Home Study Visits
We've had two meetings with the social worker for the Home Study. The first one was Kelsey and me together. Then Bob met with her alone. Kelsey will go next followed by the home visit. At the first meeting Sharon sort of intimidated us. She was all business and didn't try to make us comfortable, nor did she allay any trepidation we may have been feeling. Instead, she scrunched her nose at a couple of answers.
Bob's visit was much better. Sharon just spent an hour running down his life story. Where did you live in grade school?...When did you move to Boston?...Did you play sports?...etc.
Refs, Tests, and Texts
We have received our reference letters from friends! Everyone was so kind and thoughtful. It's a special blessing to us to experience the unusual opportunity to have close friends write down why they think you are so great.
We had our physical exams last week. We are both relatively healthy. Now we have to wait on the blood work and for both doctors to have their reports notarized at the clinic. It seems like it will be a small miracle if that actually happens without any trouble.
Finally, we have been raiding the library for books on adoption. Bob has already read three books and typed up his notes...over achiever. Kelsey has been looking through the baby name books. It's sort of weird, our daughter will have been given a Chinese name. Then, we will arbitrarily change it to a Western name. It starts to get into the thoughts around what it means to adopt a child from another culture. This is what many of the books discuss at length. For a really cool baby name web site check out: Name Voyager. Type in a name and it will chart its popularity over the last 100 years!
