First Homestudy Interview

To those who have been thinking about us and praying for us these last couple of days please know that we are so thankful and that we truly felt the support.

For those of you who didn't know (sorry I didn't do an extra post it was a very busy weekend) our home study was rescheduled from Friday, September 21st at 10:30 am to TODAY - Monday, September 24th at 10:00 am (day 63). I have explained in detail more about how our homestudy process will unfold. This was the first interview of four total that will take place.

Overall, it was a fantastic experience! Praise the Lord!

This morning David and I woke up and frantically ran around the house doing last minute things such as putting out some Fall decor that we had stored in the attic, sweeping over the floors again, making sure the bathrooms looked polished, dusting the blinds in our bedroom to name a few. By the time 10:00 rolled around we were both on the couch no doubt thinking about all the things we forgot to do or corners we hoped she wouldn't want to look in. However, at this point although our minds were racing we were sipping coffee on the couch watching The Price is Right. David looked at me and asked "are we ready?". I shrugged and nodded with apprehension.

April pulled in the drive-way right on time. We both took a big breath filled with anxiety while Maggie (the Chihuahua mix) barked incessantly to warn us of her arrival. Honestly the first things I noticed about April were that she seemed very friendly and she was wearing black capri pants. The pants might be an odd thing to notice, but we have two blond dogs and I immediately thought oh no any dog hair in our house is going to flock and stick to her. Yikes!

We all sat down. I offered for everyone to sit at our dining table, but April said "oh no no I'm not that formal". Whew. That sounded good. So we all sat down on the couches together. Maggie immediately jumped in her lap and made herself at home. We emphatically apologized. But, you could tell that April was a dog person. She loved Maggie and told us that she had a Golden Retriever and a cat and grew up around animals. Wow, that was so nice to hear. She then began telling us more about her story . . . she has two adopted children and they are both teenagers. So cool.

Conversation continued effortlessly for two hours. She asked a few "get to know you" questions and explained what we need to expect in the upcoming meetings. She walked around the house and complimented us on how nice it looked. We showed her the future nursery. The only thing we were missing was a fire extinguisher. So we will be sure to have one when she comes next time. Speaking of that  . . .

Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday - October 1st, day 70 (since we posted our first blog post).

We are so thankful that God paired us with April. We are looking forward to meeting with her again! Thank you again for all of your words of encouragement they mean so much to us.

On the paperwork side of things:
We have had our physicals.
We have collected copies of all paperwork needed.

We still need to be fingerprinted and submit for background checks. We are going to try and do that this week! Hope everyone has a wonderful week.