Yesterday I posted the blog update to Facebook and asked anyone if they had any questions about our adoption. Not many responded so either we're doing a great job at keeping everyone informed or no one cares. Ha!
Ok so yes Brian we were married in 2004 and not 2014 and I fixed that in the previous post.
Miss Jess asked if we had any names in mind and do we get to name the baby? No names in mind we are really far from delivery. We have yet to be accepted by the agency, apply for adoption, and start our home study. That is if everything goes right with our home study. Home studies take 3-4 months to complete. It's a lot of paperwork, inspections, interviews with a social worker, doctors appointments for all of us and much more. Adoption is all about testing our patience. (I keep reminding myself "in God's time"). I'm praying the only thing that will hold our home study up is the kids' well checks which can't be done until December. Once our homestudy is complete then we wait to be matched with a birth mother.
Do we get to name the baby? Very much so yes. We are adopting a newborn. The birth certificate will have the name we choose written on it, (name) Stokes. Once the baby is born, he or she is 99% ours. The birth mother, in the state of Ohio, has 72 hours to change her mind. Once that time is lapsed the baby comes home with us forever.
Those minutes, 4,200 to be exact, are the most crucial in every way. Those minutes would be the time when we rely the most on God. We have a friend, who with twelve hours remaining in that 72 hour time period, the birth mother changed her mind and decided to keep her baby. Talk about heart breaking however I know I could never give up my own child so my heart goes out to mothers who chose to give their child up for adoption. It is not easy for any one. Thank you birth moms and dads for allowing our dreams to come true.
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