Happy Halloween!

Wow, it is amazing to me how many of you are keeping track of our progress on this adoption journey, not to mention how excited you all are.  A few of you have even mistakenly taken a TBT post by Emery the wrong way.  He posted a picture of Isaiah, Xavier and I from when we got Xavier and I had several texts that day congratulating us on the new little one.  Took me by surprise:)  Anyway, no we do not have a new baby.  To clarify, our home study is not complete yet, therefore we are not even on the list to get a baby yet. That is the purpose of this post.......

We are almost there, people....almost have our name on the list.  We have one more step in the home study process left.  THE VISIT.... dum dum dum.  It's not really that bad, actually.  Someone will come out to our house and chat with us about our lives, probably even talk to the kids about what awesome parents we are.....now I have to worry about what they will say:-)!  KIDDING!  We are on the schedule for that visit.  A very nice lady will come out next Wednesday evening.  After that, our home study, should be complete and approved!  Then the real wait begins.....

Last night we filled out an adoption application.  This form is to officially request to be on the waiting list.  This is where we also choose gender, race, whether we would accept any drug exposure, or if we are willing to accept any kind of health issues etc.  It is very specific and there is a lot of research that needs to be done to be fully able to answer the questions.  Luckily, we have been through this in the past and we filled it out pretty similar to how we have in the past.  With one minor difference........the box next to female was checked!  As you already know, this time we are requesting a girl. 

I guess that is all for now.  Visit from social worker Wednesday and get our application into the agency....probably 2 agencies.  Those are the next steps.  And just to clarify and avoid any future misunderstandings, we will be very specific in our posts.  That is my goal with this blog, a step by step account of this journey.  I would never skip to ....here's the baby.  There will be many phases between now and then.

In honor of Halloween and TBT.....