It’s been quiet here on the blog for a few months as we’ve grappled with the horrific realities of what is happening in Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion and ongoing war since February. As you might imagine, the past few months have been difficult for our family, Read more…
After a few weeks of waiting, it seems that lots of details are coming together this week! In the past few days, we have reached a couple of really significant milestones in the adoption process and wanted to post an update to celebrate! Home Study Complete Our last meeting with Read more…
It’s amazing how the past month has flown by, and yet not very much has happened on the adoption front. During the first few weeks of October, we had our final visit with our home study social worker and completed our medical paperwork. Then, we moved into a bit of Read more…
Yesterday, we passed one of the bigger hurdles for our adoption paperwork: we completed our medical health forms! Praise God!! Our adoption agency told us this is one of the more difficult steps to complete, often because doctors tend to fill out the forms incorrectly, and because each piece of Read more…
Across the spectrum of personalities and giftings, there’s a rare group of people who love paperwork and administrative tasks. If you give these folks a spreadsheet… or a seventeen-page application form with six optional addendum sheets, they are in heaven. Although Christy is one of those people, the amount of Read more…
Today, we put our adoption application paperwork in the mail to officially start the adoption process! This was an exciting step – we had to sign all sorts of agreements and our first agency fee is included too! 😬