet for a real homestudy. I plan to crack that open this weekend, and I'll make Brent and I work on the autobiography part on Monday maybe. It's long, but doesn't seem near as bad as the other application we were working on.

After the appointment we met the facilitator of the hosting program - we had to sign some paperwork her, and she gave us a DVD of A (boy we're hosting). We went to Fazoli's for dinner and Brent had brought his laptop so we could watch the movie right away. My heart melted all over the floor when we watched it for the first (and second) time. Since then we have both watched it a couple times a day and showed it to all family and friends. (We're working on getting it online to show our non-Sheboygan family). He is the cutest in the entire world. I am not at all bias - he actually is the cutest. ;)

We also got his medical history and there are no concerns with that. We found out he has some siblings, but have no idea if they are orphaned or still with their parents or what. All it said was that his mother had birthed 3 children before him.

That's all we know for sure. I can't believe it is next month already. We both are getting so excited.

Oh yeah, the facilitator also said she adopted through this program 2 years ago and the whole process only took her about 6 months. So if we can have A home by Christmas (and his December birthday) it would be so awesome!