[kzwief]

You know you've been in process with adoption too long when you have to update your homestudy a THIRD time and you are still waiting for your child! We met with our social worker again tonite to make the necessary changes to our homestudy to remain active. There really weren't any changes, it was just a formality. I can't believe we went to our first informational adoption meeting in March of 2005. We were waiting in the domestic program over a year and a half when we decided we were going to accept Katelyn's referral last July. We have waited so long to bring her home and these meetings with our social worker only make me sad. Poor Jennifer, she never knows what to say to us either. At least she does not even pretend to know what we are going through. She did suggest a class we should take that our agency offers. The class is geared towards people adopting a child over age 1. Kevin and I just laughed because that was not our original plan. Now we will be bringing home a toddler and not an infant. The class is offered the end of the month so we will probably attend. The class deals with attachment, which is something neither Kevin nor I know much about. We didn't think it would be an issue with a baby, but it sure may be with a toddler. So, we are still approved for a child 0-2 years old. I told Jennifer, Kate sure better be home before she is 2 years old!