I thought I might clear up some more questions you might have…

We did a lot of research on both international and domestic adoptions. We actually thought we would do international at first, but we ended up deciding on domestic adoption for multiple reasons.

The next step was finding an agency. We found through our research that working with a local agency would be difficult if we moved in the middle (like we most likely will be doing). Therefore, we decided on a national agency that can move with us.

What does that mean for us? Our baby could be born in any state! Once we are notified that our baby was born or is on the way, we will leave within 24 hours to wherever the baby is born. What a whirlwind those few days will be!

Then at least one of us will have to stay in the state with the baby for two to three weeks until the state clears us to leave and our state clears us to enter with the baby. This means the first couple weeks of our baby’s life will be spent in a hotel room. It will just add to the crazy adventure we are already on! Also, anything is possible with adoption, so we don’t really know what our experience with look like until we are in it.

So where are we now in the process? We are working on our profile for birth mothers to look at and preparing for our first home study visit tomorrow! We are what they call “paper pregnant.” Lots and lots of paperwork!!

Once our profile is done and we finish the home study, we will go “active.” This means that birth mothers will be shown our profile among others to choose which family they want to adopt their child. We hope to go active in July or August. Then it is out of our hands. Let go and let God!

That’s all for now. I should probably get off the computer and clean the house up a little for the home visit tomorrow. Thanks for checking in!