Really I did not know I enjoyed it so much. I spent 11 years in the military and don't think I have ever filled out so much paperwork all at once. I have been used to filling out SF-86's every few years for work, but this kind of paperwork is everything you need for that and a few other things.
I do not even know my little girl, she may not even be born yet, she may have been born weeks or even months ago or she may be born today. (I am hearing this adoption process takes 2-3 years and children are 2-3 years old when brought home.) I am praying every day for you and you will be home with your forever family soon. God has already picked you out and I know he is taking care of you until we can bring you home.
September 8th - First initial intake interview with Karen from Lutheran Social Services. She gave us about an inch of forms we need to fill out prior to our 1st of 4 required visits for our homestudy. This was the day of the massive floodings in Fairfax/Prince William county. We actually had to walk through a small muddy parking lot into the LSS office. I had picked up Chris from work, so he was wearing his new dress shoes, I dropped him off at the door so they would not get ruined.. Luckily I wear flip-flops ALL the time so did not really mind about my feet getting muddy. Our commute home took nearly 3 1/2 hours, this was primarily because of all the rain, Tyson' Corner normal commute traffic, road closures and metro construction around that area.
September 9th - Got my fingerprints for the homestudy done at work.
September 10th - Started filling out forms needed for the homestudy. I also spoke to some of my friends we had asked if they would write referral letters for us and they received their letters in the mail today.
September 12th, 2011
I scheduled my medical physical (9-23-11)
September 11th, 2011 - This was a day of rememberance for our nation. My current children do not remember the world prior to 9-11-01. I never realized until Christopher came home from school on Friday (September 9th) and said he just found out in school was 9-11 really was. I spent some time explaining exactly to him where he was that day and what happened. On Saturday (September 10th) Chris watched a movie with Christopher about the 9/11 attacks.
9/11/01
Christopher was 3 1/2 months old and I had just became a stay at home mom (after he was born) to him and his two older sisters (Angel was 11 and Jaymi was 8). Christopher and I were at our first WIC appointment at the Charles county office near LaPlata MD. (I still think it is sad that a military veteran of 16 years with a family of 5 qualified for the government WIC program and reduced lunches.) That day was spent trying to find where Christopher's dad (my then husband) was at and watching the news. The phones were all jammed and I could not contact anyone. Bret (Christopher's dad) finally emailed me he was OK and to tell me he would be home in a few hours, but had to go to the Pentagon for "clean-up" later that night.
I do not even know my little girl, she may not even be born yet, she may have been born weeks or even months ago or she may be born today. (I am hearing this adoption process takes 2-3 years and children are 2-3 years old when brought home.) I am praying every day for you and you will be home with your forever family soon. God has already picked you out and I know he is taking care of you until we can bring you home.
September 8th - First initial intake interview with Karen from Lutheran Social Services. She gave us about an inch of forms we need to fill out prior to our 1st of 4 required visits for our homestudy. This was the day of the massive floodings in Fairfax/Prince William county. We actually had to walk through a small muddy parking lot into the LSS office. I had picked up Chris from work, so he was wearing his new dress shoes, I dropped him off at the door so they would not get ruined.. Luckily I wear flip-flops ALL the time so did not really mind about my feet getting muddy. Our commute home took nearly 3 1/2 hours, this was primarily because of all the rain, Tyson' Corner normal commute traffic, road closures and metro construction around that area.
September 9th - Got my fingerprints for the homestudy done at work.
September 10th - Started filling out forms needed for the homestudy. I also spoke to some of my friends we had asked if they would write referral letters for us and they received their letters in the mail today.
September 12th, 2011
I scheduled my medical physical (9-23-11)
September 11th, 2011 - This was a day of rememberance for our nation. My current children do not remember the world prior to 9-11-01. I never realized until Christopher came home from school on Friday (September 9th) and said he just found out in school was 9-11 really was. I spent some time explaining exactly to him where he was that day and what happened. On Saturday (September 10th) Chris watched a movie with Christopher about the 9/11 attacks.
9/11/01
Christopher was 3 1/2 months old and I had just became a stay at home mom (after he was born) to him and his two older sisters (Angel was 11 and Jaymi was 8). Christopher and I were at our first WIC appointment at the Charles county office near LaPlata MD. (I still think it is sad that a military veteran of 16 years with a family of 5 qualified for the government WIC program and reduced lunches.) That day was spent trying to find where Christopher's dad (my then husband) was at and watching the news. The phones were all jammed and I could not contact anyone. Bret (Christopher's dad) finally emailed me he was OK and to tell me he would be home in a few hours, but had to go to the Pentagon for "clean-up" later that night.
2 comments:
Don't we all just love the SF-86. :) I actually found mine to be useful in filling out the homestudy paperwork because I had all my past addresses in one place. :) Kinda nice, really. My understanding is that the kids are more around 1 1/2 when they come home. And you will be better able to estimate the wait once the dossier is done. I think ours will be just under 2 years when all is said and done. :) I hope.
Good Luck with the process! I know it is a long wait, but so so worth it in the end. And you forget the waiting time the moment you will have the baby in your arms!!
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