We Have An Agency Picked Out!!

Well, we went to our meeting at Coordinators 2 last Tuesday. It was very informative and we decided to use them for our adoption. We really liked the social worker who conducted the meeting. She was adopted as an infant and was a birth mother herself almost 25 years ago...having given her own son up for adoption. She was able to talk with us from both perspectives which was very interesting. There were about six other couples there, all either interested in adopting from the US or from China/Guatemala. Even after reading everything I have online, I learned a few new things myself. I know that Todd learned a lot, too. The next step for us is to submit our application. This includes basic information about us along with a list of references. We are now contacting those people we want to be references for us just to be sure it's okay with them. We are going to wait until after the first of the year to submit the application, however, because there is a $150 application fee (due when we submit the application) along with another $1800 for the home study fees and $1000 for what they call the post-placement supervision fees which will be due about 60 days following submitting our application. We need to be sure we will have that money when we need it before we submit an application. That's all the news from here! I hope this finds everyone well. And, thanks for visiting our site! God bless and have a Merry Christmas!