With much anticipation, our Homestudy was finally complete last night. Our social worker Mark came over and interviewed Mike, David & me individually and together. He also inspected our home for safety issues. Luckily, this old house passed!
The interviews were long and tough. Lots of questions about our childhood, our marriage and our parenting philosophies. I'm not sure what Mike said...I tried to coach him before to use lots of flattering comments about me but Mark said he was happy to see we weren't a perfect family (what does that mean?!?) Oh well, I guess we aren't.
David was very excited to be interviewed. He waited and waited and waited until it was his turn. He gave Mark a tour of our house and pointed out the TV, the bathroom and specifically the washer & dryer...I think Mark was impressed by the modern machines. Mark asked him about how he feels about sharing his toys with his new sister and David simply replied, "Not so much". He asked him about how he gets disciplined, whether he gets spanked or not, and whether he has ever seen us hurt each other. It was a little difficult to listen to (yes, we were listening) but of course we have nothing to hide.
We have numerous paperwork to get together still, even though I have been gathering paperwork for the last month. We are in the first stage called the Pre-File. This will take approximately 3 months. We are so glad this part is over, though!! Back to a messy house!
