Homestudy Paperwork Is In!!!

*huuuuge sigh of relief*

We handed in our paperwork, after a wonderful two-hour talk with Jennifer about cross-racial parenting and families (She's an expert--not only a social worker and an adoption educator but a Caucasian mom of two African-American teens!) She seemed quite pleased with our perspectives and thoughts. Ken also thought she simply enjoyed talking with us. He was definitely humorous at times!

Sooo... now we wait for our social worker to compile our stuff, send us a copy to review, and then the agency people decide if they want to take us on and put us in the "baby pool." All signs indicate we're likely to be accepted, but it's still just a bit unnerving, waiting for approval. That and we need to start getting together a "dear birthparent" letter (telling a potential birthmom and dad about us and why we want to adopt a baby) and a scrapbook of our lives. This will be one of the most important "projects" of our lives--choosing phrases and pictures to express who we are and what sort of parents we would be, with the intention of convincing someone to choose us to be their biological child's "forever family."