It was quite an accomplishment to finally mail off the ginormous packet, so we gave ourselves a vacation! Well, to be honest, we actually planned the vacation back in December, but we so needed it! We spent 3 days in the beautiful Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
The morning after we got home I got a call from our social worker to set up our home study visit! She came to the house on Sunday afternoon and spent several hours getting to know us, but also giving some tips and encouragement. She's going to spend the next 1-2 weeks compiling our home study, and we actually won't see her again until after our baby is home with us! Exciting thought! Every time I think about the homecoming I get a little choked up.
So what's next? The wait. After the home study report is done our profile books will be sent to all of the prospective birth mothers. Then we wait for one to choose us. We've heard the waiting is the hardest part, and I have no doubt it will be. It is so exciting to wonder about our little one... boy or girl, what will he or she be like, what will he/she look like, what culture/ethnicity will we be incorporating into our family? It's so fun to wonder, but I can't wait to KNOW, to actually know our baby.
Keep us in your prayers, but also please lift up a prayer for the birth mothers (all of them) for strength and peace.
Our new profile book cover picture
Our baby's FINISHED dresser
