Most of you viewing our blog and that are close to us know David and I have decided (we decided 2 years ago) and are going forth with the adoption process. We applied and did some paperwork over a year ago, and then by the time we were going to have our adoption study we had decided to relocate, so we had to be patient and hold off until we made our recent move.
If you don't know what a home study is, you are not out of it. Neither of us knew until we got into the adoption process. A home study basically is where a social worker checks your house to make sure the house is "suiteable" for a child. Suiteable is basically safe and clean. They come and check to make sure the house has a place for the child. They check to make sure there are not sharp items, chemicals, and other dangerous items ground level or lower cupboards or drawers. They check to make sure you have a place to put the child, and that you have a fire extinguisher and a fist aid kit. Lastely, they want to make sure you are "sanitary" for the health of the child.
We had the appointment, Monday, July 20th. The appointment was an hour, and very smooth. After the inspection, we had another good discussion with our social worker.
This experience has been emotional and tedious, but has been amazing and such an eye opener.
We will update this blog when we find out our profile is viewable and if anything else happens.
