Interviews in Fort Worth went great!

Well we just got back from Forth Worth from the interviews that are technically still a part of the home study. And I am thriled to say that Tifany and I both think that everything went GREAT! It was a great time to get to know our case worker even better, and she was so sweet. She talked to both of us from 1pm to 4:45pm, then she talked to Tiffany seperatly for 15 mins and then me for 15-20 mins. It just went just fine and even though we were a little worried, we knew that all we wanted to do is for her to just get to know who we really are.

We had a great trip getting to stay with family, and getting to visit The Gladney Center! We are just one more step closer to finding a little one to love! We are so excited!!!! And can not thank all of you enough for your prayers and thoghts while we were there!

So what's next?

Well, our case worker said that it usually takes 30 days for her to write up her recomendation based upon the home study (that includes the visit to our house, and the interviews) then she gives that recomendation to another person @ Gladney for thier approval, and then we will be "officially approved" for adoption! After we are "officially approved" we will need to take a few parenting classes online via Gladney's website and a few local classes at a local hospital for infant CPR training, etc... (Oh and 50% of the total amont of money will be required when we are officially approved!) That is crazy, but the good news is that we will be able to start filling out grant applications from different companies that give financial support to adoptive parents in the process! Then, we also get to start creating our "book" that is to some up evertthing Tiffany & D.G. And it is this book that will be given out tothe birth mothers and they choose us. And they may request to meet us in person (which would require us to fly to where ever the birth mother lives) and that would be great too, and of course it all depends on how far along in the pregnancy she is and several of ther factors. So, threre really is no point in asking anyone in the adoptin process how much more time it is going to take because that is just unknown unless you are nearing the final stpes, but a better question would be, "Where in the process are you?" (Just a little pointer for anyone asking questions for adopting parents in the process. :)

So, there is never any known time frame for the process, just the next step, and each step is different on the time frame, but Every step we take is a step closer and we are flat out beyond excited about getting closer and closer to loving a little one, birth mother, case worker, and anyne else that gets involved with us! ha ha..bring on the blessings!  :)

Thanks, as always, everyone for your support! We love each and every single one of you!

We are going to Ft. worth this Wednesday

Hello Friends,

We head to Ft. Worth this Wednesday for our interview with our case worker, Jessica on Thursday.  This is the final part of our home study.  Thank you all so much for your prayers and support.  We will let you know how the interview goes:  evidentally they will interview us together and separately.  We sent in our autobiographies and some of their interview will go deeper into these autobiographies. 

This whole process is really amazing.  Some ask if it is tough waiting and not knowing, but we actually are having such fun getting our home ready and letting them get to know us better.  It really does feel, like my aunt Shirley once told me, that we are expecting.  It's really nice. 

The home visit!!

Today we had our home visit!!!! It is so impossible to describe the mounting joy we feel just knowing we are getting so close. We rearranged the office and it really looks great!!!

We had a very nice case worker visit our home and basically interview us. She also 'interviewed' halo and he passed:)

Thank you all so much for your prayers and support. We have our office nterview at Edna January 21st! We love you guys and have just a blessed Christmas!

Our home visit is next week!!

We scheduled our home visit tonight for next Tuesday at 1pm!!! We are excited but also speechless! Thank you so much for your prayers and for joining us on this amazing adventure. It's tough to put into words how we feel-it's just incredible to know that each step takes us just that bit closer to finally meeting God's child for us.

Ready for home study and office interview

Hello friends! We have sent off all of our paperwork and money to move to our home study and the office interview at Gladney in Dallas! It is so exciting and tough to really soak it all in that we are one step closer!

They should be calling to set up our home study where they come to our home and interview us together and separately.

Then we have sent an email to our newly appointed case worker, Jessica, to see if January 20th is a possibility for our office interview at the Gladney center!

Thank you all for your prayers and support-we are just so blessed to be able to share this journey with you guys