Welp, another big step has been made

Today I hand delivered our signed adoption papers to the lawyer. I cannot believe it took us almost four months to complete (not entirely my fault, mind you...), but it is done. Our profile book is still in the works, but I hope to have that done here within the next week or two.

John and I went for our BCI/FBI fingerprinting and background checks last Monday. When dropping the papers off today our lawyer's admin told me they already received our results from that. And now they have all of our papers. :)

So what is next? Our paperwork will be submitted to the courts in our county for "Application for Appointment of Investigator" (aka: we will be assigned a social/case worker). We will then speak with him/her and set up our home study. Following that the case worker will submit his/her paperwork and John and I will then have to stand in front of a judge to become pre-approved as prospective adoptive parents.

Here's hoping that time flies now! I'd love for us to be "matchable" before the holidays start!!!