Phew!

Well, we survived our home study. It actually was pretty painless. The social worker came and took a tour of our house and we talked about parenting. The most stressful part is the mound of paperwork that she left behind. Yes, there is more. And this paperwork can not have any errors on it. not whiteout, not a cross-out, nothing. It all has to say the exact same thing in all the right places. Then it all has to be notarized, and then we have to take it to Columbia and have the Secretary of State put the Apostille (Great Seal of the State) on it. This is definitely an educating process. BTW, there's more paperwork once we get the referral and then more somewhere around our 2 trips to Russia! It will all be worth it in the end! Keep up the prayers.
Oh, and last week when the Pottery Barn Kids catalog came, I actually looked at the girl stuff. How fun is that?!