When when when?

A lot of folks have been asking, "So, when will you actually get The Kid?"

So, here's the deal on that...there is still a LOT that has to happen before we become Plus One...

• I still need to get fingerprinted by our local police department (the only hours in which to take care of this task...Thursdays 10:00-noon and 1:00-2:30)
  
• we're waiting on the letter from the bank stating that we can afford The Kid
  
• I have yet to request a letter from my workplace
• we're waiting on letters of reference from friends
• also still waiting on an FBI clearance confirming that we are not terrorists or members of the Most Wanted list
  
• Chris and I need to submit all of our paperwork - once received - to social worker M
• social worker M needs to write up her report (the Home Study) stating that we are fit to be parents
• we need to submit our application to the adoption law firm
• after applying to the law firm then we need to write our profile materials
• profile then needs to be prepared by law firm folks and posted on the law firm website for viewing
  
• then we need to wait while profile is viewed by women considering placement via adoption
• hopefully we'll then be selected by a woman considering placement via adoption who proves to be a good "match" with us
• then there is the waiting until the baby is born
• then there is waiting to see if the mother will decide to parent her child instead of place her for adoption - and if that happens then we back up two steps and wait again

It may sound like we're moving fast on the adoption - and we are - but there is still a lot left to go.

So...if, as Chris has indicated on his blog, there are 150 steps in this adoption...we're on about Step #96.

Patience, my friends. Patience.

(OK, anyone who knows me will think that last line is pretty funny.)