A Very Full & Fun Day

Yesterday was a full and very fun day. I started my day at an Elmo party for Mr. Birthday #1 who was turning two! We all wore read and there was Elmo everything. Bubbles were also very big at this party. :) Unfortunately, Dan had to miss this party because he was teaching one of his Saturday Physics classes.



Dan & I then met up with our Social Worker, Nancy, at A.J.'s and did our homestudy update over coffee. Nancy is such an awesome lady. I was feeling a little down about the adoption process lately and it felt so good to sit and talk with her.

She talked about how she was seeing a couple after us that was just home from China and she was doing their post-placement paperwork. We talked about how some day she will do one of these for us and for some reason, it helped me a lot to think about that. I guess it made it feel a little more real. We also talked about the slowing in China and she didn't have any information as to why, but she did state she has been doing a lot more homestudy updates lately. She also said she is doing more Vietnam adoptions now. Couples are choosing not to adopt from China now, due to the long wait time.

Anyway, our visit with Nancy was very therapeutic. For those of you who have to update your Homestudy soon, just know it is a very simple process. She pretty much just confirmed there were no changes. Any changes that have occurred, she just made a little note of them. Nothing to stress about at all. In fact, she didn't even have to come to our home since she had seen it already.



After our homestudy, we were off to party #2! Our Nephew turned 1 this week and he had a big party at his home. He thought his cake was more fun to play with than to actually eat and he had lots of fun with his cousins and friends. I have never seen so many babies at one place! :) It was really nice. I got my baby "fix" while there. :)