Fifth and LAST!

Tomorrow morning is our LAST post placement adoption visit! HALLELUJAH!!!

I can't tell you what a relief it will be when we close the door tomorrow as the social worker walks to her car for the last time! (She has been WONDERFUL! But I'm glad she doesn't have to check up on us anymore after tomorrow!)

The social worker who conducted our home study and post placement visits is a super sweet lady named Chelsey. She made us feel at ease during our initial home study visit back in November, which made post placements a piece of cake!

Here's how the vitists go!
Before each visit, I send a completed questionnaire to Chelsey. It's the same exact questions each time. How are you adjusting? What milestones has the baby hit? How is your marriage doing? What are your strengths/weaknesses? What is baby's routine? Length/weight? Etc.
The questionnaires help limit the time of the visits.

Chelsey arrives at 9:30 am on the scheduled day, and we all sit in the living room and chat. She just asks how we've been doing and oohs and ahhs over Caleb! (Because who can resist?!) We visit for about 10-20 minutes, and then we schedule the next visit and Chelsey leaves! However, tomorrow we won't be scheduling another visit! It will be our fifth and LAST post placement adoption visit!
After each visit, Chelsey compiles info from our questionnaire and what she witnesses in our home into a document, and then document is sent to our agency. In order to finalize an adoption in Texas, you must have 5 post placement visits within 6 months of placement.

After tomorrow's visit, the only thing standing in our way from finalization is time. We must have Caleb in our care for at least 6 months. 6 months will be up on August 15th, and we will FINALIZE on August 21, 2019! It's already scheduled, and we cannot wait! Soon our boy will share our last name! It will be sweetest day!