We met up with our caseworker at our home last night for the last step of our home study preparation, the home inspection.
She had a long checklist and we gave her the 50¢ tour of our “Grand Estate”. Again we were expecting a much more intense investigation. The inspection took only about 10 mins. The explanation of why we have so much Disney items took much longer.
We spend the main volume of our time together talking about our comfort limits about different levels of special need kiddos. She did this to get a better idea on what types of kiddo’s profiles to show us and which ones we might not be comfortable with. We also talked about our recent experiences with Don and Shawn. Since Shawn was adopted out of Washington, his special needs are a bit higher then what Oregon normally places in the ready to adopt category. So apparently we are already working with a kiddo that might be called more “challenging” then what we will be matched with out of the Oregon adoption pool. Which is hard to believe, as we would adopt Shawn and his brother Don in a heart beat, if they didn’t already have loving homes, as they are both wonderful kids?
So now comes the start of the hardest part, waiting.