Not a match...

What a difference a day makes. We talked to the birth mother last Monday and because of various circumstances we decided to move on. We learned so much in 2 days. If we adopt out of state (she was from Texas) we need to hire a Texas Social Worker to meet with the birth mother and to give us information on her. We have a social worker here in IL and then we will have another one in the state the birth mother resides. And possibly an attorney in each state.....
We were very nervous to talk to the birth mother at first but we are so glad to have this experience because it will prepare us for our next contact.
God has already chosen our child... and I can't wait to meet him or her!!

We got the call!!

Sharon from Angel Adoption called me (Jessica) at work this morning saying that a birth mother saw our profile and wanted to talk to us. Her name is Karla and she is almost 4 months pregnant. I called her at 5:30 pm and we talked for about a half an hour- she a 30 year lady from Houston Texas. She is very nice and we are very excited that she wants to talk to us and we that she is considering us to raise her child.

Final meeting with our social worker!!

We had our final meeting with Stephanie our social worker. Stephanie has been very easy to talk to and helpful. A lot of people are scared of the home study process- but it has been very easy just a lot of waiting. We have our CPR class scheduled for the 10th and we will send that to Stephanie and we are still waiting for our background check to come back- that always takes the longest. Stephanie said we should be done with our study in 3 weeks. I told her I would call on November 27th to confirm:) Once our home study is completed then our profile will be released out on the Internet for potential birthmother's to find us. Is this exciting or what??

Halloween Weekend

Jess and I enjoyed my little cousin Jaron, who stayed with us over the weekend. He did something very sincere as he prayed for us during dinner time. He prayed that God would save all of his family. He prayed for God to bless me and Jessica. Then he prayed for God bring us a healthy baby...umm this is from a 9yr old.  I think God heard his prayer. Let see what happens. Then we can always tell Jaron, his prayer brought us the baby he prayed for.
Mark

Canceled Again....

Stephanie- our social worker canceled our meeting again. She wants to try and meet us this Saturday November 6th.... sigh....

We completed our training last week. We heard from a panel of Adoptive parents - they told their adoption stories and we were able to ask them questions. It will be so interesting to find out how our story will end. I'm just so excited to be a parent I just can't wait to see how this all unfolds.
Jessica