Greetings blog fans and followers,
Nick has the controls for this post, so watch out!
Today Tarrah and I made the always exciting drive down to Macon for another meeting with our case worker. This was a monumental trip as the next time we make an adoption trip south will be to bring Zoie back home. We have made it through the 2 required classes regarding the agency and the 2 required meetings with our case worker. Now she just has to come and see us one more time; this time in our neck of the woods with the final home inspection. So we will be busy preparing the house for her July 19th visit. Lots to do! If you are dying to get out of the house and help someone out, we've got plenty of jobs to be crossed off our list. Don't be shy!
The meeting went really well. Some logistical items to start with and then the individual interviews. Who would have guessed that Tarrah and I would give almost identical responses to questions that we didn't know about ahead of time? Yeah, we're that good. Or that alike. One or the other. There's a reason why we're together! And we didn't throw the other one under the bus, so the drive home was tolerable and we actually spoke to one another. We had to ask at the end just to make sure that everything was on the level for us, and it is. She doesn't seem to have any questions or concerns for us as of right now. Woo hoo!!
One final reminder: You have exactly one week to purchase your tickets for the American Girl doll raffle. The winner gets to choose the doll of his/her choice, a $110 value! The winner will be selected on July 4th, so you still have time to enter. Tickets are $10 for 1, $20 for 2, $25 for 3. If you want more of that, just let us know and we'll hook you up!
Thank you all for joining us on this journey to bring Zoie home. Each of you plays a vital role in this process and we can't do it without you!
-Nick & Tarrah
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Quiet time
Good Afternoon!
I just noticed I have been quiet for a few weeks. Life has been busy as usual. We went to Hilton Head with the boys and had a great time on "bacation," as Kai calls it. We are now working on things around the house for when Tricia comes here on July 19.
On the adoption front nothing big is happening right now, we will meet with Tricia this Thursday for our 2nd interview with her. I will get to start working on the profile book after this meeting. I cannot wait to have that part done.
On the fundraising part, we are doing well, we have 37 entries in our American Girl Doll raffle. After that is done we will not do much for a while. Nick has gotten a second job to help us get out of our debt sooner and start saving more. In the fall a good friend of ours will be having family photoshoots for us. We will have a day or 2 we will have sign ups for you to have your family photos done here in Cherokee County. I do not know all the details yet, but will let you know as soon as I do.
Thank you everyone for the prayer and support, I pray that you are able to see the good, bad and wonderful aspects of Adoption. I pray some of you decide to grow your family in this way as well.
9 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE DRAWING!!!!!!!
TZ
I just noticed I have been quiet for a few weeks. Life has been busy as usual. We went to Hilton Head with the boys and had a great time on "bacation," as Kai calls it. We are now working on things around the house for when Tricia comes here on July 19.
On the adoption front nothing big is happening right now, we will meet with Tricia this Thursday for our 2nd interview with her. I will get to start working on the profile book after this meeting. I cannot wait to have that part done.
On the fundraising part, we are doing well, we have 37 entries in our American Girl Doll raffle. After that is done we will not do much for a while. Nick has gotten a second job to help us get out of our debt sooner and start saving more. In the fall a good friend of ours will be having family photoshoots for us. We will have a day or 2 we will have sign ups for you to have your family photos done here in Cherokee County. I do not know all the details yet, but will let you know as soon as I do.
Thank you everyone for the prayer and support, I pray that you are able to see the good, bad and wonderful aspects of Adoption. I pray some of you decide to grow your family in this way as well.
9 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE DRAWING!!!!!!!
TZ
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Home study interview #1
Yesterday we were able to meet with our Social Worker, Tricia, for our first home study interview. We got up at 6:15 am and left the house by 7:15 to make sure we arrived in Macon in plenty of time. Our appointment was for 10:30 and if you know Atlanta traffic one day that can take an hour and a half the next the same trip can take 3 hours. We were blessed and highly favored and it took us less than 2 hours. Since we had so much time to kill we were able to get some shopping for Malakai's birthday party done.
We made it to the agency in plenty of time and were quickly greeted with a very pleasant lady. Since we were early Tricia was not quite ready for us but we didn't wait too long. We sat with her and went over the paperwork we had already submitted and she made us very comfortable. I really had no idea what to expect so it was nice how relaxing it was. We were able to get answers to some of the questions we had and left feeling very confident!
We now have our next 2 appointments set up with Tricia, one more in Macon on June 29th and then she comes for our home visit on July 19th. From then we wait about 6-8 weeks for her to write up our homestudy. That means by middle of September we will be waiting to be chosen from a birthmother. I am really looking forward to that point, but nervous at the same time since I do not wait very well:-)
Don't forget about our American Girl Doll raffle! We don't have many entries right now, so your chances are very good! Winner will be chosen July4th!
Love to you all!
Tarrah
We made it to the agency in plenty of time and were quickly greeted with a very pleasant lady. Since we were early Tricia was not quite ready for us but we didn't wait too long. We sat with her and went over the paperwork we had already submitted and she made us very comfortable. I really had no idea what to expect so it was nice how relaxing it was. We were able to get answers to some of the questions we had and left feeling very confident!
We now have our next 2 appointments set up with Tricia, one more in Macon on June 29th and then she comes for our home visit on July 19th. From then we wait about 6-8 weeks for her to write up our homestudy. That means by middle of September we will be waiting to be chosen from a birthmother. I am really looking forward to that point, but nervous at the same time since I do not wait very well:-)
Don't forget about our American Girl Doll raffle! We don't have many entries right now, so your chances are very good! Winner will be chosen July4th!
Love to you all!
Tarrah
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