So, whats been the hold up?!
Initially we were SO excited about our decision to move forward with pursuing the adoption of a second child. Meaning, begin the process in order to register our family as a potential adoptive family.
After contacting the Agency that we previously adopted through, we were informed what we already knew, that because we didn't live in the region, we would have to contact our Private Adoption Practitioner first. Immediately I did that, questioning when we could begin!
His response was outlining the cost and stating he was surprised we hadn't adopted yet. A little confusion...I shared that in fact we had and that we were looking to adopt a second. His response was congradulating us and then informing us that the Home Study update fee was in fact double the price now that this was for a second. $1500.00 + Travel + HST.......seriously?!
I, at that moment, felt extremely discouraged that this was now going to cost us over $2000.00. Not only the money amount BUT the essays we originally wrote, we now had to re-write to give him an idea of where we are at presently. The profile book, which is a little book about our life giving birth parents a good idea of who we are, has to be updated. AND lastly, we were reminded that not all of our bedrooms are on one floor.
Oh dear, where do we begin!
At this point, we are taking it one step at a time. I feel like time is ALWAYS against us but with Jax being over the age of two, considering the amount of time it will take to complete everything and become fully registered and THEN the waiting period. I only hope and pray that a perfect sweet little baby or child is matched with us. I always wanted a big family, all complete before the age of 30.
Lifes circumstances we can't always control, but what I can control is how I chose to live my life. I chose to motivate and inspire every single person traveling down this road, to give you hope that you WILL become a family yourself one day<3
SO in the meantime, we are focusing on updating our profile, deciding whats best for us location wise as a family and once all of this is complete hopefully we will move forward with updating our Homestudy<3
Michelle xoxo
"today I choose to be happy, healthy and full of love"
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