First Visit!!!

Hey! Well, we got a call yesterday from our case worker, Vickie. She was calling to set up our first meeting. We scheduled it for November 7, which is next Friday...also Marks birthday! She explained that the first meeting was about hour and half too two hours long. She only comes to the house on the third meeting. The first meeting will be a joint meeting with both Mark and I.

She will meet with us in a conference room here at Elon. We are nervous and excited at the same time. She told us that the interviews will be very in depth and that they can be stressful. But, that we should be fine. We are anxious to get this started. After our meeting we will write another post to let everyone know how it went. Have a great week everyone!

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

Well, I know some of you are visiting the site often looking for new news. This is a slow process and it is a lot of waiting. But, we did get an e-mail from our case worker today! She received all of our paperwork yesterday and she will be contacting us early next week to schedule our first visit.

How exciting!!!! We are very anxious to get this ball rolling. So, thank you to all of you who visit the site often and for being patient with us. We promise to post news as we hear it. We love and miss all of you!

Hope everyone enjoys the weekend. We will write soon!

Home Study Bound!

We received an e-mail yesterday from the adoption agency stating that they were just waiting on 1 more reference letter and once it was received that we would be assigned a caseworker. WOW! We are getting closer. The home study date will be determined when we are assigned a case worker. We are anxious to get this process started since this is the first "big" step to getting all of this underway.

We hope all of you are doing well, and when we are assigned our caseworker we will post again! Have a great weekend!

Adoption Update!

Hello everyone! We received a letter yesterday from CAS telling us that they received our paperwork. They mailed letters to our references requesting letters from them with some information about Mark and I. They told us that once they receive all of the letters that we would be assigned a social worker and then the home study process would begin. Once it was started we would be looking at 6-8 weeks before completion.

So, the next step is really waiting. We will wait to be contacted by a social worker to set up our home study. As we hear more information we will let you know.

Mark and I want to give a special thank you to our family members who have helped us with every aspect of this adoption process. Without a loving family like ours, this would not be possible. Each of you has a special place in our hearts and our lives and we will forever be grateful for all you have done. Mark and I could not travel along this journey without our family, and we just want to say thank you and we love you!