After 9 weeks of classes, a First Aid and CPR class, and a water safety class (gotta love having a neighbourhood pool) we are very nearly certified to have foster kiddies!
All we are waiting for now is our caseworker to finishing typing up our home study and we should be good to go!
We started our foster/adopt classes in June, and were told that after the classes ended we would probably get a caseworker within a month or so. Hubby and I were very efficient it seems. We got all of the paperwork complete and fingerprints done and sent in before our first class. Halfway through the module we got a call from a caseworker that had been assigned to us! We were elated, we didn't expect things to move along so quickly! A home study and interviews were conducted before we had even taken the last module!
So what now? Now we wait....
Patience has never been a strong virtue of mine, but after trying to get pregnant for 15 years waiting for a few months/year or whatever, will seem like a walk in the park.
Also we had been pretty broad with the children that we would 'accept' (that sounds so awful to me, but that is the term that our agency uses). The agency try to place kiddies as close race/ethnicity wise as they can. I am Indian, Spanish and English, my hubby is fair hair and blue eyes, so that gives us a pretty broad spectrum to start with. We also said we would take siblings, maybe upto 3 siblings (my hubby is kinda stuck on two, but said he would go on a case by case basis), upto age 6. The only thing we did specify is that we want girls. I have a stepson from my first marriage who is nearly 24 (wow, where did all of that time go??) who I keep in regular contact with, and DH has twin 14 year old boys. I am severely out-numbered here, we need more estrogen in this house ;-) The twins are very excited to have a sister as they have two young brothers back home at their mums house, and have already started with the 'protective older brother' routine- we aren't even properly ready and certified for kids, and yet that had to take their role seriously already!
I didn't want to do too much to prepare a bedroom because a) How many little ones will there be? b) how old will she/they be? That makes the finishing decorating touches difficult!
We have a bed. We bought a day bed as the chances of adopting a baby are very slim, and I didn't want a crib in the house reminding me of all the times I prayed for a baby and it just never happened... We bought paint for the room, but until we find out how many girls we can't paint as we have one room that is perfect for one girl- or two, but the other one has ample room for two and could even fit three. I bought bed covers, and a cute fleece blanket today, I had to buy something while we wait, and it was the only thing that I could think of that wouldn't really change too much with the age of the little one. I did buy one cute dress last week, it was on sale and it's for a 4 year old. If it's no good for us I am sure that someone else from our class could make good use of it! So many cute clothes, and no idea of an age.
This is the time that I have to learn to have patience, I just wish I knew for how long :)
