Since Alex, Oscar and Hobo are participating in the paper work preparation, I'm including their pictures in this post. The paper chase continues. :)


We met with our Adoption Social Worker last night. She toured our house and asked us questions like "What will you do if you don't bond with the child?" "Why did you decide to adopt from China?" "Do you know other people who have adopted or who have been adopted?" Next, we will each meet with her individually to talk about our lives and what is was like growing up in our respective families. We also have to collect these documents for her:

1. Birth certificates for all family members
2. Marriage license
3. Medical exams
4. Employment letters
5. Financial statement, pay stub, monthly budget, and last years tax return
6. Documentation of insurance (face sheets): medical, life, auto, and homeowners
7. Local police reports
8. A letter from Alex's doctor stating he is free of communicable disease
9. Oscar and Hobo's immunization records.

Interview Date Set

We are going to meet with Amy, our Adoption Social Worker, next week, Thursday, May 24, 2007.

Port Aransas

While we waited for our adoption social worker to review our home study autobiographies, we went to Port Aransas for the weekend to catch up with some of Dianne's old A&M MBA college buddies and their children.

This is the picture we sent to the Great Wall China Adoption agency

**April 21, 2007: Attended Great Wall Adoption Agency workshop
**April 25, 2007: Great Wall application received by agency
**April 27, 2007: Welcomed to the Great Wall family
**April 27, 2007 Sent in our agency agreement and first 1/2 of agency payment
**May 8, 2007: Sent in our Home Study Autobiographies to our adoption social worker
Here is our agency's website: http://www.gwca.org/
What's next? Our adoption social worker, Amy, will look over our Home Study Autobiographies this week and contact us to set up our first meeting.