Home Study Report

Our home study was this past Saturday and Sunday. Since the social worker was driving from 3 hours away she fit what would normally have been 3 separate visits into 2 days. It went wonderful! I got completely nervous 5 minutes before she got here, But it didnt last long. She was a lovely sweet lady and we soon all felt relaxed.  She did a sort of orientation, did a home tour, talked with the children (which made them feel important. It was pretty cute. When She asked Derek what his favorite show is he said "White Collar". lol)
The next day she did the separate interviews with Steve and I. It was very similar to what we did with the psychologist. It's quite a feat listing all 10 siblings! Not the names but the ages! Thats when its a blessing to have a dictionary sister in the family. A quick call to Ruth who can rattle all the ages off, and do I want the years too she wonders?!
So yes, the home study was a breeze! She told us she doesn't think she has ever done someones home study this fast. Often it takes a couple months but we had so much of our paper work done already. It was a nice compliment!
The social worker said she should have the rough draft done within two weeks. After we review it for corrections she will set the date for the final visit and that closes the home study chapter!

Next on the list is completing the waiting child application. As soon as the agency has a draft of our home study then they will do a conference call with us to explain how the referral of a child will work. This is the part we are very anxious to get too :)

We are waiting to get the final results back from our psychology evaluation as well. We were really blessed how God led us to just the right person. After we have that document, the home study packet and one final document for our tax accountant to sign then .............THEN!.....our dossier will be complete and ready to send to China!!!

Sweet Kianna is on day 5 of being sick. We miss our busy little girl!! Derek's flu bug only lasted a day so not sure why her's is lingering. She's fully weaned so its hard seeing her with hardly any appetite.
Now tonight Steve came home from work feeling sick, which is very rare It better be a quickie, nothing feels right when the king of the house is out of commission!  What we all need is a good dose of warm sunshine and green grass! Please pretty please!!!