{"id":3047,"date":"2014-03-31T12:40:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T16:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2014-03-31T12:40:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T16:40:44","slug":"next-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/?p=3047","title":{"rendered":"Next Step…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was informed yesterday by the psychologist that Steve’s evaluation<\/a> will be sent to our agency today.<\/p>\n

HUZZAH!<\/p>\n

This was the only thing in the way of getting before the Review Board<\/a>. Once it’s turned in, they will schedule a date for us to present our case for why we want to adopt. At least I’m guessing that’s what they’ll ask. I really don’t know.<\/p>\n

After going before the ARB, we should<\/em> be approved for adoption. There will be nothing else in our way… I *think* but honestly who knows as things have a way of popping up after we’re told we’re finished.<\/p>\n

I understand that the actual matching process is a PITA, but it will all be worth it in the end. We will be matched to a child, not a child to us. Meaning, whichever of the 6 agencies has a child within our parameters<\/a> will review our home study to see if we fit into the kind of parents and family that would be best.<\/p>\n

We’ve had #Fletchling’s bedroom<\/a> furnished and ready for occupancy since October<\/a>. October! And have not been able to use half of our apartment since then. Yes, that is, in fact, 5 months. This weekend we decided to empty out our storage unit and bring everything back home to either keep, donate or trash. It’s going to go right back into this huge empty bedroom for us to work on until we’re at the sleepover stage with the hypothetical child.<\/p>\n

We decided<\/a> to adopt April 2013. Tomorrow this process has taken an entire year and we’re still awaiting a completed home study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was informed yesterday by the psychologist that Steve’s evaluation will be sent to our agency today. HUZZAH! This was the only thing in the way of getting before the Review Board. Once it’s turned in, they will schedule a date for us to present our case for why we want to adopt. At least […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,13,29,46,59,64,71,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acw","category-adoption","category-bedroom","category-foster-adoption","category-kids-room","category-my-child","category-paperwork","category-pre-placement-needs","category-timeline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beccablogs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}