As the days draw closer to April 24th, we become more and more excited. Our dream of becoming parents is finally going to come true. I never thought adopting a baby would be so long and a time consuming, boy was I mistaken. Over the last month Paula and I have had to go to our doctors to be tested for STD’s, Hepatitis and have a physical done. We had to fill out a 9 page application and answer questions about ourself, each other and family; I haven’t done so much printing since college. We had to go be finger printed and have those sent off to both the state and FBI to insure we are not criminals at large. We’ve got the state results back now we are only waiting for the federal ones. Once those come back we can schedule an appointment with the social worker who will be interviewing us to insure we are suitable for adoption. Once the interview takes place, I am not to sure how long it is before we get an actually YES or NO from her, I would assume a couple days. We have retained attorneys in both states (required) to ensure all laws are followed and that we dot and cross all of our “I’s” and “T’s”. We have spoke with the birth mother a little more and have got to know her on a more personal level. We want her to feel comfortable allowing us to adopt her baby, we want her to know that we aren’t just going to adopt him and then fall off the face of the earth. This will be an open adoption will allow the birth mother to have contact with us, as she wishes.
So as it sits right now, we are just waiting for finger prints to come back and to be interviewed by the social worker.
I know I promised an update on the nursery as it comes along, I am sorry to report that it’s a disaster. LOL We have a crib, changing table and bassinet and 50 million other things I can’t remember right now. I will post SOME pictures but not of the whole room because at this point it has everything EVERYWHERE. We’ve received a lot of clothes from Katye (Nathan’s soon to be God-Mother) who just had a son 13 months ago. We have decided on a theme for the room and it is…………………..DRUM ROLL…………………….. jungle! We both agreed it was a cute and boy-ish theme. We still have some work to do on the nursery over the next couple of weeks and once it is completed or “ready” I will post some pictures. Until then, enjoy what I did post.
As of today, the birth mother and Nathan are 32 weeks and 1 day along and the time is drawing closer, before you know it we will be celebrating his birth and then 1 year birthday! So, until next time…….
-JD
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