Getting Ready for the Baby

Here at home while we waited for the ICPC paperwork, we were supposed to child proof our home before the baby can be placed with us. We cleaned the entire house, we got rid of all the things we don't really use anymore and emptied one of the rooms. Shorty after that we got the crib, strollers, toys, baby clothes, we put safety locks on the kitchen cabinets. We checked the mail two times a day waiting for the ICPC papers so we could say that the process began. We called CPS to check on the papers; but we never got answers. Finally, CASA told us that the social worker in charge of our care was no longer there; but she re assured us that the CPS supervisor was going to make sure those papers were sent to the ICPC here in CA. It took about two weeks for ICPC to get the papers and once they got here, it took about another 2 days for us to get the packet. The packet consisted in about 30 something pages and a big questionnaire that we both needed to answer. It took us about 3 days to get the packet ready and mail it.
The week after we had our first meeting with CCLD, It lasted about 5 hours and basically they explain to us the foster/adoption process and how to send the application. That class was on a Saturday, the week after we got the paper work for the fingerprints and with the information about our new social worker in California. We got the papers on a Tuesday and we got our fingerprints done that Thursday at the Hemet CPS office. The Social Worker told us that she had sent all the reference letters and that as soon as she gets them back and the results of the fingerprints she was going to schedule an interview. That same week we sent the Foster/Adoption certificate ( copies ) to CASA in Texas and we added a little gift for the baby.
The week after that CASA got the package and schedule a visit so she could give the baby the gifts we sent her. We got pictures of the baby opening her gifts. Priceless...