1. We just finished our required 10 hours of training from our home study agency. We both agreed that it was actually more useful than we expected. It's been our experience that trainings are typically useless, but we walked away with a good deal to think about. Most of it centered on attachment issues. I have to admit, that I really hadn't thought too much regarding that. I just assumed that she'd meet us, instantly like us, but still struggle to adapt to our lifestyle. I hadn't really realized just how much kids can struggle through this issue, even at a young age, and will often continue to struggle through teen and even adult life.
2. The completion of the training means that we should be receiving our first homestudy draft within a week or so. We'll look it over and then it goes on to final approval within the local agency before it can be shipped off.
3. We pretty closely considering a referral of a little girl whom we recently came across. We asked our agency to label her special focus, which gives us more time and also prompts an updated medical history and evaluations.
4. Lasly, and this has nothing to do with adoption, as we mentioned below, we recently celebrated the #4 birthday of our middle one, R1. I absolutely can't believe it. When we became parents, we heard things like, enjoy it while you can, because it goes so fast. It becomes one of those things that becomes cliche. We do our best to make the most of our time with them, but we still continue to be astounded with how quickly they grow.
Brian
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