I finally did it

Today is the day. I completed my I-600A and mailed it FedEx ground to CIS (old INS). I should be getting an appointment to do fingerprinting within the next 3 months. I know it sounds like a really long time, but this is one of only a few giant hoops that I need to jump through before my baby comes home. If I understand correctly: My SW will finish my last home visit and then she will collect any information she still needs (so far only my medical information and employment verification is all she needs and then I'm done with the first section of paperwork), and then she will compile my homestudy and send off to CIS as well. CIS will then send me a 2-week window to get my fingerprints done, my mom and g-ma will get theirs done as well, and then I will wait for those to pass. We will probably have to recheck my g-ma prints (she doesn't take good prints, her fingers are too dry and wrinkled) and then I wait for the government to approve me to adopt an foreign-born orphan. THEN the agency can refer the next available infant to me. I will make sure there minimal medical information is okay and then I will fill out the Guatemala forms and wait for that process which takes between 4-6 months to complete. It is mainly waiting for various levels of approval in Guatemala. I am really starting to get excited now. I went in the soon to be nursery to imagine what a closet full of tiny shoes and clothes would look like and a room full of baby furniture. How exciting.

Insurance and SW visit #2

I finished my first of 2 insurance classes, and after very little studying, I passed the state exam. WooHoo!!! I can officially start selling insurance and have some income to support this baby. I also got a call on Wednesday) that I got my home daycare license. Another big WooHoo!!! Now I can fill my few days that I do watch kids, with more kids. Slightly tiring, yes, but worth the money. Plus in the long run I think it will be good for the baby to be around other kids at least for a few days out of the week.

My second social worker appointment was Wednesday as well and it went wonderfully. My appointments have only been about 40-45 min. each time and that has been nice. I am seriously trying to complete all the necessary paperwork so I can get this show on the road. I still need to do my taxes and get my butt in gear. I so badly want this to happen, but I think I'm a little scared too. I have Saturday open and I need to make a serious effort to file my taxes and then I just need a medical appointment and then I am a few steps closer to being done. Well, at least with the little bit.