Just a slow month I guess

The process is really not moving forward just yet. We are waiting for our funds to clear from the equity we got from the sale of our old house to send the $1700 off to WIAA to get our homestudy started. Our medical paperwork is in flux, the office wrote our old address on some of the additional paperwork, so, it had to be redone. They did not notarize the medical clearance form, even though the notary is part of the form itself, they just initialed and stamped it, so that will need to be redone. sigh

Tim's employment letter is done, but, my loser LT is dragging her feet, she hasn't even said she would do it. I'm going to have someone else do it for me instead. Can't wait til she is replaced.

The police clearance letters are still not done. The detective that is doing them for me has probably forgotten about them. So, I have emailed him to gently ask if he has gotten to them yet. again, sigh

I really am way behind on everything, so, as far as my timeline goes, well, I just don't have one. Whatever happens, happens.

It's almost Halloween, and we are gearing up to push it all forward starting next week.

Medical clearances are done

As far as I can tell, we are done with the first big hurdle, the medical clearances. We met with the Doc on Monday morning, and by Wednesday afternoon the office called and said our papers were done and ready to pick up. Tim is supposed to be getting them today, but, I would be willing to bet good money that he forgets. If I'm wrong, I'll owe him something I guess, but, it just isn't in his nature to remember things like this. So, if he hasn't, and since I work all weekend, I will swing in and get them on Monday.

Hopefully, they are done correctly, and notarized. I will fax them onto Ky at AAI to make sure before I get them batched for certifying.

More changes, but, better

We are not using West Sands adoptions. After waiting a week to hear back from them, I finally called their office and was told that the social worker would contact me. Anther week goes by, and I get an email stating that because China is now a Hague country, they cannot do our adoption homestudy. They apparently think that because they are not a Hague approved agency, that they cannot perform homestudies for the countries that are now part of the Hague treaty. According to Ky at AAI this is not the case, any state certified agency can perform adoption homestudies regardless of their Hague status or lack thereof. Because of the problems with communication, and their lack of a clear understanding on Hague homestudies, it would be better if we just stuck with WIAA. They may cost twice as much, but, usually, you get what you pay for, and in this case, it looks like that is true.

We have our medical clearance visit on Monday, and our employment letters and police clearances will be done this week. If we can get through the medical clearances with no problems, then we will move on with the homestudy. We won't hear from AAI, whether they will accept us as clients or not, for a couple of weeks, so, we'll see on that.