Home Visit Done

Today we had our home visit to complete the home-study.  It went really well.  It helped that we have met with our agent before at the training sessions.  She had all our information already so it went quickly.  She toured the house and just reviewed a few things about us.  She talked with the boys a little bit asking what they liked to do for fun and how they felt about getting a sister.  The boys showed her some of their artwork and stories they've written which she enjoyed.  She really liked our property and the quiet country atmosphere of our neighborhood.  The whole meeting and visit lasted an hour.   She's going to type up our homestudy by next week.  She talked with us about the next step.  She explained that she will start looking for a child to match with us and we can be looking online, although she said most of the kids placed aren't on the website.  She gave us a brief overview of what happens in the next stage and how she will work very closely with us even after we get a child placed with us.  Once we are matched with a child, there will be interviews with the social worker and meetings with the foster parents.  If we are selected to be the child's parents, there will be many visits with the child before the child would even be able to move in with us.  So it sounds like it's going to be a long process yet.