Done with our 2nd class!!!

We are officially done with our Adoption classes. WOOHOO!! our next step is to turn in our official application packet, and I am VERY happy to report that we will be doing so on the 17th!! We have two things left on our checklist: our fingerprinting, and Lee's doctor's report. Both of which will happen on the 17th! Once we turn in our packet the agency will send our references (you know who you are) the reference questionnaire and once those are returned we will begin our visits with our social worker. I haven't really thought about it, but YIKES I better start getting my house all nice and neat! After those three visits our social worker writes up our report to send to the courts/judge for approval. Hopefully by July we will be certified and be on the waiting list to be matched with our little one!!! It is kind of surreal to think there is a possibility that we will have our baby before we would if I were to get pregnant right now. There is also the reality that we could be waiting for several years (although most people in our agency wait less than a year). In the meantime I am allowing myself to look at this time as our pregnancy and therefore letting myself get excited at the definite reality of one day having my child in my arms. Well I better get going... our next project is working on our profile letter and our scrapbook to present to birthmothers! and oh yeah... cleaning the house!