Update

It has been awhile since I've written anything. I actually got a little overwhelmed by everyday task (work, adoption paperwork, house repairs, did I mention work). Anyhoo, on the adoption front, we finally have a draft of our homestudy. (Yipee!!) We have a 2 more pieces of paperwork to turn in, and hopefully our social worker can finalize it before our I600A application expires at the end of the month (talk about pressure). I mean I really don't want to pay another $700 to do that thing again. I'll let you know how it turns out.

We received our criminal clearances form the state and our gold seal letter for adoption from the FBI. (Something required in Maryland)  Now oddly, this FBI clearance won't count for our dossier. We will have to be fingerprinted yet again (that makes 4) for the official FBI clearance letter. You think these folks could work together to get some national fingerprint database. Or at least make one for us PAP's (potential adoptive parents) so we don't drive ourselves crazy getting fingerprinted every couple weeks. 

Once we receive our homestudy, I am hoping gladney approval will be right around the corner. I'm trying to complete all of our paperwork before July 25. (We will see how that goes).

(Sidebar) : If anyone is interested, I was recently informed by my social worker of an opportunity to adopt an African American infant to be born within the next 2 weeks. Baby will be born in Texas, and PAP's should have a completed homestudy.  Email me if interested, and I can forward the information to my social worker.