Pins and Needles

Life has been incredible as a parent to our kiddo, absolutely incredible.  There is nothing in the world like being a mom. :)  That being said, we are on pins and needles for a specific reason...we are looking at potentially adopting again.

It all started with a dear family friend telling me about a child she worked with who was Deaf that might be available for adoption.  Being an interpreter I would LOVE to have a Deaf child, but that was not meant to be, as the child wasn't available.  Then I found out about another child through the school I work at, only to find out that the child was also unavailable.  It was at that point that we said something to our kiddo.  She was THRILLED with the idea of having a sibling.  While searching online for the Deaf child I thought attended my school, I came across another child.  She appeared confident and cool and struck a chord in me like our kiddo did when we first saw her profile online.  This prompted a call to our local adoption agency.

You must know that we haven't kept up with our home study.  I would venture a guess to say that it was last updated 2-3 (closer to 3) years ago and it hasn't been updated since we got our kiddo.  That being said, I had to call and find out about updating our home study.  The referral specialist I talked to said she doubted that we needed to update our home study (which still seems CRAZY to me because we now have two additional cats, AND A DAUGHTER).  Maybe their standards have lowered since our last home study was conducted...oy...anyways, I digress.

So the referral specialist sent our information over to an adoption specialist but given the fact that the child we are looking into is already 17, she recommended that we go ahead and contact their caseworker.  I did just that and got a call back TODAY from the worker requesting our home study.  I sent the old one over and am now waiting to learn more about the child we are curious about.  All I can say (as I did before we adopted our beautiful little girl) is that I hope this child finds a family even if that isn't with us and that she is happy in life.

But for now I sit on pins and needles, waiting for the phone to ring...