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Originally Posted by solarscarlet
Hi everyone...It's Offical !!  As of Monday, we are offically waiting & our Profile Book will now be shown to pbmoms!! I know that I have just boarded the emotional roller-coaster, but it has taken us so long to get to this point...that we are excited, but nervous. What have you done(did you do) to keep you busy during your "waiting period"?? I find myself thinking about the child we will adopt..wondering how long I will have to wait, what bmom will be like, what she will look like, picking out a name? Have any of you done this? I feel as if I am starting the process of becoming obsessive. On another note, we are having our h/s updated while we are waiting & a meeting scheduled for Sunday in our home with sw. Can you tell me the things they look for? We were originally going to our county to adopt, but decided to switch to a private agency, so I am not sure if they look for anything different. Do I need to clean like a "mad-woman" (which I do anyway), but do I need to get behind every piece of furniture, the refridgerator, oven, etc?? See...I am already becoming crazy...AAAHHHHH!! 
Wish us luck, Solarscarlet
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First off... Good luck!!! ANd congrats on becoming an officially waiting family. The wait is pure rollercoaster so all I can say is hang on for the ride. During our first wait, I mostly obsessed about it, but we tried to make the most of what we saw as our last days as a family of two. We travelled and just enjoyed the things that we knew would take a backseat for at least awhile when we had wee ones in the house.
We did talk about names ~ it was a good way to keep me hopin' on the longest of days ~ although we held loosely to our choices as we wanted to include our child's first family in the decision if they wanted to.
We also slowly but surely put the nursery together, just the basics that we would need when our child was finally home.
We did LOTS and LOTS of reading, about parenting, about adoption, and worked hard to strengthen our lives, especially spiritually for the new experience of parenting.
As for the homestudy... it is all about finding out what kind of family you are, not how clean your house is. If you're like me though, you'll clean, just because someone is coming over. The SW will want to see that your home is a safe, adequate but mostly loving place for a child to grow up.
Again, best of everything on this journey... hoping your child joins you soon...