Home Visit

So, after tons of facebook messages, texts, and phone calls, I decided to start a blog to keep everyone informed. :-)

Just wanted to let you all know that our home visit part of our home study was today and it was quick and easy. She basically took a 10 second tour (not exaggerating) of our house and then sat down and talked with us for about 30 minutes. Very informal and very easy. We still have paperwork to finish and background checks to complete, but once we get that done, she will type up our home study and we will be done with this part of our journey.

As of right now, the opportunity to adopt the baby girl is pretty much a no go. The birth mom knows that we are still interested and that we are here if she decides differently, but at this point, she's decided to keep the baby. Dave and I are at peace with this and we are very thankful to know before we got lawyers involved.

Right now, we're just getting the home study done, we might try some fertility stuff, and then look into adoption more if that doesn't work. The home study lady will pass information to us if a baby "become available" after our home study has gone through. We'll also have the opportunity to send information to lawyers and agencies, if we wish, and that could open doors. Right now, we're not sure where God is leading us, but we're open to starting our family however God sees fit.

As the home study lady said today, "With adoption, it's not if you get a baby, it's when." Thanks for all of your prayers.