On Tuesday, June 16, we went to a pre-placement preparation meeting. Basically this meeting is to prepare us for the time after we are approved by the agency and when a baby is actually placed with us. We talked a lot about the match meeting — where we get to meet the birthparent(s) who have chosen us. We also talked about the hospital plan — what will happen after the baby is born in the hospital, when will we arrive, when will we actually sign the paperwork, etc. We also talked a bit about positive adoption language, bonding with an adopted infant, and how to talk to our child about adoption. We thought we might post a little bit more about some of these topics in the future and maybe include some links to different web sites and other resources that talk about these topics. Overall, the night was very informative and we got a refresher on some information we already knew and also received some new information about different topics.
On another note, we have mailed our profiles to the agency. They should arrive there tomorrow. In the next day or two we will also be emailing our online profile with the pictures we’d like to include. It’s very exciting that our homestudy process is almost complete. Next weekend we will be going to our education session on Transracial Adoptions. This is an important topic if we do end up adopting a baby of a different race, so we’re really looking forward to this session. After that, it is just a matter of Bethany telling us we’ve been approved and then…we wait and see what God has planned for us!!