Another Step...

With each passing day the reality that we are going to be parents sinks in a little more. Sometimes it is overwhelming, but it is exciting. This evening we had our first meeting with a lady from the agency that will do our home study. It got a little overwhelming as the pile of papers she handed us grew larger and larger. As much as I typically enjoy paperwork I think this will give me a run for me money. After being given a stack of papers and forms and then two very large binders full of what I'm sure is useful information I was holding a pile of stuff nearly a foot tall. There are so many forms to fill out and everything has to be done in a certain span of time, so after the meeting we went to Target to buy a dry erase board to keep track of things and it will be a good place to write down questions that we want to ask so we don't forget them. We also made our second trip to the post office tonight. We mailed in our adoption agreement and a few other papers and the first of many checks that we'll be writing. We thought that buying a house involved a lot of paperwork...we had no idea!