Our home studies are all wrapped up!!! Chris finished his individual on August 11. Our case worker told us it would take three to four weeks to complete our report, which worked for us. It is always nice to know the timeframe for things, especially since most things with adoption are so open ended.
Yesterday we received an email with the first draft of our report written. In this process, our case worker writes the report, sends it to us for review and revisions and then we send it back. Once all corrections are made, then we sign off on it and we are officially on the list. We finished our revisions today and look forward to signing off on it soon. We are ahead of schedule!
Something unexpected when reviewing the report was reading quotes from our references. It was so touching and even emotional. I don't think those friends will ever know how much their letters meant to Chris and me. Our child will know of all the support that we had throughout this process. It has been amazing!
In the meantime, Chris and I have been shopping and hitting garage sales. It has been a lot of fun and a wonderful bonding experience. We have a couple of classes we are taking this week and an even bigger event for new parents at the KCI Expo this weekend.
My sister is pregnant and due in November on my birthday! We are so excited for Vickie and Ethan. Her shower this weekend and we are looking forward to visiting with lots of good friends and gleaning all the advice we can. Vickie and I are so excited that our children will grow up together and be so close in age!
As we get ready to turn a corner and learn even more patience through waiting, please pray for us and for God's timing throughout it all. Please pray for the birthmother. Our prayer is that she has the strength, support and closer necessary when giving her child up for adoption. We do not want to lose sight of what she is going through even though we are so excited.
Many Blessings,
Chris and Sara
