Our home study is complete!

Yesterday was a huge step completed in our journey of adoption! Our home study social worker, Liz, came to our house at 1:00 to complete our home study. After hours of cleaning we were a little worried that the house wouldn't be ready for her - but the process wasn't painful at all! For 3 hours we went over all of the paperwork and questions we prepared last month. We answered questions on a more in depth level and went through an educational piece on adoption as well. We spent only 5-10 minutes of the entire process going through the house on a house tour. Liz said we did very well and after consulting with her boss she will be able to issue our final approval and send off our home study to ANLC. :)
After Liz left, we went to Red Lobster to celebrate with dinner (especially the Cheddar Bay biscuits). We also drove to Springfield to check out Babies 'R' Us. We walked around the store for about 2 hours looking at everything from strollers, car seats, cribs, high chairs, etc. We were very overwhelmed but were relieved by our helpful store manager Chris who showed us the pros and cons of each brand. We didn't leave the store empty-handed either. We bought a bassinet, 2 pacifiers, a bottle, and an owl toy for the stroller.  We have chosen our travel system and plan on ordering it this weekend. We will need it whenever we get to pick up our new little one! :) So many exciting things.... we can't wait to meet our baby whenever it is time!!!

The new bassinet in the box!