For an adoption support group meeting. We are still really early in the adoption process, so I'm not even sure what we'll get out of the meeting. I guess I'm worried that everyone there will have already adopted and this will be more of a "parenting an adopted child" thing. But, it might be a good place to ask some other people about their experiences, so I'm trying to keep an open mind.
I dropped off the bulk of our application paperwork (along with a substantial check) at our agency last week. I haven't heard from them, but I'm not sure that's anything to worry about. I suppose when they are ready to schedule interviews and what-not, they will find us. Best case scenario for us would probably be a late-March or early-April homestudy approval and then we begin waiting from there.
I meet with our attorney on Monday to start working on our profile that the birthmothers will look at. I have absolutely no idea what this thing will look like for us. We saw a handful of other profiles at the agency and I couldn't get over how many pictures they had in them of family and friends. Ed and I are close to our families and have a lot of friends, but we're not picture-takers by nature and don't have this type of stuff. I know what I want to say in the profile, but I hope I can cobble together enough pictures to make it look decent. At this point, our profile will mostly look like a vacation album since that's all we really have for pictures. Oh well, I guess we'll deal with that later.
So, that's where we're at this week. I had lunch with a friend I've known since childhood today and it was so great to see her! She was recently made partner in her law firm; I'm so proud of all she has accomplished. Plus, I got to try a restaurant I'd never been to before and it was really tasty. All in all a good day!
