J & S

WE ARE ADOPTING!!!

We are so happy and excited to finally be telling the world about what is going on in our life! We are in the process of adopting a newborn baby domestically (from the United States). So far, this process has been a whirlwind of excitement, filling out paperwork, and completing home study tasks. We have completed everything we can for the home study process and are now just waiting on the final copy so we can start applying to agencies.

How the adoption process is working for us so far (we are not experts this is just what has happened so far and how the process "typically goes". Every situation is different so our story will be unique and exciting as it unfolds!)

1. Christian Adoption Consultant: On December 1st, 2016, we signed up with Christian Adoption Consultants. We hired a consultant because they help you navigate through the entire process. Our consultant is wonderful and she helps us pick agencies, fill out paper work, make our profile book, and support and encourage us along the way.

Home Study Day!

2. The Home Study: This is a requirement for adopting. Our consultant matched us with a wonderful social worker in Washington that did our home study for us. When we initially called her on December 1st she happened to have a cancelation on the 3rd! It was so crazy, but we said yes. We had our initial visit where the social worker inspects our house and does extensive interviews of both of us. After the visit we had tons and tons of paperwork to submit for the home study, and we also had to get fingerprints, background checks, doctors letters, etc. to finish the process. **We just got an email today from our social worker that we should receive the final copy of our home study this week!!**

Mailing in Paperwork!

3. Applying to Agencies: Because we have a consultant we are not working with one specific adoption agencies. We are doing a multi-agency approach meaning our consultant helps us apply with multiple agencies.

Once we apply to agencies, we will be able to see situations and then eventually will be matched with an expectant mother. Once the baby is ready to be born we will travel to the birth state to meet our baby! We will then stay in that state for about two weeks to finalize some legal things and then we will be able to bring baby Trygg home!

We will continue to update everyone as we progress in the process!