We started the much anticipated home study this week. We heard so many things about what to expect and how to prepare, but in actuality it- thus far- wasn’t that bad. We met with our social worker; we’ll refer to her as Mrs. K., on Tuesday. The hubs and I had talked just briefly the days before the meeting about the study because we wanted to be as open and genuine as we could. Mrs. K was super nice and very easy to talk to. She explained everything to us which included her saying “now be aware that we are going to get personal and I’m going to get all in your business” and shortly thereafter we started “the study”.
Now, if you have never done a home study-the process would remind you of pre-marriage counseling. A lot of “how would you explain him”, “how would you describe yourself”, “what are your thoughts on___________” …type questions. I must say that if nothing else, I was almost in tears (which we know doesn’t take much for me) when I listened to the hubby talk about me. It was almost hard to follow describing myself after he had made me sound so wonderful!
We got a lot accomplished and created our timeline for the remainder of our sessions. Our next meeting will be Feb 13 and the last, our in home visit will be on Feb 23rd! From there, Mrs. K will take over and write up our 8-10 page report giving us (hopefully) our recommendation to adopt. Of course during that time we have to wait on our references to be returned and for our ABI/FBI clearance updates to come back. We are looking to hopefully be completed by the end of the month or first of next month! From there the fun begins! We will legally be able to adopt and begin to search (via the attorney and our agency) to find a birthmother.
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