For any of you who have not gone through this process, let me tell you that the home study is nerve wracking! Someone comes out to our house with a clip board and ask us every detail of our lives. They talk to our son and ask him how he feels about our family. They walk around and look in our cupboards. They look at our bank accounts and the last 28 YEARS of our residential history! This was especially difficult for me as I was only 27 years old when we did this. I had to get a notary to sign off that I could not provide 28 years of residential history because I have only been around for 27 years. It seemed ridiculous to me that they needed to know where I lived for my whole life. Then you have to wait while they decide if you are a "good enough" family. That is awful. Fortunately for us we didn't have to wait too long and once we got the approval notice and our license the phone started ringing.
We talked to our son about everything during this process. We wanted him to feel included and comfortable. He was all for it, but he only wanted a baby sister. And she could be any age that couldn't walk yet because he wanted to teach her that. We said OK and specified on our license that we would take girls aged 0-1. The first call we got was for a 6 month old girl. But she was from somewhere in Buckeye and they found another foster family for her that was closer. ( Its all about location) The 2nd call was for an 8 week old baby girl...
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