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tfotorny | May 08, 2008 04:09
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tfotorny | April 12, 2008 13:42
April 12, 2008
Today we had our home study done. The social worker was extremely nice and friendly, and very easy to talk to. It was three hours of sitting at the kitchen table answering questions. We basically told him our life stories from the time we were born up to the present, about our families, and our childhood. Then we went through our schooling,our job histories, how we met each other, what made us decide to marry each other, what our marriage is like, our hobbies, lifestyle, parenting style, discipline procedures. We had to describe each other and our kids. He talked to the boys about how they feel about the adoption. We even had to give a description of what we do on a typical day from the time we wake up until we go to bed (he even wanted to know what time we got up and what time we went to sleep). We listed what we like to do for fun as a family, as a couple, etc. We went through medical histories, finances, insurances, etc. We had to tell why we are choosing to adopt, how our families and friends feel about the adoption, etc. I gave him the profile I typed up about our lives (complete with some pictures) -- it was kind of like a family resume -- our lives in a nutshell. He was very impressed with it. I think that's everything (I may have forgotten something) and then 5 to 10 minutes he walked through the house to take a quick look. The home study went really well. He told us as he was leaving that we had two very well behaved and nice boys. He is going to type up his report and email it to us to review. We can change something if we want to. Then when we send it back to him, he'll finalize and type it up officially. Once that's done, then we will be able to actively look at children and we'll be able to actually inquire about the child's specific details. Then if we find a child we are interested in, the child's social worker (or adoption agency) will review our profile and decide if we'd be a good match. I'm not sure how long it will take him to complete and finalize the home study. Everything I've read online says the home study takes 120 days to complete but I think it will be done next month. Thank you to everyone who prayed for us today and for all the encouraging emails!
tfotorny | April 11, 2008 12:08
April 11, 2008
Tomorrow is our home study!!
tfotorny | April 05, 2008 17:13
tfotorny | April 04, 2008 12:49
I received my fingerprint report back already. We were told it would take 4-6 weeks to get our letters stating that there weren't any criminal records connected to us. But according to the date on my letter, it only took a week to process. We are still waiting on getting Scott's letter. Hopefully it will come soon.
tfotorny | April 03, 2008 07:29
April 3, 2008
This adoption process is turning out to be a real test of my patience. Overall, I'm doing really well. I have my moments when I get really anxious because I just want to get my daughter and begin loving her. I love her already and I don't even know who she is yet. We can't inquire yet about any girls we're interested in until we have our homestudy completed. I'm excited to announce that we have our homestudy scheduled for April 12th!!! The homestudy will take about 3 hours to do. The social worker sounds very nice and easy to talk to. And I can say I'm not freaked out about this part of the process (I was freaked out about it months ago). It's exciting that this is actually starting to happen. I'm not sure how long the homestudy will take to process (according to what I've read on the Internet it can take up to 120 days to complete). Hopefully it won't take that long but at least I'm prepared to be "patient" to get our approval. Please continue to pray for our family and that God will lead us to our daughter. We appreciate your prayer support for us!
tfotorny | April 03, 2008 07:24
March 24, 2008
There's only three places where you can get fingerprinted here in our general area. One place conveniently is at PSU where Scott works. So today the boys and I picked Scott up from work and we walked over to the place to get fingerprinted. It was a bit expensive but oh well, it needs to be done. It felt strange getting fingerprinted. It was a neat process though that the boys enjoyed seeing -- they scan your fingerprints into a computer so no more messy ink pads.
tfotorny | April 03, 2008 07:18
tfotorny | April 03, 2008 07:15
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