1st home study tom.

The sw called us the day she received our packet (which was the day after sending it). She LM saying she wanted to discuss the next step with us. This was a Tues. She said to call her on Thurs. I called, we spoke and she said they were delighted to receive our application and we scheduled our 1st home study for Tuesday 7-22-08 at 4 pm. Wow!

I am not sure how long the home studies will take (total of 5)1 initial meeting together, 1 with each of us separately, another together and the final one at our home. I guess we'll find out tom. when our next one will be.
We have our first class on Monday 7-28-08 at 7:30 pm.

I finally feel the dis pare of all these difficult months starting to fall behind us. I feel like I am almost normal...Although DH and I may not be able to sit back and say, hey lets start a family and get pregnant (something that I feel hurt and sadness about, something that feels like it has been taken away from us) we can say, lets adopt a baby and will.

We pray that we are accepted and hopefully waiting some time in the early fall.

We both have our physical appt. in the very beg. of Sept. I am hoping that all our visits are done before then and that those appt. end up being all we need to wait for for our final approval.
I can't imagine not being approved...I would see no reason for us not to be.

Therefore I am allowing myself to get excited. I finally feel like a "normal" woman who is planning on expecting some time in the near future (though our miracle will most likely be from adoption). I feel like I can think ahead, look to the positives and stop saying maybe some day we will be parents, maybe some day we'll have a baby. I can't wait to be approved so we can say we are going to be parents, we are going to have a baby. I will be so happy and relieved once this happens and then we will wait till we are chosen, but in the mean time we can register for a shower (like a normal mom and dad to be) and plan for our little ones arrival...what a great day that will be!

Please continue to pray with us that this process goes smoothly and quickly! Thank you to all for your support you give to us. We love you all!