Dave and I had our first of two joint meetings with our social worker on Tuesday, Jan. 14. She liked us and seemed to even think we might be good parents! Yay! It was a very enjoyable meeting where we talked about our backgrounds and how we met, etc. I love being reminded of how much I love Dave and what a complement to each other we are...

On Monday, Helene Nathanson, of Nathanson Adoption Services will visit our home and "interview" our girls. They are stoked to be able to show her around and tell her how excited they are for their new brother and sister to come live with us. I am very much in "nesting" mode, so I've got Brian Tenny, The Project Guy, over repainting our downstairs bathroom. Last week he stripped the 'lovely' metallic gold-green wallpaper off the walls. He has done a lot of great work for us, so if you're in Charlotte and need someone to work on your "Honey-Do List", then please give him a call and tell him that I sent you!

We have our final meeting with Helene on Tuesday, January 22nd. After that she will write up her report and send it to the Department of Social Services in Raleigh for expedited processing. We already have our fingerprint appointment from USCIS and the Dept. of Homeland Security on Tuesday, January 29 at 2:00. Then we are just in "collecting" mode:  waiting for our reference letters to come in from our friends and waiting for our medical clearance forms to come in from each of our doctors...

Once we have all these documents, our home study is officially done. We then need to gather forms for our Liberian dossier, which includes various Power-of-Attorney forms. The farther we go in this process, the more confirmed we are in our decision. Now, it's just a matter of time.