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School Is Out

April — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:16:33 +0000

This is the part where the waiting might get really old, fast. I have been finished with school for a few weeks now. April will probably finish tomorrow. We will then both have no homework to occupy our nights, so we’re already wondering what to do.

We have thought about volunteering at the temple, going on more hikes, and getting part time jobs, but who knows what we’ll do. Right now I’m not terribly motivated to work at night, though it would be a good way to save up for the adoption. We could try out new hobbies, or something along those lines.

I’m sure April will want some time to just relax, as I’ve been doing for a couple weeks. Then I guess we’ll see what happens. In the meantime, we’re waiting on our August numbers, which we hope will take us down into the thirties on both lists. We’ve only had two sets of numbers so far, and they were so close together that we couldn’t really gauge how fast this will go. I think the timeline the agency gave us sounds about right (8-12 months).

So I guess it’s back to waiting…….

Status Update

April — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:10:04 +0000

Everyone says that the beginning stages of the adoption process are frustrating. We have tried to submit everything in a timely manner. I knew that if we didn’t drag our feet, we would get through the process much quicker. Now I see where the frustration comes for everyone. At this point we have done everything we can. We are just waiting on other people. We are currently waiting on the results of our background check. I just left a message with our social worker to see if it came to her yet. I’m pretty sure she has everything else (physician’s clearance and three letters of reference). I’m hoping the background check comes soon. I want to get the homestudy done!

First Post Ever

April — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:47:37 +0000

Well we’ve decided to join the world of blogging. The main purpose of the blog right now will be to document the process of adoption. We recently selected the agency and have contacted the social worker who will conduct our home study. Nate and I worked on some of the paperwork over the break and hope to get the process rolling asap. Today I will be submitting our background check documents (which we had to do twice since we used black ink the first time).

Other than that we are doing really well. We recently finished our fourth semester of school and have two more to go. We both enjoy learning and are happy we chose to go back to school, but we admit that we’ll be glad when it’ all over. We have enjoyed the holidays. We spent Thanksgiving with the Hoopers in Blairsden, CA (thus the sign) and spent Christmas with the Blairs. We’ve enjoyed spending time with family.