Adoption Update

Well, Cameron had his interview Friday. It went really well. I couldn't believe it when he was done in an hour and forty-five minutes! But then...I told them it would go fast, Cameron's family is pretty normal. lol. Our social worker said she was planning on approving us. Yay! She was really impressed with our ideas for parenting and discipline. She liked that we had thought it out so much and she liked our approach. That was comforting. So the next step is to finish her report on us. She has been writing as we went so she said it shouldn't be too long. Two weeks at the most. Then we'll proof the report to make sure the factual stuff is right. Then she sends it to her boss who approves it and then it goes to the county. Then the county will sent up an appointment to do the actual home inspection for safety and stuff. After that, we are actually done!!!! Wohooo! It will probably be another 4-6 weeks, but that's not bad!

So now Cameron and I are going to get focused on getting the house ready for the inspection. The list is HUGE! It is a little intimidating but, we'll take it one step at a time. I have a friend with a 2yr old, so after we're done, I'll let him loose and see if anything needs to be moved. lol!

CUbs vs. Giants

Cubs/Giants game. We wiped the floor with 'em!
Can you believe how many Cubs fans there were?!?!? It was awesome!!


FUKUDOME!!!!

More Thriller

Cameron and Lorena Bobbit do the "Scissors" LOL!



The Zombies







This was projected on wall. Cool huh?

Thriller

Cam and I went to St. George last weekend to see my mom perform with Jean's Golden Girls, at Tuachan. It was a cute pre-show. The main show, Thriller, was AMAZING!!!! Before the performance, there were Zombies everywhere. It was cool.




Curtain Call









"Big and Chunky...Mom's got some junk in the trunk!

It's been a while...

I have had a lot to write about, but I just haven't felt like it. We had our first interview (homestudy process) a couple of weeks ago. It took 3 hours, we answered questions about our relationship, our relationship with our families, our intimate relationship, our goals, habits, etc, etc. We found out that after that, she has to do an interview with just me, then one with Cam, then she writes a huge report. She sends it to the county, then they come out and inspect the home for our foster license. My interview took over 4 hours! Oiy! I haven't talked about myself so much...ever! Cam's interview is this Friday.

After the first interview I was really frustrated. We didn't realize we had so much left in the process. Then the social worker seemed to be pushing hard for birth visits (visits with birth family...after adoption!), and trying to convince us to up our age limit. I was so frustrated I wanted to quit. So, I had Cam give me a blessing. The Lord told us to be strong and patient. He said we were on the right path, and to stick with our original specifications, one or two kids under 2 years old. HE also said we needed to be extremely careful, to fast and pray about each child presented to us. He said there were children who would bring disharmony and discord into our home. Cam and I both felt that we would have to...for lack of a better term...turn down, the first few kids they present to us. So the most important thing is to fast and pray and not be so anxious to be parents that we just at the first ones they tell us about.

We are trying very hard to prepare ourselves for it.

Cam's parents came to visit the weekend before last. They came to see Cam's orchestra concert, and as luck would have it, my group performed too. We had a lot of fun! The concerts went great. Plus Cam's dad served his mission in this area so it was really fun for him to visit the area. We took them to Fisherman's Warf, Cam's campus, and they got to see our new home. It was great!

My Friend, Victory, took some great headshots for me while we were up at the cabin.

Ok so...they aren't all headshots...but aren't they fun?!?!?

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Adoption update

Waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting.... Thats what adoption is all about! Still, I can't complain, its been a much faster process for us than others. We got a slew of new paperwork from the independant adoption agency the county works through. We had to fill out really long questionaires about our childhood, relationships with each other, parents, etc. There's more, but that was all she needed to put us on her shcedule. So I should get a call from her anyday to schedule our homestudy. We are kind of getting conflicting info though, Liliput apparently doesn't "liscence " the home, she won't be looking for baby proofing, saftey stuff, I guess she is more the one who ok's us as parents. Then the county's social worker will come out and liscence the home and finish up with us. THEN supposedly, we are done and we wait...but this time for babies! Cam and I also have to get a few more tests for our physicals, but other than that, we are almost done. :)