Msteen-
My dh and I are adopting through the state of California. It has been a bit of a slow process but we feel in the end it will definetly be worth it. We too were looking at an international adoption but for many reasons (one being money) we decided to go through the state. We started out a year ago and were so naive about everything. We have learned so much through our PRIDE training, other foster parents and doing research of our own. I am not sure where in CA you are but will give you a bit of a time frame as to what we have gone through:
02/04 - Orientation and beginning of process
06/04 - Finished PRIDE training and paperwork
10/04 - Got our Fostercare License to be a Fos/Adopt family
02/05 - Sw finally finished our Homestudy and we begin to wait some more
Best of luck to you and your family on your adoption journey!
Cindy
