We had our first homestudy on Sunday 3/28. Molly was here from about 9am-2pm. Whew! Of course I thought I would be a good host and would make muffins... As most of you know, I'm not the best cook. So I bought the kind that comes out of a box and all you have to add is milk and eggs. I figured that would be easy enough :o/ While I was putting them into the muffin pan, Derek decided to take over so I could fill out some more paperwork. He put them in the oven and set the timer. I typically set the timer a little less than what the box says (I'm sure you can see where this is going). Well the buzzer goes off, and of course they are slightly darker than I would have liked them. We ate them anyways and Molly didn't say anything about them :o) Oh well, I'm sure that's why she decided to go out to eat for lunch rather than stay at our house, lol.

During the 5 hour visit, we gave her a tour of the house, went over paperwork, answered additional questions, and did a few of the training exercises required by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Some of the training was boring, where as others were very helpful. We have to finish up on the training on Sunday 4/11. This time we will go to her office and it will be for 8 hrs. I will try to update later and let everyone know how that goes...

In the mean time, yesterday was Easter. It's always so much fun to watch the kids get excited when they find an egg. For me and Derek it is fun and hard at the same time. I love my niece and nephews and enjoy the time we get to spend together; however, it's frustrating that we may never be able to have our own biological child. We have started a new round of fertility treatments, so we haven't given up. The excitement and hopefulness of the adoption process keeps us going. We know our adopted child will not have any less love than if they were our own. We are excited to start our family and are second on the list through the agency. (fingers crossed).