Well, we’ve had a few things happen in the past few
weeks so I figured I would share. We have officially changed agencies! Yay! I have talked to multiple people who have used the agency and just rave
about them- so I think that is a good sign!
I had mentioned that our homestudy needed updated. We
met with our new case worker and she is super sweet! She came over last week to
finish up some paperwork. We are waiting on just a few more things and our
homestudy will be completely transferred and updated. (We had to have a few
things updated which means more money -Things
like- medical statements from Urgent care, getting a fire inspection, and
getting BCI/FBI checks again. At least it will all be worth it- and hopefully
soon!!)
They asks for a whole book to show parents-
26 copies to be exact. (Catholic Charities asked for 3 copies of 4 pages of
scrapbooked pages). So I have spent a HUGE amount of time creating a soft cover
photo book. A woman in the adoption group I am part of was so sweet and
contacted me and told me about Clark Color who was running a Buy 1, Get 2 free
book deal so I scored my books for a great price. They arrived over the weekend
and minus the fact that I accidentally cut the top of Phil’s head off in a few
pictures (sorry babe!) they came out adorable. See picture below of the cover.
Anyway, I spent today getting all of our books
shipped out. Wow! I had no idea how much it would cost to ship things (I Had to
send the books to 9 different places). I also had to make a flyer about us that
can be sent out to potential birth parents when they call and ask for
information.
So that is pretty much it for now. Please please
please say some extra prayers this week that our books arrive to all of the
caseworkers and that we can begin to be shown to birth parents. Hooray for the
next leg of our journey!
Love, AManda
