home study how tos or how not tos...

So our home study was Feb. 7 at 11:30am. We get a call at 10:55am from our social workers saying they would be at our house in 5 minutes. 5 MINUTES!?!?! Seriously?? I was still in my pjs-hadn't showered yet and still putting clothes away in our room. Thankfully o-boy was dressed and ready for the day as was my husband. I can't tell you how fast we were running through the house trying to do last minute things. I threw on clothes and a hat. Yes. A hat. Because since the night before, my hair was in a pony tail and a headband. I wasn't about to let them see the mess on my head.

After I got over the shock of them being 30 minutes early (A said they probably do this on purpose:), I greeted them at the door with a smile, welcomed them into my home and proceeded to make lunch for o-boy. I had planned on doing this before they got there:) and since Owen was leaving for a time with my mother-in-law, it had to be done. So all was fine. Andy gave him a tour of the house while she started asking me questions in the kitchen. I didn't realize this until later but he actually looked in our closets. mmm..let's just say, I am just thankful nothing fell on the man.

Then there is our garage...we have rats or mice or some kind of rodent. He wasn't all that excited about it but was very kind and said that we should take care of it. If by taking care of it, he meant leaving a little pack out for the ants to take back to their home so they don't invade ours...and then finding out that the rodent took the poison pack (don't worry, Owen can't get to them! and really it is our last ditch effort. We have tried all things non-toxic. Unfortunately, they don't really do the trick!) back to his home and hasn't been back since...then....well, I guess we have taken care of it...opps...

So she is still asking me questions..all the regular ones like why we want to adopt, what led us to Uganda, what we think of "corporal punishment", what I would change about Andy...She wanted to know Andy's strengths as a dad (not hard to list those!!) and his weaknesses (a little harder to come up with). Not that Andy is perfect (who is??), but he is an amazing dad!! He is so caring, hands-on and really just adores his boy which I LOVE! Anyways, after he was finished with Andy, then they interviewed us together, asked us more questions and had us sign some things for Hague. Then after two hours, they told us we will be great parents (hope so, since we already have 1:) and they were off.

Overall, it was harmless. It did feel like we were old friends just sharing. There were a couple of awkward moments but we were really pleased with how it went. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers! We so appreciate them!!