The homestudy is now complete! Our social worker sent us a copy and in it she recommends us to be adoptive parents! Whew, we passed:) We are still waiting to hear from the courts about the fingerprints. We see that they cashed our check on September 9, so we know they have received the documents in the mail. So for now we wait. As soon as we get that clearance back it will be submitted to Maricopa County Courts to go to the judge then it will really be official!
Thank you for your continued prayers for our baby and for a smooth process. God is so good to give us a peace and contentment that we know can only come from Him. Each pause in the process is part of the timing that is needed to bring the child that He has for us home.
Showing posts with label homestudy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homestudy. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Making Progress
We have officially handed in everything on our end for our homestudy! Before Brent left for Michigan, he dropped off all of our final papers and reference letters to the social worker. We spoke to the social worker last week and she said that she is working on the draft now. We are still waiting for the FBI fingerprint clearance to come back and nothing can happen until we get that. She said that Maricopa courts are taking about three weeks to process the papers once handed in. So once we get the fingerprints back and she types the homestudy report, it will get handed in to the courts to decide that we are able to adopt in the state of Arizona! So for now, we wait. :)
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A Visit to Our Home
Today our social worker came to our home to visit. First she met with both of us to discuss how we met, how long we dated, what we like to do for fun, what our parenting style is like, and how we plan to discipline.
She also met Raelynn for the first time and asked her what she thinks about getting a new sister or brother:) She agreed that Raelynn has a very good temperament and will adjust to getting a new sibling very well. Raelynn could be almost two years old by the time our child comes home, and we will teach and train her how to be an older sibling. Since our child will be a newborn, we feel the adjustment will be fine and would be no different than if it was a biological child. We explained to the social worker that Raelynn is very social and has a lot of little friends at church and spends a lot of time with her cousin Jackson.
Next, we had private interviews with the social worker. Before the meeting, we filled out our intake form with a lot of family history and personal information. In our interviews, we basically just reviewed that information and told her about ourselves. We had to tell her how we were raised, what our relationship with our family is like, and what high school was like for us.
Last, we gave a tour of the house. This was really simple and I'm glad we didn't stress over it. She just looked through the house at each room and of course had to make sure we had our firearms safe.
Today we have our doctor appointments to have a physical exam and then we will turn in that paperwork for our file. We also need to get the most recent vet exam for Ike. Otherwise, our file is complete.
The social worker said our CPS clearance came back so we are just waiting on the FBI fingerprint clearance to come. She hopes to get a draft of our homestudy to us by the end of September and have the final copy by October 12.
Thank you for your prayers.
She also met Raelynn for the first time and asked her what she thinks about getting a new sister or brother:) She agreed that Raelynn has a very good temperament and will adjust to getting a new sibling very well. Raelynn could be almost two years old by the time our child comes home, and we will teach and train her how to be an older sibling. Since our child will be a newborn, we feel the adjustment will be fine and would be no different than if it was a biological child. We explained to the social worker that Raelynn is very social and has a lot of little friends at church and spends a lot of time with her cousin Jackson.
Next, we had private interviews with the social worker. Before the meeting, we filled out our intake form with a lot of family history and personal information. In our interviews, we basically just reviewed that information and told her about ourselves. We had to tell her how we were raised, what our relationship with our family is like, and what high school was like for us.
Last, we gave a tour of the house. This was really simple and I'm glad we didn't stress over it. She just looked through the house at each room and of course had to make sure we had our firearms safe.
Today we have our doctor appointments to have a physical exam and then we will turn in that paperwork for our file. We also need to get the most recent vet exam for Ike. Otherwise, our file is complete.
The social worker said our CPS clearance came back so we are just waiting on the FBI fingerprint clearance to come. She hopes to get a draft of our homestudy to us by the end of September and have the final copy by October 12.
Thank you for your prayers.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Our First Meeting
Today we met with our social worker from Southwest Adoption Services. We handed in our paperwork and copies of our birth certificates, marriage license, and other important documents. She went over our personal information with us and we discussed our reasons for adopting. It was very relaxed and everything went well. Our next meeting with her is on September 20. She will interview each of us individually at our home.
Right now we are waiting to get a letter from Maricopa County Court for our CPS clearance form as well as the clearance for our fingerprints from the FBI. That takes 4-6 weeks and we cannot move forward until we get that processed. We mailed those out on September 1, so Lord willing, by mid October we hope to have all this paperwork done so our social worker can submit the homestudy to the courts. She said once it is submitted to the courts, it will be another 4-6 weeks.
Right now we are waiting to get a letter from Maricopa County Court for our CPS clearance form as well as the clearance for our fingerprints from the FBI. That takes 4-6 weeks and we cannot move forward until we get that processed. We mailed those out on September 1, so Lord willing, by mid October we hope to have all this paperwork done so our social worker can submit the homestudy to the courts. She said once it is submitted to the courts, it will be another 4-6 weeks.
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