Our homestudy still isn't complete. We are still waiting for our Nebraska background check. We sent it off a month ago, and our homestudy agency still hasn't received it. Nebraska doesn't keep track of what they have received or sent, so we are going to have to send another request. Gabe has been gone for 2 weeks for his annual training (enjoying the northern part of the US with all the mosquitos and ticks) so I was just going to forge his signature. But it couldn't be that easy, right. Nebraska is one of the states that require a notary. So its a waiting game. I'm hoping that our background checks are just late and will come in this week. Thankfully, Nebraska is one of the states that didn't charge for the background check. So at least we aren't out any money, other than 2 postage stamps.
But we had our pictures taken, and they turned out really well. We were recommended to a couple that does photos by a friend at church. We chose to go with them because they are a christian couple who have adopted 5 kids, and are currently waiting to adopt their 6th! The first, they adopted with an agency out of Kansas City that we looked into. The remaining 5 have all been foster-adoptions and are sibling sets. It gave us a connection to them and I have really enjoyed getting to know Heidi. We are very similar in personalities and I am hoping to develop a good friendship with her.
While Gabe has been gone, I have finished up our birthmother letter and our website is up and running! I'm hoping things move along quickly, but I am very content with where we are now. We are working on our profile, but I'm not letting it stress me out. I'll work on it here and there, but not every day.
And I will leave you with some photos from our photo shoot. Didn't I marry a studly guy ;)
