We Survived the Investigation

This morning at 8:30 a.m. - yes I said 8:30 and those of you who know me well know that I don't like to converse much before 9:00 a.m. - we underwent our Homestudy. The entire process took about 3 1/2 hours and went very smoothly - meaning that Todd and I said very nice things about each other and each of our family members.

Thanks to Tricia and her use of effective parenting techniuqes in our presence, we sounded very educated as we described the use of love and logic discipline methods. We bragged immensely about how well these philosophies had been modeled to us and how thankful we were to be able to watch Tricia and Peter become parents first. So well that when asked if "something was to happen to you, who would you want to parent our children" we said Tricia and Peter. Congratulations! We figured that one more addition to your house would go unnoticed anyway. Enjoy paying that extra college tuition...

Then, we were asked about each of our families - our upbringing and all the childhood issues we have... just kidding. But the social worker did ask us to identify those family values and characteristics that we would like to pass on to our child which made for an interesting discussion.

Todd and I were each interviewed separately and asked to recount our childhood memories as well as traits we admire in our parents and what we've learned from each of our parents. Then we were asked to identify our mate's best and worst traits - the verdict is out and we're still married, so that's a good thing!

All in all it went very well and she shared a lot of wisdom and guidance with us. Our social worker has worked with numerous other couples and it was good to hear her share these stories with us.

So, now we continue on with the dossier, wait for CIS to call us in for fingerprints and for our passports to arrive. The bed should be delivered today and we've begun placing art on the walls.

In a few hours we will both undergo physicals and health screening. I'm so eagerly awaiting the drawing of blood - I can barely contain myself.

Other than that, it's just another quiet day in the Treat household....