We Are Done!!!

Merry Christmas, we are done!
We had our final home study visit last week. Today I talked with our home study provider and she asked that we fax our drivers license, since we don't have our birth certificates.(no one told us we needed them and neither of us know where they would be. We have requested copies in case they decide they really need them.) What a roller coster. We should have our final approval and a case worker by mid January. Santa may not stop at our house this year, but we are hoping the Easter Bunny makes it!! Thanks for all your prayers and happy thoughts. Keep them coming, we need them to find OUR kids! I know they are out there, we just have to find them!

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We Are Done!!

Last night, Melanie, our homestudy provider came by to interview me (Liz). She had interview both of us and Dave last Friday. She now has to write a report about us. She said she should be done with that by the end of next week. She said if we don't hear anything by the middle of January we should start calling them!! Once we have our offical approval we will be assigned a case worker who will help us find our kids! We have no idea how long that will take. For the sake of the kids I hope Heavenly Father will help us find them fast so we can all begin our new lives together!

Thank you for all your thoughts & prayers. They really do work. Keep praying for our kids.

FINALLY - Adoption Update

After months of waiting, emails that weren't answered and a phone call that was kinda rude Dave finally got a message to a supervisor and suddenly the wheels were in motion. Our paperwork was found hiding behind someone elses. And today...

The phone call came.

I got to work and my message light was on (normally not a happy sight). It was a message from Melanie - she sounded so nice. She is a Homestudy Provider. She is contracted by CPS to do homestudies. She is not a CPS employee. I called her back and she explained what she needed to do. She will come to the house twice. Her first appointment is on Friday the 7th. She will meet with me at 3:30pm and then Dave can come home and she will do the couple interview at 4:30pm. She will then need to make an appointment to interview Dave. She doesn't even have our file yet. She was given my number and told to make the appointment. She picks up our file tomorrow. She said that she has 30 days to complete the homestudy from the day she was assigned. She also said that she was going on vacation after Christmas and was hoping to get it done before then!!

Once she is done, she will send her recommendation to the CPS supervisor in our county who will give his "stamp of approval" and then we go find our kids!!!