Well we attended our informational meeting yesterday in Matthews. We have been quite busy this week with preparations for adoption! On Tuesday we went downtown Raleigh and got our fingerprints and criminal background checks done. Then while we were out and about, we decided to get the physicals completed and out of the way.
It ended up being a long day, but we were able to get a lot of really big items finished. On Thursday we headed to Matthews for the CAS informational meeting. We are so glad that we went! It was very informative and got us really excited and motivated.
This morning, Cathy went to the bank to get the last of our mandatory documents and then she dropped off our formal application packet at the post office! It's in the mail and out of our hands at this point. We're praying that everything moves smoothly and all works out as it's meant to.
Last weekend we created a registry on amazon.com. Feel free to go on and start buying us things for our nursery (lol). We picked a frog theme because it's gender neutral and Cathy has a special love of frogs and we have an abundance of frog-themed items from her classroom that can go into the room when the baby gets older.
We will be sending out cards for the registry as soon as we're finished with the home study.
Speaking of the home study... that's the next step in the process. We should hear from someone at CAS in the next two weeks (just before Christmas) and they will assign us a case worker and then we'll make appointments for them to meet with us together, us separately, and then at our house. Then when that's done, we go back to Matthews and meet with Doris (she and her husband Jim are the co-founders of CAS) and then we give her our book and get put on their website and go onto the waiting list!
It's exciting and stressful all at the same time. We don't know how long/soon it will be before we get a baby. It could be a few months, could be more than a year. So we're going to try and get the nursery ready and get items now so that when we do get a baby-- we're ready to roll.
Cathy has been referring the the baby as "Tadpole Walker" because we have a frog theme and it's a baby (like a baby frog). So... when will our little tadpole arrive??? We'll definitely keep you posted! In the meantime, keep us in your prayers!!
Can you believe it's two weeks until Christmas??? Cathy's parents are supposed to be coming down for a week and we're eagerly anticipating their arrival. It's been so long since we saw them... it'll be so nice to see them and maybe even take a trip to the beach!!
Ho! Ho! Ho!
The Walkers
It ended up being a long day, but we were able to get a lot of really big items finished. On Thursday we headed to Matthews for the CAS informational meeting. We are so glad that we went! It was very informative and got us really excited and motivated.
This morning, Cathy went to the bank to get the last of our mandatory documents and then she dropped off our formal application packet at the post office! It's in the mail and out of our hands at this point. We're praying that everything moves smoothly and all works out as it's meant to.
Last weekend we created a registry on amazon.com. Feel free to go on and start buying us things for our nursery (lol). We picked a frog theme because it's gender neutral and Cathy has a special love of frogs and we have an abundance of frog-themed items from her classroom that can go into the room when the baby gets older.
We will be sending out cards for the registry as soon as we're finished with the home study.
Speaking of the home study... that's the next step in the process. We should hear from someone at CAS in the next two weeks (just before Christmas) and they will assign us a case worker and then we'll make appointments for them to meet with us together, us separately, and then at our house. Then when that's done, we go back to Matthews and meet with Doris (she and her husband Jim are the co-founders of CAS) and then we give her our book and get put on their website and go onto the waiting list!
It's exciting and stressful all at the same time. We don't know how long/soon it will be before we get a baby. It could be a few months, could be more than a year. So we're going to try and get the nursery ready and get items now so that when we do get a baby-- we're ready to roll.
Cathy has been referring the the baby as "Tadpole Walker" because we have a frog theme and it's a baby (like a baby frog). So... when will our little tadpole arrive??? We'll definitely keep you posted! In the meantime, keep us in your prayers!!
Can you believe it's two weeks until Christmas??? Cathy's parents are supposed to be coming down for a week and we're eagerly anticipating their arrival. It's been so long since we saw them... it'll be so nice to see them and maybe even take a trip to the beach!!
Ho! Ho! Ho!
The Walkers
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