Maybe Now Waiting

We were told that our profile may be shown as soon as the next expectant mother wants to look at profiles. That's pretty cool news! Now, we still may not be chosen for many, many months, but it is nice to know that we have moved to this next step :)

Please keep the future expectant mother of Pi in your prayers. We do not know who she is or what her situation may be, but I am sure she will have many struggles and things to deal with that I can't even fully imagine. Pray that God would be her comfort and He would bring her peace. Also, pray that she would find the support system she needs in family, friends, and even her church.

Thanks :-)

Thoughts

I've been thinking a lot lately about what we may need once Pi comes along. Assuming Pi comes while Factor is still a toddler, I think we may need a sit-n-stand type stroller. Does anyone out there have one? If so, which kind, and what are its pros and cons? I've been researching them for a while and wonder if One Step Ahead's version might be the best. I have it pasted on the left there. Here is the link, if any of you want to read about it : http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=6793&parentCategoryId=85184&categoryId=85219&subCategoryId=86216

A Bunch of Nothing

That is what I can offer as far as updates. A bunch of nothing. We are still not on the path to being approved yet. We still have not been billed. We are in the process of perfecting this skill called "waiting", and we are not technically waiting yet!

Still Slow

Got news today that things are still moving slowly. We continue to wait for our home study to be completed [written up and submitted by cw...no pressure, cw ;-) ] and for that bill to arrive...patiently.

Completely off topic, I just noticed that I posted on the 9th, 18th, and 27th. Yeah, I know. It must take a math person to notice and smile at something like that :)

Slow...

Updating everyone just to say that things are slowing down a bit. We are waiting to wait. We have to wait for stuff to be completed on our cw's end before we are put in the officially waiting to adopt pile. Apparently they bill us, rather than us paying as we reach a milestone (what we did with Factor). We have not yet been billed for the homestudy or the profile/approval, so I guess that tells us that we are that much farther from being approved. I don't think I have ever wanted to see a bill in the mail as much as I do those from our agency! What can you do? I know that we are not the only family that cw is working with, and he told us ahead of time that we would be around 10th on his list of families to work on, but I guess I was hoping that it wouldn't seem like time was moving so slowly. You have to understand that once you are approved, you could wait 18+ months to be matched with an expectant mother. So, if the wait is long to even get to the approval stage, imagine how much longer it could be once approved. If you see few updates on this blog, it is because I am trying not to be anxious, and, most likely, nothing has changed.

Profile In

Today I turned in 3 color copies of our profile. What does that mean? Well, it means that our end of the paperwork is almost done. All I have left to do is a one page summary/questionnaire that will be kept in the birthparent counselor's file. The b.p. counselor looks at the summary sheets to see if they match with any of her clients. If there is a match, the potential birthparent could then inquire about our profile. Make sense? The summary/questionnaire shouldn't take long, but I don't think I am going to do it today. Today is my birthday. Maybe I'll do it tomorrow :)

Home Study Done!

Whew! The home study is over! And, I am happy to say that our 2 year old Factor did fairly well. His stomach wasn't feeling well, he didn't sleep well the night before, but he proved to be very patient during our 2+ hour conversation with cw. Now, we have only to hand in our profile and send in our payments (apparently they now bill instead of us paying on the spot), and we are good to go. We have to wait until cw has written out his report before we will be able to send in the money, though. Hopefully that will be quick :)

I completed the profile last night, but still need to make copies of it. Also, there is a one page summary that I need to do. I don't recall what this consists of, so cw will have to send me info on it. All in all, it looks like our official wait for Pi may start this Spring (by Spring, I mean calendar days, not air temperature).