The past few weeks we've been busy in our spare time going to various appointments needed before we can officially do our homestudy update. We had our fingerprints taken at the local police station, which went fine. The kids (except our baby who is under one) had to get TB tests done. We had a not so good experience last time we did this so this time we changed strategies. All the kids were willing last time to do this (in order to adopt Sean) but when we there --all 5 kids in the room, each getting their TB tests, well the last one got freaked out (when he saw the others getting it and crying) and did not cooperate to say the least. We don't recommend giving multiple kids a TB test all together! This time around, this child went first and alone with Daddy and didn't even flinch. Actually none of the kids even cried, except for Sean, our 4 year-old with Downs, who cried and fought with all is might!:) It may have helped the others too that we promised they could pick out something from Dairy Queen afterwards!! We tend to eat very healthfully so this was quite a treat for them and sure made the experience fun. We'd highly recommend that also.
John and I also had our medical exams and those went well too...now we just wait to get the forms back from the doctors. The sweet ladies at the office were a bit perplexed by our big family and that we were doing this again, I think, but they were excited to see photos of Sean and helpful.
Lastly, we sent off in the mail our I600A form, the adoption petition, along with their nearly $1,000 fee!
Once we get the doctor forms to our social worker, we can do our homestudy update visit. Then we wait for our federal fingerprinting appointment.
It seems like things are going pretty fast but not so fast with fundraising....we'd appreciate your prayers and if you can spread the word for us. The chidren have been helping to sell possessions on ebay and are hoping to sell their handmade bracelets soon, so stay tuned!
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