Home Study Final Application:

Otherwise Known As

"While We Wait to Hear that The Child is On Hold."

(It hasn't really been a long wait, as per usual adoption process standards,

 but it has been a tortuously quiet wait. Which makes us nervous. )

Here's where we are in the Final Application process.

 When we check all these boxes, 

we can mail it in to the home study agency 

and they will check it over 

and assign us a worker to complete the in person visits and home check.

 I'm giddy.

I had hoped that we would have all these documents ready by this Friday.

We found out Yesterday that there is one document 

that we will need to wait for (possibly) WEEKS on.

That has allowed us to step back and take a breath,

knowing that no matter how quickly we do the rest, 

we will still be waiting on that one document.

Knowing that we are going to be waiting anyway,

we are trying to plan and schedule the remaining items

because funds are considerably tight.

Did ya'll know that they charge to take a passport photo? 

I didn't. 

I never thought it would be close to 25 bucks a piece, either.
Or that passport applications cost $135 just to process?

Or that it's $27 (in Alabama) to get 3 copies of a single birth certificate?

We had to get 3 copies for 3 people.

At least they only charged full price for the first copy of each one.

 Each additional copy was just $6. Each.

Charlie's state charged him full price for all 3 of his copies.

It was nearly $80 just for his birth certificates.

Our Yard Sale funds are depleting quickly.

We have 8 (and a half, Charlie's Autobiography) documents to finish up.

Two fundraising events going on this weekend.

The Yard Sale

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 

this week.

And the Craft Sale at Heritage Park

Saturday.

We have had SO many items donated to the yard sale, 

Now we need shoppers!

Grandma and I have been working diligently on our crafts.

(She's made a LOT more crafts than I have.)

(And they're beautiful.)

(Just saying.)

And we should know how we did at the Kids Mart sometime next week.

I'm not holing my breath but

every little bit helps.

This afternoon, Magdalena was gazing into the marble jar looking very thoughtful.

"Mom, can I put a marble in there? Please?

So I told her I'd ask Ya'll.

For the rest of this week, 

Any amount donated through our Chip In account

I'll take a picture of Magda dropping the marbles into the jar

and share the pictures here. =)

$10 for a marble.

Make a little girl's day.

Help a little boy come home.

=)