I want to keep a good record on your blog of everything we do to get you here. In the past few weeks I've poured over blogs of other children like you that were brought home to their families and it has been an invaluable tool for us. It helped us know everything that will be involved and showed us we can do it too. Maybe some day your blog will help do that for someone else, and another child will be rescued because of you.
Today Bryn and I drove to Ogden to turn in the application to the Home Study agency and pay for that and the post-placement reports that they will do after you come home. Your country requires 5 post-placement reports; 30 days, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years & 3 years. Bryn was very patient for the long drive, she is doing her part in bringing you home. Kaelyn got to spend the afternoon napping at daddy's work.
Tomorrow is our home study. A social worker will come to our home to meet us, ask us lots of questions and check out our house. He wants to make sure we are a good family for you and that we will take good care of you. We are also getting medical physicals done tomorrow to make sure we are healthy and strong.
In the meantime we will be sending in the documents to get our background check. We just remembered that dad needs to get a Social Security Card because his was stolen. (Scary, I know, that's why they tell you not to have them in your wallet). He is going turn in his application for that first thing Wednesday morning. The background check can take up to a month to get back, so we need to get it sent in as soon as possible.
I'll let you know how the homestudy & physicals go tomorrow.
Love Mommy
When we did our home study I was so nervous. Remember, it's not a white glove test. A little dust is fine :) But remember, the smoke detector under the towels in the closet because you haven't replaced the batteries - not so good ;) or the chainsaw in the garage on the bottom shelf - not so good either ;) We still passed - I'm sure you will too! Good luck!
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