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| Snuggling with Sophie, his teething giraffe. |
We’re coming up on the one year anniversary of my home study
being complete, and also its expiration date. I never in a million years
guessed I’d be sitting here with a nearly 5-month old to mark the occasion!
Earlier this year, I started mapping out a plan B in case I
wasn’t matched with a baby before my home study expired. I would have had a lot of
tough decisions to make: Should I pay $400 to have my home study renewed with
the agency I don’t really like? Should I start from scratch and pay $1,600 in
fees to switch to another agency? Should I reconsider foster care? I still had
a roommate at the time, so that would have involved asking her to leave. And regardless
of my choice, I would have had to redo my health physical, criminal and
background checks, financial assessment, etc.
Depending on how much interest there had been in my profile,
I was already brainstorming new Facebook ads, a possible overhaul of my parent
profile and new ways to network. (That must be the marketer in me, constantly
planning ahead in case one campaign is a flop.)
Thankfully, I never had to work through any of that, and I don’t
need a current home study to finalize the adoption. We have just one post-placement visit left, then it's nothing but court dates and finalization - hopefully on National Adoption Day. So looking forward to it!
It's so wonderful that you have your sweet baby boy in your arms and you can just be grateful that you don't have to deal with all those decisions,and the related finances. That would be so cool if his adoption was finalized on National Adoption Day!
ReplyDeletePeople that have never gone down the adoption route have no idea just how much paperwork is involved (and redoing paperwork again and again). Adoption is not easy by any means. I'm so excited for to be nearly done with the entire process!
ReplyDeletehooray!
ReplyDeleteI definitely didn't know how much paperwork was involved.
Congratulations!