First meeting

So we had our first home study meeting today. It was suppose to be at our house, but a baby emergency didn't allow our hs agency to leave the city they are located in. At 11:30 am we headed to Conway Ar., which is 2 hours away. I was so nervous that I could barely hold myself together. After the long drive to thier office we were finally able to sigh with relief when we saw the faces of our social workers. Ed and Sharon are a "mom and pops" type of agency. They do home studies, and all adoptions. They gave us all the information we would need in order to proceed and then some. They were super welcoming and made us feel comfortable right away. We could not have asked for a better agency to use for our home study. I think it really set in with the both of us today that we could have a daughter in the near future. Of course, we dont want to jinx anything, but could this really be happening??? The long drive back home gave us plenty of time to talk and reflect on the eventful day...and what a day it was.

really getting started

So we have our first home study appointment scheduled for June 1st. I am so nervous, I have even taken off work to try and prepare. I have no clue what to expect,but hope it's not too difficult. I just keep thinking something will stop our process and not allow us to adopt ( i hope and pray this isn't so) so i try and prepare myself if that is the case. Radu keeps telling me not to worry that everything will fall into place, but how can i relax when our future is in thier hands?? I haven't bought anything for our little one yet because i do not want to jump ahead, but i have been looking and I want to do the nursery in shabby Chic floral print...not as old fashioned as it sounds....I cannot wait to start buying stuf for the baby, but i am going to wait until our home study is approved. Well on goes the process of completing forms for our general Dossier and Formal Dossier...so strange to be actually doing this. We are so excited...our fingers remain crossed!