Home Study

Some of our clearances came in finally, so we were able to have Melissa (our social worker) at our house for our first visit last week. It was pretty basic. She just asked a lot of questions regarding our desire to adopt and ultimately, did we know what we were getting ourselved into! The visit lasted about an hour and we have two more this week. One, she will briefly talk with the kids. We did come out of it a little bummed as she gave us a better idea of a timeline at this point. The next visits are over the next two weeks, and then as long as the remainder of the clearances have come in by then, she will begin writing up the 15 page report. This could take a couple weeks since she has a huge load right now. And, Colorado then has to approve it which could take another couple weeks. UGGGH. I knew there was going to be a lot of waiting, but this is the worst case scenario as far as the timeline for a home study. It can take 1-3 months and I really thought with my deligence in getting all the paperwork back within a couple of days we would be close to 4-6 weeks. Looks like more like 3 months.