Paperwork!

This is Laura again!
We are knee deep in paperwork - as expected! We have a list of 8 major documents that we have to pull together and then have notarized and then have authenicated. Eight may not sound like many, but each one seems to be a several step process. So far it is going well though. One thing that has been great is that Chris and I are working really well as a team! We each have a different set of strengths to bring to the table and they are complementing each other! I have appreciated how much Chris has been involved!

One of the steps is a completed Home Study. We had our first meeting with a social worker last week and it went well. Next week, Chris and I will have separate meeting with her and then in a few more weeks, she will come to the house. Hopefully the "dossier" (all the paperwork) will be completed somtime in May.

It has been fun to share our news with friends and family, everyone has been so supportive. David understands a little bit about what is going on. I showed him where Guatemala was on the globe and so he got a match box car out and "drove" the baby from Guatemala to Michigan! It was really sweet.

I have spent a lot of time online learning about both Guatemala and adoption - what an amazing resource the internet is! Our agency (CWA) also has an online board where we can communicate with others that are also adopting with CWA from Guatemala.
That's about all that's going on right now! We are excited, yet are preparing ourselves for lots of waiting!