Well about 5 weeks of almost no adoption rleated activity happened since the last post, followed by one good week of action. During the "break", Jerrod started a new job and the boys started 4th and 6th grades. Also we did start working on our references and a scrapbook of pictures to describe our family to our future daughter.
This week things really started going again. I think the main reason we were "stuck" was finding a local agency to do our homestudy. Since our adoption agency is located in St. Louis, MO, they are not licensed to do home studies in Iowa. They recommended a local Iowa agency, but we had never heard of them and it just didn't feel right, so we had not signed up with them. This week we researched a few local agencies and the only one that responded was Children and Families of Iowa. It seemed like a long shot for them to handle international adoptions, but they are already working with families adopting from Colombia. We've been big fans and supporters of theirs for many years, so we get constant marketing material from them. They feel familar and right, so we are hopefully back on track to focus on getting through the mountain of required paperwork.
It has occurred to me that when we selected Children and Familes of Iowa to do our homestudy that the idea of loving children that are not biological related to you is something both Jerrod and I grew up with. Jerrod's parents have done an amazing job of combining "his" and "hers" kids into "ours" with equal love and support. I think their family is pretty awesome. I grew up with an adopted cousin, but he never seemed any different to me than his brothers and sisters (OK, they are a unique family, but he fit right in!). So thanks to our familes for your love, support and example!
By the end of next week, I hope to report back at least a few more items checked off the list. Hopefully saying that here will hold us to it!
Thanks for following our journey.
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