Home Again Home Again

We arrived back in Cleveland last night around seven and picked up

Mandy from Stephanie and Steve's. Thank you for watching our big puppy. The trip went well. We learned so much in the two six hour sessions. The agency is great and wants everyone to be informed before going through the entire process. All though everything that we heard wasn't completely positive, I am thankful for their honesty. Like Stephanie said last night, it probably helps eliminate couples who are not ready for adoption yet. Jeremy and I are still on board. We received the name and number of our home study social worker. I plan to call her Monday or Tuesday to set up our home study. Her name is Beth. Everyone that has been through a home study that I talked to says that after they look back, it wasn't bad at all. This is what I keep reminding myself of as we get closer to our visit. Beth (number 2) is our adoption social worker who will be helping us once we are matched with a birth mom. She was very kind and helpful. There are somethings to do before then. Tomorrow, Ryan and Angela are coming over for a pre-fire inspection. Tuesday, we have Infant CPR. We still have to get the baby basics class in some time soon. Our final fire inspection is the twenty-eighth of this month. The profile will need to be sent in, but overall, we're in good shape. Thank you to everyone for the pictures. More updates to come soon.

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Four days until our Columbus Trip!

100 Years Old

I just finished having cookies and tea with
a wonderful group of ladies. When I arrived
home and Jeremy was reminded of where
I was,he was thrown. He asked if I was 100.
Thinking more about it later I realized, maybe
I am. I really like knitting, reading, playing with
my cats, gardening,(wait there's more) puzzles,
cards and my nickname is Gertie(long story.)
What I'm getting to is this, I apologize for not
keeping everyone up to date. I've been
( I guess you could call it) busy over break.

So, here's the news.
I counted and we only have about 15 pages left of
paper work! We are scheduled next week for
Baby Basic 101. Bathing, feeding, changing, and
burping are all on the agenda. This is the only one
that annoys me. Jeremy and I both grew up with
kids around. And if we have a question, isn't that
what our moms are for. Anyway, we also have
Infant CPR and our Fire Inspection the week after
our Columbus trip. Ryan and Angela are coming over
first for a pre-fire inspection. Thanks guys.
Then we should be able to schedule our home study.
Alyson and Stephanie, don't forget you offered to come
over and paint the cave bathroom. Everyone else,
if you have any good pictures of Jeremy and I, we would
like to use them for our profile. The agency asked us to
send in pictures of us looking young and healthy. Any
shots of the above activities then should probably be put
on hold.

Much Love, Liz