Well me made it back from Kansas City, and overall I think we had a successful trip. I guess if you want to get specific we didn't really go to Kansas City, we went to Overland Park, Kansas which is a suburb or Kansas City. Here are some good things that happened. We got to spend time with our friends Jon and Amber who live in Fayetteville. I hadn't even realized that Fayetteville was on the way to Kansas City until Amber pointed it out, but we really appreciated them for letting us stay there. Thanks to a Red Lobster gift card we had gotten from my parents, we ate lunch at Red Lobster before going to the adoption agency. Yum! We got a lot of good information from the adoption agency, got a lot of questions answered, and are one step further in our process.
However, as successful at the trip was, Nate and I both got very overwhelmed at the meeting when we found out everything we would have to get finished before we could even be considered by a birthmother. Here is the LONG list we have to complete, in no particular order. Keep checking back, I will be crossing things off as we get them completed.
-fill out the application for adoption including 5 references
-Get Affidavits notarized
-contact a social worker about a home study
-get fingerprinted for a criminal background check
-get child maltreatment forms notarized and submitted
-get a physical done
-get a TB test done
-Write a Letter to Birthparents
-Write an autobiography about each of our backgrounds
-Create SIX-TEN copies of a photo booklet (the book is just about completed, but I didn't know we would have to have so many copies of it!)
-Fill out a Profile of the Adoptive Family
-Read Dear Birthmother and fill out a book report on it
-Read The Open Adoption Experience and fill out a book report on it
-Read another book about adoption and fill out a book report on it
-Fill out a questionnaire about our preferred level of openness
-Fill out a profile of the child we would consider adopting
-Fill out a budget
-Get our bank to fill out a reference letter
-Fill out a financial statement
-Copy our driver's licenses, social security cards, and birth certificates
Pray this doesn't get too overwhelming, and we are able to complete all these steps quickly.
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Please let us help with whatever we can! I will do the book reports for you, unless that's against the rules. Glad you're back safe!
Wow... that's a big list! But at least you have a concrete plan to follow. That alone is probably a weight lifted. Praying for you (and waiting to run out of coffee so I can order some for Brian from your site!)
Wow, what a list! We would love to help in any way we can. Glad you got some questions answered!
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