happy easter everyone! what a fun and exciting week this has been...the week started off with birthday celebrations for me with my family and friends. i turned the big 33 on the 3rd - yikes! the baseball season is now in full swing (yay! less than one season left in the 'dome!) and i had a fabulous time hosting a jewelry party on wednesday (now that's something i never thought i would say!). oh yeah, and most importantly, heath and i met with our adoption social worker, cory, for the first time on wednesday afternoon!!
as i had mentioned in an earlier post, we were a little nervous (but mostly excited) for our first in-person 'interview'...well, we shouldn't have been nervous, because cory is super nice and very easy to talk to. we basically sat and talked with her about our application and she asked us many of the same questions that we had already answered in writing. we met for about 2 hours and will meet again on the 21st for another 2 hours or so. cory gave us a couple pieces of 'homework' to complete for our next meeting - signing some waivers and filling out our child's health background checklist (we need to decide what types of conditions - medical, developmental, emotional, etc. we may or may not be willing to accept). following that appointment, we will set up our in-home visit and then......assuming we meet her approval......we will officially begin waiting!!! she told us that they are still telling families adopting from colombia that the wait is 18-24 months, so we must be patient. not easy, but i think we can do it. after 5+ years of trying, what's another 1-2 years, right?! gives us lots of time to prepare and be 'ready' for parenthood.
going to the lss office for our meeting definitely made everything seem more real. seeing the pictures of all the adopted children hanging throughout the office was so amazing. there are so many wonderful stories and happy families that it reassured us that we are making the right decision and it has us even more excited about this journey.
have a wonderful easter weekend!
ang
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