Well, our part of the home study is complete.  Now it is up to the social worker to type it up and for all of our references to send in their papers.  We got the house all ready.  Filled in the pond.  Got lazy and hired someone to cut and clean up the yards.  First day social worker arrived.  Very nice lady.  Spent a few hours with my husband alone doing his personal interview.  Then, we did our joint interview.  Next day,  I did my personal interview and she did a walk through the house.  She looked in every bedroom to see if they had a working fire detector.  Checked for fire extinguisher in the kitchen.  Checked to see were we kept our medications.  Asked to see our cars and maintenance records.  Never looked in the backyard after all that work to cover pond.  She asked if we have any water hazards and I sad no and that was that.  $1000.00 check as she was gone.  They will bill us for mileage for her travel. 

I started on our Profile book, dear birthmother letter, profile web video and autobiography.  This has been a lot of work.  It is hard to write and talk about yourself so much.  We went back to the doctor to finish up result from blood work for our physicals.  WOW I am tired.  Now just waiting for her to let us know if we are approved.  I printed my profile book with Snapfish just waiting for it to come in the mail.  My husband has to write his autobiography and we will be done with that step. 

Then the next step is to wait.  I think this part is going to be harder on our family and friends than us.  My mother is asking if she can buy baby furniture and things already.  I keep telling everyone NO it not time yet.  They do not understand the wait could be years.  I tell them this and the next comments is maybe you will have a baby by Christmas.  Only by the grace of God.  Maybe by next Christmas.  I had a nursery set up years ago when we were going through infertility treatments and I could not stand to have it all just sitting there.  So this time we will buy it when we need it.  We requested a child 0-12 months so buying things for an infant may not be needed.  I am a very planned and organized person so this is a real test of faith for me.  By the way, our insurance company paid for all of our blood test required for homestudy I was very surprise.  We will wait to see if they covered to doctors visit.  Next they want $2,000.00 for advertising and administrative fees.  More to come as things move forward.