I am very happy to report that I turned in our adoption application today! The mister finally finished up his autobiography last night after much prodding and nagging from me. Way too much nagging. He too had a really hard time with the now infamous question #27.
So just before noon I hand delivered a thick packet of contract stuff, autobiographies, copies of finger print paperwork and a check.
I'm going to start hunting down other things like birth certificates and financial records that I know we'll need. We should get assigned to a social worker and have our first meeting set up in a week or two.
One loose end is I still need to ask one friend if she'll be a reference. I've tried to ask, honest I have, but so far the closest I've gotten is a nice long conversation with her husband about movies (he had a couple of great recommendations) and a game of voice mail tag. Cross your fingers that I get to ask her before she reads it here first.
I'm also adding a new category called Take A Ride on the A Train for all adoption related stuff. Bebe is working hard to get me on the A Train. I think we're kind of in a similar spot to Beagle: not fully committed yet but getting all our paperwork done and ducks in a row. We'll probably still do a round or two of donor embies but who knows when my thyroid will cooperate and if our donor situation will work out.
It feels so good to be working towards something.
That is wonderful!!!! Congratulations!!!!!
Posted by: baggage | Wednesday, 31 January 2007 at 19:29
Yay!! Doesn't it feel good to turn it in! Hop aboard the A Train!
My husband has yet to START his self-study. I just may kill him.
Also- for some odd reason, we have discovered that my MIL has a copy of my husband's birth certificate!
Posted by: Louise | Thursday, 01 February 2007 at 08:06
Ha ha ha! No such luck! I just sent you an email. I've been sick and going to bed ridiculously early! And then I wake up at 3 am. Oy vey. In any case, of course! I will try and call you this afternoon. I have just not been up for talking, since I sound like hell, but I'm sure you will forgive me.
Posted by: Red Headed Momma | Thursday, 01 February 2007 at 08:30
Congratulations!! This is really, really wonderful news.
Posted by: Suz | Thursday, 01 February 2007 at 09:21
I'm figuring on doing my hubby's autob. for him or it will never get done. I am stuck on the references. I've just realized with a jolt that we have no, that is zero, non-relatives that know both of us AND have seen us relate to kids. Now that's not the exact criteria the agnecy is asking for, but I think it would help if someone, anyone, could say they've actually seen us within 10 feet of a small person.
The thing is, infertiles avoid babies, (OK, maybe it's only me) we don't make playdates with toddlers. The only kids I've played with in the last four years are related to me. And I usually cried on the way home from those visits, fun as they were they were painful too.
Shit, I haven't even started the application and already feel like I'm hitting a roadblock!
Can nothing be easy?
Congrats on getting yours done. HUGE. I am IMPRESSED!
Posted by: beagle | Thursday, 01 February 2007 at 12:55
Fantastic news!
I didn't blog about it - but Mr. S and I did the same thing last year ...
Posted by: Sparkle | Thursday, 01 February 2007 at 15:09
You are gonna be riding that train, sweetie!
Posted by: Pamplemousse | Friday, 02 February 2007 at 08:36
Ooh! Stacks of paper AND stacks of meds! Doesn't it make your head spin?
Posted by: Lut C. | Friday, 02 February 2007 at 11:21
YEAH!!!!! Congrats on finishing one of the biggest steps.
Posted by: HoldingPattern | Friday, 02 February 2007 at 17:30