Our nerves were high as we prepared our home the day before. We have wonderful friends and one of our wonderful friends came and helped me clean. THANK YOU D!
I was very nervous that Chewie would bark and sure enough as our Resource worker stood at the bottom of the stairs, he began barking away. But, I held my composure and calmed the Chews down and then he was fine the rest of the visit.
The day before, we had received a packet in the mail that we were supposed to fill out and give to the Resource Worker. There was also a list of documents that we were to prepare. Within less than 24 hours we gathered the documents, filled out the packet and were ready when she arrived. The packet was an extensive questionnaire about our marriage... it was pretty invasive... We understand why the state has to be invasive... they have to make sure we are not abusers/crazy people. I get it. But it still didn't make it any easier filling it out and being vulnerable with intimate details of our lives. BUT we did it anyway.
So as our Resource Worker sat down on the couch... and as Chewie continued to sniff her.. we began to nervously 'tell our story'. She then handed us another packet of questions that we were to fill out right there on the spot.. without conversing... and then she would interview us separately. These set of questions were even more invasive. It was very nerve wracking as we were separated and then questioned. Our Resource Worker is nice but we just met the lady and right away we have to bear our souls about intimate details. It was nerve wracking to say the least. BUT AGAIN, we did it anyway.
We brought the Resource worker around our apartment and she told us some areas we will need to baby proof. Wires.. chords.. things that a baby could pull over.. places to put medicines...
The next step is to wait...(which I'm so good at, wink wink) and to continue taking our classes. 3 classes down-- 6 more to go! Our worker says we are to wait for her to call us with the next step. She will come to our home 2 more times and then someone from Trenton will come to officially evaluate our space and see if there are any violations. Once we are approved with no violations, and we finish our classes, and they make sure we aren't crazy people... then we will be CERTIFIED! Once we are certified we could get a call for a placement within 24 hours. By the end of September we could have a baby in our lives! Let me state that a different way.... within 2 MONTHS we could have a baby in our lives!
Let the NESTNG Begin!!!!
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