Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Home Study Paperwork Submitted!

I've gotten a lot of questions about the progress of our adoption and I am happy to report that we have officially submitted all of our home study paperwork to our adoption agency today!

We were (im)patiently waiting on Nick's doctor to get us his form for his physical and he finally got it in hand! So, that is all (finally!) being E-mailed to the agency for review and then we will be able to set up our home study with our social worker! I didn't anticipate the giddiness I would feel getting to finally push send on that E-mail. Finally, some real progress!

In the meantime, we're making great strides collecting all of the paperwork for our dossier (massive amount of paperwork for China) and should hopefully be able to submit that on or around my 30th birthday next month...eeek!

It feels good to finally be able to see some tangible progress in the mess of paperwork! Especially since some sweet friends of ours are currently in China adopting their sweet baby girl. We are so incredibly excited for them and seek out their updates. Eventually it will be our turn!

We're still thankfully at the point where all of the unknowns (gender, age, travel dates) are exciting. We know that God knows exactly who our child is and it is not a point of stress. Although, it is starting to become more real and we are excited (Eli, in particular, is wanting us to go get this kid sooner rather than later)!

Keep praying friends, for our sweet child and family, for continued efficiency moving forward, for patience with the progress and for trust in God, since He already knows all of the details!


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