ON THE LIST!! And a few updates!

Sheesh, it was a lot of work to get to this point, but we're here! I feel like we're still in a period of limbo, through.

The past few days have been a whirlwind. What I have already learned through this journey is that things can change as any moment! In my last post, I shared that our home study was complete, which was a HUGE relief! However, I also shared some hiccups with our confirmation of funds that we needed to submit in order to be added to the agency's list of waiting families. I started that day feeling excited, and by the time I left school, I was so discouraged. We had to figure out $10,000 either in cash or through a loan ASAP.

Well, I got home from school, and my sweet husband was preparing to go work an overtime job. He told me he had just finished applying for another loan, one that is specifically for adoption. Within about 15 minutes, we received an email saying we had been pre approved for a $30,000 loan through this company! (As I've said in numerous post, we are not actually PAYING anything yet. We just had to show that we have access to the full amount of funds.)

Now that we had more than enough funds to show via bank statements and loan pre approval letters, I emailed the sweet woman from the agency. I forwarded everything to her. This was about 4:50 pm, and knowing the agency would still be open for about 10 more minutes, I called! I just needed to know they received my email! (I've officially gone crazy!) The sweet lady was wonderful and said she would add us to the waiting families list THAT NIGHT! I could have screamed with excitement!

Since then, I found out we needed to make one small change to our profile book. (After we already paid for it! Ah!) Another woman from the agency emailed me with a form to fill out MORE information that will be included on the agency's website for expectant mothers to view. I got busy working on all of these things!

The work is unending it seems. There is always something. Make a profile book. Change the profile book. Collect documents upon documents. Clean like crazy people for home visit. Send more info. Interview. Fundraise. Send more info. Send more info. Send more info. Apply for grants, which require...you guessed it! MORE INFO! I may be losing my mind. I may be drained in every sense of the word. I may have gone cross eyed from the amount of time I've spent reading and researching online. It will all be more than worth it, though! When we hold a sweet baby, it will all be worth it!