Oh the paperwork!

On one hand, it is easier this time through, on the other it is still a series of never ending paper cuts!

Here is a snapshot-
The dossier consists of the homestudy which is the report completed but the social worker evaluating whether you are suitable parents to adopt.  We meet with the social worker a number of times over a few months and she ultimately writes the homestudy report.

The other paperwork includes:
-financial statement (the juicy details of what we earn, how we spend it and what we are worth)
-medical certificates (declarations from the doctor that we are in perfect health to adopt)
-criminal record checks completed by the adoption agency
-criminal record check completed by us
-prior contact check - to see if Ministry of Children and Families has a record on us
-application for the adoption agency
-application to Vietnam to adopt -plus pass port photos
-letter of no objection "to adopt" from the Ministry Of Children and Families
-letters from employers around our salaries and years of employment
-immigration application
- 4 reference letters (thanks to you all!)
-courier birth certificates, passports and marriage licence so the adoption agency can notarized them
.........and through this all we also needed new passports and of course our marriage certificate was lost somewhere so we needed a new one.

We are preactically finished the paperwork.  We are just waiting on Steve's criminal record check- funny story- he shares a birthday or  with a known felon so while my check took 2 days, his will likely take a month....ouch!

So for the moment the task at hand is to monitor the immigration application and contact our MP if is gets jammed in the system and time becomes of the essence and finish up our homestudy then

Tick tick tick........

We wait.......

Ps- I have challenges around being patient! lol

Nesting...it's a thing!

So during the in between paper work times the nesting has begun and I am taking full advantage.  So far, the storage room, and the front hall closet have received a major overhaul. All of our paperwork-tax returns dating back to the 90's; receipts that have gone white and ever other nook and cranny that had any expired, un-useful or outdated paperwork= all gone! 

That being said- a few things that were on their way out a couple months ago have now found a return spring!  All the toys that have been long outgrown suddenly look more like an opportunity for fun than a space waster.

Soon I will really tackle the office- aka: the baby's room.  The good news is that the room is already painted in a classic Mickey Mouse design.  Once we know more about the next member of our family we will turn the room into a sweet oasis.