We received our home study packet on Monday. This, my friends, THIS is where the adoption process really starts. The home study is essentially a paper chase to gather every last bit of info into our lives in an effort to prove to the U.S. government that we're suitable to bring a child into our home. We are also required to log 10 hours of parent training.
Funny, they didn't do this when I was pregnant with my first, second or third child. =)
As exhaustive as the home study may be, I see the necessity for it too. Oh, but I found out some relatively good news. Considering that Russia is a huge country with a large number of adoptions completed each year, I just assumed that it was part of the Hague Convention (a convention that many countries joined in an agreement to safeguard intercountry adoptions). Well, it's not. This means that our home study, which I priced at $2500, is actually only $2000.
But don't worry folks. We'll find plenty of unexpected ways to spend that money, such as our need to purchase seven certified copies of our marriage license. SEVEN!
Well, and there's that other $40,000 that we need to save up. =)
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