Let the adoption process begin!

For those that don't know, Matthew and I are pursuing the adoption of a domestic born infant to add to our family or a new flower in our garden patch. We are very excited. We wanted to start this blog to keep our friends and family updated on the progress of our wonderful journey.

Matthew and I have finally completed our miles of paperwork for our adoption and are ready to begin the journey!  A social worker will be assigned to us shortly now that we have our paperwork all submitted.  We are working with the agency Christian Adoption Services out of Matthews, NC.  Ironically, the directors of the agency went to University of Maine Orono just like I did!  You can visit them at http://www.christianadopt.org/   they also have a blog with all of the babies they have placed (which I check daily!) showing they are pretty active--placing approximately a baby a week.  We just can't wait for our family to be posted on their blog!  Their blog is http://www.christianadoptionservices.blogspot.com/

There may be a lot of "nothing" for a while---but I will try and pepper it with adoption facts, info, etc along the way. The homestudy process takes approximately 2 months to complete. Then the REAL journey begins!  It isn't til after the Homestudy is complete and we are approved as "fit potential parents" until we are presented to mothers who have decided to pursue an adoption plan for their child.

So strap yourselves in, tighten your seatbelts and join us for the ride!