Been a Long Time

It has been a long time.  No real news to report.  We were in Florida for Christmas.  We were expecting to have our fingerprint appointments when we returned home.  No such luck. Dallas has his but Kristopher and I don't. We can't get them until we have the appointment letter.  Our officer said they would be going out soon but I am not so sure.  She did say we could check back next week if we haven't received them yet.  So we wait some more...

Supplement 3 to USCIS

Happy to say our Supplement 3 and homestudy update went to USCIS, today.  We are another step closer to our boys.

Homestudy Approved

Just got word that our homestudy has been approved by our placing agency.  Our social worker will be back in the office on Monday.  We should be able to send it on to USCIS next week.  Moving right along!  My goal is to be DTC in January.  That may be a little unrealistic but really hoping we can.  Our boys need to come home.

In honor of this step, I attached a photo of the boys we received in June.

Homestudy Sent for Review

Today our homestudy agency sent our updated homestudy to our placing agency for review.  We are excited to be at this step. It may take 2 weeks to get approval but at least it is there.  Once it is approved hopefully within a week we will have it.

Homestudy Update Rough Draft

I wrote a post yesterday complaining about a few things.  Today I decided it was best to delete it.  We had another surprise today but we got it done within hours and I am delighted to say that we received our homestudy update rough draft this afternoon.  There are some minor things that need to be fixed but all and all not bad.  Sent it back to our social worker before the end of the day but I doubt she got back to it.  They are closed tomorrow.  She is still waiting for NC child abuse checks to come back.  Hopefully it will be there Monday and it can be sent to our placing agency.  Then we wait again.  Our placing agency typically takes 2 weeks to review it.

Requested an Update

I wanted to put this on the blog so I wouldn't forget the date.  I just sent BLAS an email requesting updated information on the boys.  We are now suppose to go through BLAS to get updates.  This is a new rule started shortly before we brought Alyssa home.  From what I understand if their file is more than a year old there will be no charge.  Hoping that is true otherwise it will cost us $180 to get updates and photos of the boys.

No news on the homestudy.  If we don't hear anything towards the end of next week we will definitely be calling our social worker.  We are in limbo until we get the homestudy completed.

Homestudy Update Begins

Today, Dallas delivered all our homestudy update paperwork to our home study agency.  Our social worker said she should have a rough draft for us next week.  That would be so awesome!  We never expected it could be done so soon.  Moving right along...