Sorry it has taken me a little while to update. My goal is going to try to send out an update every week or so, depending on whether or not anything has changed. We got all of the paperwork filled out to the best of our ability. Many questions did not apply to a newborn, so we didn't have to worry about those. We had the fire inspection Monday 3/22, but had to make some changes (we didn't have a big enough fire extinguisher). So the fire inspector came back yesterday and signed off on the paperwork, everything looks good.

We had some issues with getting a loan from the bank. Originally we were hoping to get a Home Equity line of credit for the $25,000, but we have only been in our house for 3 years and unfortunately don't have enough equity built up to take out that much. It is difficult to get a loan for that large of an amount without having any collateral, even though we have very good credit history. So today we ended up getting a credit card for $15,000, which was the initial amount needed to start the process. The check was written directly to the agency and then we will have to come up with the remaining $10,000 once we have the child.

We have our first home study on Sunday with Molly. I've been trying to clean a little everyday so Saturday I won't be too stressed. Thought about having someone power wash the siding on the house, but I don't think it looks that bad. I'm pretty anal about making sure my house looks nice when people come over, so hopefully she will like it.

Everyone that has been helping us with this process has said they want to see pictures once we have our child. This includes the fire inspector and bank lady, lol. We are so lucky to have friends and family that support us and will be beside us during this process. It really means a lot :o) I'll let ya know how the home study goes. Just a few days away!