Short post today.
Thea got a call that our application has been approved!
:)
Next step - a hour long conference call next week. Here comes the real fun!
- John
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Back on track and moving forward
So, over the past few weeks we've made some big decisions.
Primarily, we've decided to postpone any attempt at a biological child so that we can focus on our adoption. With that decided, we can now settle on All God's Children International as our agency.
We met their social worker (Renee) two weeks ago at our home. It was very kind of her to give us personal time for a one on one mini-info session at our own dinning room table.
Very funny visual. Rhys regularly interrupted us, once by requesting we all, including Renee, put Tupperware on our heads as 'hats'. Renee was a great sport. It was surreal to spend 10 minutes talking about such a big decision / process with all the adults wearing Tupperware hats.
One of our biggest questions for Renee was in regards to some political changes in Ethiopia. There had been some news that Ethiopia had made some changes to their internal policies and we had some concerns. Renee said that although some turbulence had occurred in Ethiopia, it was weeks ago and since then AGCI had not see any changes to the number of referrals that come out of the country. Lets hope it all stays that way.
Renee also brought an example of what the home study binder (not folder, binder) looks like. Yeah, this is going to be a lot of work.
After the meeting, we wrapped up some incidentals for the preliminary application. Things like getting a Dr's letter over to them about my high cholesterol. With that complete, comes the formal application, which I just finished. Took about 30 minutes. It wasn't THAT in-depth. I imagine more in-depth stuff is yet to come. We also owe them a family photo (there was some debate between Thea and I if Shea, our dog, should be in this photo), a photo of the exterior of our home and a $300 application fee.
And, thats where we're at. I have a feeling that the next few posts will have a lot to do with the paperwork process and how we're dealing with getting it all done while working and raising a 2 year old. Lets see.
- John
Primarily, we've decided to postpone any attempt at a biological child so that we can focus on our adoption. With that decided, we can now settle on All God's Children International as our agency.
We met their social worker (Renee) two weeks ago at our home. It was very kind of her to give us personal time for a one on one mini-info session at our own dinning room table.
Very funny visual. Rhys regularly interrupted us, once by requesting we all, including Renee, put Tupperware on our heads as 'hats'. Renee was a great sport. It was surreal to spend 10 minutes talking about such a big decision / process with all the adults wearing Tupperware hats.
One of our biggest questions for Renee was in regards to some political changes in Ethiopia. There had been some news that Ethiopia had made some changes to their internal policies and we had some concerns. Renee said that although some turbulence had occurred in Ethiopia, it was weeks ago and since then AGCI had not see any changes to the number of referrals that come out of the country. Lets hope it all stays that way.
Renee also brought an example of what the home study binder (not folder, binder) looks like. Yeah, this is going to be a lot of work.
After the meeting, we wrapped up some incidentals for the preliminary application. Things like getting a Dr's letter over to them about my high cholesterol. With that complete, comes the formal application, which I just finished. Took about 30 minutes. It wasn't THAT in-depth. I imagine more in-depth stuff is yet to come. We also owe them a family photo (there was some debate between Thea and I if Shea, our dog, should be in this photo), a photo of the exterior of our home and a $300 application fee.
And, thats where we're at. I have a feeling that the next few posts will have a lot to do with the paperwork process and how we're dealing with getting it all done while working and raising a 2 year old. Lets see.
- John
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