Our second and last meeting

So we had our last home study meeting today...we have almost all of our paperwork completed for our dossier and only one thing left to do before we can send our dossier off!! All thats left aside from a few more papers to complete is to go before a committe and ask for approval to adopt. In Arkansas they require all adoptive parents to have been married 2 years; well we have only been married one. Our home study social worker however is head of the committe that will be deciding this and says not to worry. I am still worried but it does help that they recently decided to over turn this law now it just has to go through all the hoops first. I cannot believe that we are nearing the end of the paperwork trail..seems like we've been doing thing for months but its only been about two months!!
We have been tossing around names but we will not post anything until after our dossier is completed and approved. We don't want to jinx it after all!! The more I watch other couples videos of thier adoption the more I get excited and the more I am in disbelief that this is really happenig. Please keep our journey in your hearts and all those in Ethiopia who are waiting for a family.

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!

A shock

So,this is our first step into our adoption from Ethiopia. We have received our email from Radu that says we are accepted...I guess it hasn't sunk in yet, I feel like Radu is going to say " just kidding, we denied you" ....but he's not we're accepted!!!!! I cannot believe it is possible that we may actually have a daughter in the near future. We know it will be a long process, however it seems like a long time coming and we're ready for it! Now to start all the paper work...where to start? I guess we just take one piece of paper at a time. We're not extremely religious people, but we do believe that God has us going through this process for a reason. We cannot wait to see what the future holds!