Home Visit, 1 Month Away

We are now down to two items on our to-do list:
Get life insurance – in process
Get new fire extinguisher (We are waiting on this one as we have one that we hope meets their requirement. The licensing specialist will let us know when she visits. )

The possibility of a child in our home is becoming more of a reality. We are now making plans for mid July and later and have to take into account that we may be a threesome at that time. For example, we went to a movie tonight and saw an ad for the new Harry Potter movie; we could have a little girl in our home by the time it comes out. We were talking about the Sharp Family Camp Out and how sad it will be to not have Ian there, and realized we may have a small one to keep out of the fire pit.

It is exciting and overwhelming. I am sure many of our questions are the same as any parent- will we be good parents, can we give a child what she will need, how will it change our relationship with each other, what will she like to do? But we are also afraid of the process. How many placements will we go through before we find ‘our’ child?

I am already feeling anxiety about cleaning the house for the home visit.
For those of you who are actually following this bizarre journey, we got a dog play pen and put it around the stove. I think it doesn’t look too bad, it cost under $100 (one of the cheapest options) and once it is no longer necessary to protect children, we can use it for chickens. (Cross your fingers, the city council is taking general comment)

Here it is.