Hello! It’s been quite the last couple of months for us. We are going to catch you up quickly and then share a few pieces of fun news. May and June were both very busy months for each of us at work, and therefore it has been hard to find time to work on our required adoption education. However, we just started that time together again in these last few days, reading through our books and working through those requirements....
This week we got an email stating that our home study is being pushed back to sometime this summer. As you can imagine, we are a bit disappointed by this news. Originally, our home study was estimated to happen in April, with a potential for it being slightly sooner or slightly later. When we got this week’s email, we were surprised to see it delayed so far out. This will put us at about 9-10 months, rather than the originally estimated 6 months....
Hey all, We were emailed by New Life (our adoption agency) a few weeks ago and they let us know that we are fourth in line in our wait for a home study. This means that our home study will most likely begin in April of 2024. This was what we expected from the start, so we are thankful! As with all points in the adoption timeline, this is a loose estimate....
We’ve known for years that adoption would be the route for building our family. This last March (2023) we took the first step by taking state requested foster and adoption classes to become certified. These were extremely helpful, and helped us decide between foster to adopt and infant adoption. We were, and still are, open to both avenues, but ultimately decided that infant adoption was the route for us at this time....
Hello! Thank you for joining us on our adoption journey. On this blog, we will be posting a few things on a regular basis: Prayer Requests: This can be a long process requiring a lot of patience and flexibility. We are working with a wonderful agency that is helping us navigate each step, but every adoption process is unique, and we won’t always know what to expect until we are experiencing it....