First Home Study Appointment

Today we had our first home study appointment.

We drove out to the social worker's office and spent 2 hours talking. We discussed how we came to adoption, talked about our lives and upbringings, and discussed the MOUNTAINS of paperwork we need to get done in the next couple of weeks.

The social worker seems to be a lovely lady; we are both very comfortable with her. I think we're lucky to have her working with us. She's familiar with our agency and has experience facilitating Russian adoptions.

Driving home in the car we were both in awe of the fact that we are in this now. It feels so surreal. We are finally on the path to bring home our child.

So, the paperwork is a little overwhelming in volume, but we're still thrilled to be doing it. As Adam said on the way home, it's wonderful to be filling out paperwork that will actually lead somewhere. We know we are doing something that will finally lead to parenthood.

So the paperwork starts!