The Paper Chase has started!
Welll, we received word on June 13th, 2005 that our application for adoption through Chinese Children’s Charities was approved! Now the “fun” begins. After a few days of getting reccomends from people who’ve adopted, we’ve picked a home study agency. (A Home Study is a thorough investigation of the family that wants to adopt – they investigate a family’s emotional stability, financials and personal histories to verify that an adopted child will have a stable, loving home). I’ve already picked up more copies of my birth certificate and our marriage license. Apparently you need to keep on hand, any offical document you’ve ever received- in triplicate, certified original, and sealed in blood….(OK, maybe no blood, that costs extra). Peter needs to obtain more copies of his birth certificate which will take longer, since he was born in Long Beach. Thank godness we now have a fax machine.
