Home Study Visit #1

On Friday we had our first home study visit.  It had been a process of emails and paperwork to finally get to the point of meeting our social worker, Bekah, in our home.  It was roughly a three hour meeting where we did everything from check smoke detectors to ask how Paul and I fight :)  Because we are crazy excited to get the ball rolling, we had a stack of paperwork ready when she got here and we UNLOADED on her!  She loved our enthusiasm.  Usually she would have been telling us what stuff needs to be started and worked on but most everything we could have possibly done, was already completed.   There are a few more items for us to complete and turn in at our next visit.  We are also in the process of completing our 10 hour online adoption training.  One of the many educational requirements.  

Bekah was absolutely wonderful! She was very easy to talk to and made even the more awkward questions seemingly comfortable.  You would be shocked at the many details they ask you about.  It almost makes you wonder what questions are left to ask, but apparently there are some because we have three more visits to go through.  We are planning our second/third meeting (we are combining the two meetings to keep the process moving) for possibly two weeks from now.  We hope to have all of our educational training completed by then.  

The girls were both here during Bekah's visit.  She assured us that she understands little interruptions as she has three boys of her own.  The girls got to show Bekah around the house and tell her where everyone sleeps :) Pop brought the boys home after school so she could meet the entire crew.  The boys got to answer a few minor questions and then they were set free to play games since it was Friday after all!  Overall, I think the meeting went really well and we are just one step closer today than we were.