Sept 2010 – cleaning for the home study
Sept 2, 2010 – sent email to “aldridge weekly status” – notifying extended family of possibility Sept 2, 2010 – Barbara (a Holt social worker) coming over at 2PM to start home study
Sept 3, 2010 – Couples interview with Barbara at lunch for home study.
Sept 3, 2010 – Carolyn picked up my notarized medical forms. Go to Dale and Kim's for labor day weekend - they get a blue and gold Mccaw (parrot no 7), I come home with a quaker parrot.
Sept 8, 2010 – my interview at lunch for the home study – home study interviews complete.
Sept 11, 2010 – my birth certificate with great seal comes in the mail – it actually looks certified.
Sept 12, 2010 - happy 12th birthday Emmi - had a great date with you.
Sept 17, 2010 – Carolyn registers Allie and Jenna with some sort of safety registry.
Sept 18, 2010 – Vince and Jerusha invited us over for dinner. Very nice couple - had a blast. Note – starting to figure out what this certified means. Each secretary of state needs to certify that the notary is an actual notary – and that they witnessed the respective signature. By the end of this process we’ll be experts.
Sept 19, 2010 – Carolyn ordered a certified copy of her birth certificate to keep things moving. Sept 20, 2010 – Judy called, some questions to finish our home study.
Sept 21, 2010 – Holt notifies us that the home study is approved.
Sept 24, 2010 – received written adoption study in the mail.
Sept 25, 2010 – happy 29th anniversary
Sept 26, 2010 – Carolyn working on the USCIS application – we both sign
Sept 27, 2010 – C mailed USCIS application
Sept 27, 2010 – passports arrive in the mail
