The first part of the home study is now complete. The social worker came to our home on Thursday afternoon, she looked at the house and yard area, after this brief inspection we started with the questions. The "inspection" was much more laid back then I had anticipated. She didn't look in any closets or even look for the fire extinguisher that I purchased just hours before. She complimented us on how nice our home was and that was it.
The questions.....We discussed our decision to adopt, how we arrived at it, how are families responded and much more. We then moved on to questions that Jeremy answered about his childhood and family and then I did the same about mine. We discussed everything from school, hobbies, discipline and more. The last section of the questions that we answered were about our relationship and marriage. How we met, what we argue about, how we resolve these arguments, etc. Our social worker said that at the end of those questions that it was a good place to stop for the day. We go to her office on Tuesday to finish up the questions. Tuesday we will discuss how we want to raise our child. After Tuesday we will be done with the questions, background checks, etc. The last thing that we will be waiting on in order for the home study process to be finalized is our reference letters from friends and family. After all of those are received, a total of 6 pending, we will be approved and on the waiting list.
Over the next couple of days we have to complete the birth mother letter and hand write it out. I have looked everywhere for nice stationary to write it on and haven't been able to find any. This is the letter that birth mother will be given to review with our portfolio. It has been challenging to write since we want to mother to know that we appreciate what she is doing and also get a feeling for who we are so she picks us.
Please continue to send your positive thoughts, we are now one step closer.
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