See I told you I'm a bad blogger....:)
I just wanted to send a quick adoption update. We had a bunch of verifications to get together before we could have our home study:
-copies of birth certificates
-copy of marriage license
-Health report from MD saying we're healthy enough to adopt
-copy of most recent tax return and estimate of current assets, liabilities, and monthly expenses and income
-letter from employers stating position, salary and status of employment
-DCF clearance
-Florida Department of Law Enforcement Screening
-Local Sheriff's report
(yes that's 3 different kind of background checks)
-and at least 3 non-family personal references (but you can send as many as you want).
This was kinda a weird thing to ask for...."Hey can you please write a letter about how awesome Tyler and I are? And please put in how we'd be great parents and please list all our best qualities. Thanks" I don't even take compliments well so this was just weird to ask for but I am soooo thankful for all the friends in our lives who have wanted to be a part of this process so sent in a letter for us. It really means a lot to have such a strong group of support around us! It takes a village to bring a baby home!
Well we finally have everything together! All our references should be in by early next week and then we get to schedule our home study. I'm really excited/nervous for this part! I'm excited to get it done so we can start applying to every adoption grant we can get our hands on but I'm also just a little nervous about the process. I honestly don't know all the details of what it entails so that makes it even scarier. What helps is that we really like our social worker and I know she's here to only help us and already feels that our home would be a good one for a baby.
I also want to share how God's been putting some really awesome people in our lives who have been touched by adoption. We keep being introduced to families who have adopted, where adopted themselves, or even gave a child for adoption. It's been amazing to hear everyone's different stories and be encouraged through them. I feel like everywhere I go I'm getting a little message from God telling me He's preparing us something really special:)
