Another project done

Today was the day. Our homestudy visit. It went very well to say the least. Of course, the week leading up to this visit can best be described as hectic. However, this morning went off without a hitch. Our social worker arrived and after giving her a brief tour of the house (my incredibly clean house thanks to an evening of frantic cleaning), we sat and chatted for about 2 hours or so. It all went very well and now we feel that we are finally getting somewhere. So, here's how the process goes from here.
1. Our homestudy gets written by our in state agency
2. Our homestudy gets sent to Children's Hope for approval
3. Our homestudy gets sent to the State Dept. of Homeland security for approval and state certification
4. Once we receive the "Golden Ticket", the I171H, we submit our completed dossier to Children's Hope
5. They submit our dossier to the Federal Government
6. Our dossier is in Ethiopia and we are officially "paper pregnant"

Wow, I'm worn out just thinking about all of that. The good news is though, that we've done all that we can do and are just waiting on the State, our in-state agency, and Children's Hope to do the rest. So, bottom line is, we're getting closer but not quite there yet.

We have a crazy weekend ahead full of social gatherings and soccer. We'll keep you posted!!!