FINALLY!! We are moving forward in the adoption process. On Thursday we sent our home study packets to out social worker in St. Paul. We got the homework in October and are finally done with it. It was a lot of work. We each had to answer all of the questions separately and the questions we quite thought provoking. Everything from what it was like for us growing up to our adolescence and adulthood, our marital relationships, our children, our parenting, our friends, our community and a ton of questions about cultural awareness. WHEW, done. It was very interesting to have to sit down and think about these things and even more interesting to read my husband's when he was finished. I learned some really good things about how he sees this next phase for us. I am hoping that within a couple of weeks we will get a call from our SW and head to St. Paul to meet with her. I understand this is much like a job interview. After that she will come to our house and complete the home study process. Of course along with all of this a large check (the biggest so far) needs to be written. I am so thankful that God has provided up the money to do this, It is amazing how he has blessed us. I also have to give Ty a lot of credit because he is so good with money and works so hard for us!
That is the BIG news in the Ellis household. Ty escaped the two coldest days of the year by going on a business trip to Florida the past couple of days. We are looking forward to him coming home tomorrow. I really enjoyed having Carter home from school for the two "cold" days they got off. Also Ty turned 36 last week and we celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary! Big week!! In a couple of weeks is Carter's b-day, January is a busy month for us. We also booked our Spring trip to Myrtle Beach, I am very excited. It will be our last trip with just the 4 of us, I hope the next trip Ty and I take is to Korea to pick up our daughter!
Stay Warm!!
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