The Nitty Gritty

THANK YOU, Thank You, thank you! The love and support we've felt the past week has been unbelievable and encouraging.

With sharing our new journey, comes lots of questions.  Here are some of the questions we've recently been asked.  Please don’t hesitate to ask more!

Domestic or International? Domestic—Our agency that we chose actually only does adoptions in Texas.  So one day we will adopt a Native Texan J

Age?  Infant

What all goes into the application?  Honestly, when I first looked at it I felt sick and stressed.  Now that we have gotten a huge chunk completed, it’s not so bad. Here are most of the items that go into the application, although I may have missed a few:

·        A copy of each from everyone in your household- driver’s license, social security card, passport, birth certificate, insurance card, paycheck stub

·        Vaccination records for animals

·        Most recent tax return

·        Floor plan of house with dimensions

·        Sketch of outdoor area

·        Physical examinations

·        Cpr/first aid certified

·        Autobiographies written by us (for some reason I am nervous about writing this)

·        LOTS of questions about our beliefs, our life as a couple and individually

·        A breakdown of our finances

·        References

·        Profile books-This is a photo album/scrapbook.  It's shown to birth parents so they can get a glimpse into our life and an idea of who we are.