Adoption Update

Well, we made it through all the paperwork! It was long and arduous and at times frustrating with the sheer amount of personal information they need, but we made it! On thursday our caseworker came to do our homestudy interviews, which is the last step (of ours) in the process. I spent hours organizing and cleaning our house top to bottom (it's so nice for everything to be organized - I wish I could keep it going all the time!) We finally had some incentive to get a few projects done around the house that we'd been putting off. Everything went great! Seeing as we have done this before, we didn't have many questions or fears to be addressed, so it ended up taking much less time than we originally thought. Our caseworker Hannah told us that the paperwork would be mailed out the next day and that the courts will have it for a few weeks to a month... but then we'll be totally approved! Exciting! She also said we could start actively seeking leads since we are homestudy approved.

So do you know anyone who's in a crisis pregnancy? I know someone who would be interested in adopting their baby... :)

But seriously the way most adoptions happen are by someone who knows someone who's niece is expecting and might want to know more about adoption... etc. So please, if you hear of ANYTHING don't be afraid to mention adoption, LDS Family Services or our *drumroll* new adoption website I just finished:

www.waiting4anothermiracle.blogspot.com

If you have any feedback/changes/spelling errors/grammar errors I need to fix on there please let me know by email or facebook. Thanks!

So we are on our way!

Another thing I'm working on is "Project Family Photo". I had another "inspiration" moment while I was lying awake in bed a month or two ago thinking about how to get 'the word out' about us wanting to adopt and how to finance it (adoptions are expensive!) And it came to me that I should do family photos to help pay for it. Basically people could donate money and in return get a nice family photoshoot. The "big" idea would involve small flyers placed around town (in businesses, on bulletin boards, etc) about it... so it would give me the chance to get in contact with (hopefully) a lot of people, people I wouldn't normally meet and not just posting a want ad in the Nickelads... but it would still be advertising that we wanted to adopt but not blatantly... you never know who might see those flyers. I've also thought of doing a press release to send to the local newspapers and tv stations and contacting some local organizations too. We'll see how ambitious I get... it might only be the website... but it's good to aim high! :)

Here's the website link... I've just started it though... I'll post again when it's more finished...

www.familyphotos4adoption.blogspot.com

Gotta keep busy... it might be a long wait!