Friday, January 6, 2012
Approved
We got a call on Tuesday 1/3 that our homestudy was approved :). Now we are just waiting for a caseworker to be assigned. Mood: Optimistic
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Long over due update
In September we decided it would be best for us to change agencies so....we did. Our case was closed with our old agency on 9/20 and then we quickly started the process to get re-licensed. We completed a few agency specific classes, did our FBI finger prints again and filled out the paperwork. The bright side was that we didn't have to do PRIDE again :).
We had our first home study visit on 11/8, our second HS visit on 11/10 and hopefully our final one will be this Friday 11/18.
The total hours spent with the contractor so far is 5.5 hours....but thankfully she has made us feel SO comfortable to talk to. We have had the BEST experience with this agency so far so regardless the outcome, we know we made the right decision.
The big differences between before and now is that we have a lot more standards to follow since we are getting licensed to Foster to Adopt but the advantage to that is that we will have many more opportunities coming our way.
On another note...I was recommended a book by a friend entitled "The Kid" by Dan Savage. I've read the reviews and it sounds like something I'd become obsessed about! I must put this on my "books to read" list!
We had our first home study visit on 11/8, our second HS visit on 11/10 and hopefully our final one will be this Friday 11/18.
The total hours spent with the contractor so far is 5.5 hours....but thankfully she has made us feel SO comfortable to talk to. We have had the BEST experience with this agency so far so regardless the outcome, we know we made the right decision.
The big differences between before and now is that we have a lot more standards to follow since we are getting licensed to Foster to Adopt but the advantage to that is that we will have many more opportunities coming our way.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Rough Week
We attended a match meeting this week......which didn't have not one possible match for us.
It gets kind of frustrating. The whole process is frustrating. I would consider myself a people person and someone who is easy to talk to. But everytime I attend one of these events I feel very guarded. I have no idea why! People always tell me I need to "sell" myself so I stand out so the other caseworkers remember me. I think that is just SUCH a crazy thing to do in this situation. I see other people do it.....and I just can't.
I don't ever think it will get easier and I am okay with that. Okay as in.....I get it. But it doesn't mean it will be any easier. It's an emotional roller coaster. And it won't ever stop being that until our adoption is final.
I LIVE for that day.
Inquiry update: we have been rejected on every inquiry I blogged about. As of right now we have no pending inquiries.
This week I did some email networking and sent a family profile I made to the caseworkers I had contact info on. It's a page long summary with a bunch of pictures of everyone in our immediate family. I did get one response....."you have a beautiful family!".
It was a bandaid to my heart :)
I think this post is different from all my others. I typically don't try to get in to all the emotional details on the blog but....that's what it's for right???? I just wanna be sad when I wanna be sad. Be pissed when I wanna be pissed.....and be happy when I can be happy. Fact is....I'm trying to adopt. So....I'm allowed to be able to feel different emotions and not feel bad about it. Right now: my mood is - going with the flow :).
It gets kind of frustrating. The whole process is frustrating. I would consider myself a people person and someone who is easy to talk to. But everytime I attend one of these events I feel very guarded. I have no idea why! People always tell me I need to "sell" myself so I stand out so the other caseworkers remember me. I think that is just SUCH a crazy thing to do in this situation. I see other people do it.....and I just can't.
I don't ever think it will get easier and I am okay with that. Okay as in.....I get it. But it doesn't mean it will be any easier. It's an emotional roller coaster. And it won't ever stop being that until our adoption is final.
I LIVE for that day.
Inquiry update: we have been rejected on every inquiry I blogged about. As of right now we have no pending inquiries.
This week I did some email networking and sent a family profile I made to the caseworkers I had contact info on. It's a page long summary with a bunch of pictures of everyone in our immediate family. I did get one response....."you have a beautiful family!".
It was a bandaid to my heart :)
I think this post is different from all my others. I typically don't try to get in to all the emotional details on the blog but....that's what it's for right???? I just wanna be sad when I wanna be sad. Be pissed when I wanna be pissed.....and be happy when I can be happy. Fact is....I'm trying to adopt. So....I'm allowed to be able to feel different emotions and not feel bad about it. Right now: my mood is - going with the flow :).
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Not selected
We weren't selected for the legal risk placement and we also weren't selected for a girl we inquired about last month.
I was looking over old emails and we still have a few inquiries that we have not received updates on.
We're attending our 3rd match meeting on the 31st of this month.
Oh! And we are doing respite care for A and P from July 22nd through the 30th :) - I wish I could just keep them as my own. :-/
I was looking over old emails and we still have a few inquiries that we have not received updates on.
We're attending our 3rd match meeting on the 31st of this month.
Oh! And we are doing respite care for A and P from July 22nd through the 30th :) - I wish I could just keep them as my own. :-/
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Friday, May 6, 2011
First Legal Risk Broadcast
So we received our first broadcast today!! 2 yr old "J". From the information I received I can see he had a hard first couple of years. But he seems to be improving in several areas. :) I'm kinda excited about this one. He has a court date set in the 4th quarter. The goal of cps is to have the parental rights terminated since the family has had no visitation. Fingers crossed!
Today we confirmed with the respite coordinator that we will look after "A" and "P" for a whole week in July. I can't wait to see them again!! I hope they remember me :-/
Today we confirmed with the respite coordinator that we will look after "A" and "P" for a whole week in July. I can't wait to see them again!! I hope they remember me :-/
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
More paperwork
Well.....we finally heard back. Our cw's supervisor gave her preliminary approval for the license change; pending some paperwork we need to sign. Everything was scanned over to them just now and she has confirmed that it was received. Now we wait (again) for the supervisors signature.
If anyone ever tells me to "be patient" - I may slap them :-D
If anyone ever tells me to "be patient" - I may slap them :-D
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