Home Visit! and what a beautiful Day...

Our social worker came today for our home visit.  After many hours of spring cleaning (seemed like as good of an excuse as any) we were ready to show her our home.  Harmony, our puppy, did wonderful.  She said hi and then played outside and then on the porch for hours with very little whining.  I was so proud of her!  We had a wonderful conversation and experience with our social worker.  She asked about our "neighborhood" and surrounding community(hospitals, stores, etc).  It made me realize how blessed we are even in a small town in rural PA, we still have own grocery store, gas station, mcdonalds, pizza shop, parks, library and bank.  What more do you really need?  Especially when your spitting distance from Hershey and Wyomissing/Reading.  We talked about parenting philosophy, education and our family's response to our adoption plans(which has been extremely encouraging and accepting).  After some of the conversation, we gave her a tour of our home. :-)  We finished up our visit talking about making our profile for prospective birthparents.  We got to look through some and get an idea for ours.  It is tempting to try and make yourself look appealing to everyone, but Nathan and I decided it was more important to truly represent our own personalities to be matched with the family that is looking for a family just like US.  The home visit lasted about 2 hours and was wonderful.  We felt very comfortable and encouraged by our social worker.  She answered all of our questions and took the time to really explain things to us.  When we finished she explained that it would be about 6-8 weeks for our Home study to be written up and approved by her supervisor.  During that time we will design and create our 6-12 page profile and submit it to her.  After she reviews it, the final profile is printed, and the home study summary is approved we will be able to be viewed by potential families!!! YAY!  We are so excited to have completed the Home study process and let God work out his plan for matching us with the perfect child and family.  I can't wait to meet the prospective birthparent(s) that will choose us and the amazing child that will be loved by both families!