For the first time in months the ball is totally in their court. There are no profile books to create, no inspections to prepare for. We delivered the profile to them this morning. They confirmed that there is still a decent chance we could get matched with a birth mom who is due at the end of August. So now we just wait for them to call us and schedule a preliminary match meeting. They told us this morning that it is usually customary for the adoptive family to submit several profile books. Oops! Our caseworker is new to the agency and she didn't know to tell us that and neither of us remember that from training. We had already ordered a second book that we wanted to keep, but will go ahead and take up to the agency when it gets here next week. Then I ordered a third today that maybe we will get to keep??
It is a very odd feeling knowing that there is the possibility of a us having a newborn in the house in a couple of weeks, but not knowing a due date yet. And then with any adoption there is always the chance that it could fall through at the last minute. So sweet Jason is trying to let his clients and colleagues know that he may have to back out of some business trips later this month- whereas with Josh or Lillie we knew the due date 9 months in advance and he had his schedule cleared within 3 weeks of the due date. That part of paper pregnacy is just different. But I've been suprised by some of the parallels- I've still had fun playing the name game, we've been nesting like crazy, there is still a ton of anticipation and longing for the day to come.
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Hooray! I am thrilled for you guys. This part of the wait was the hardest for me. I can handle having things to do, feeling like I am working toward something, but when all the paper is done and the waiting starts....I learned exactly how impatient I really am.
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping the blog updated. I have enjoyed following along. We are praying for you guys!