Meeting # 2

Well, we had our 2nd class last night for adoption and it went well. Last night's class was a lot different than the first one. The first was all warm and fuzzy and full of hope and this one was like a reality check. We learned about the new adoption credit on our taxes and then we heard from our social worker about a lot of the things that we have to do that aren't really fun. He talked to us a lot about financially preparing for our adoption and to make sure we plan to have more money than we expect, he talked about wait times, special needs adoptions, interstate adoptions, moving in the middle of the process (which he said won't really effect us because it's such a short time and we'll be coming back to the same house, so we don't need to transfer to the Utah office, unless we received a baby in 2 months which is very rare), home studies, bumps in the road, failed adoptions, openness with birth mothers...wow there was a ton of stuff they covered. All in all we felt good about it. We turned in a lot of our papers, we actually lost Jeff's physical form so we have to get a new one and we forgot to get a money order for our FBI background check so anyway after we turn that in we will be able to schedule our home visit and interviews and then the FBI check takes 8 wks to get back. So we won't actually be approved for adoption until the end of January. Lots to do and wait on, but it will be totally worth it in the end!!!