today, it's officially over. i got a refund on the fee i paid to the adoption agency about 3 years ago.
after we sold our house in wisconsin, i immediatly took some of the money and sent in an application to the adoption agency. i was so sure we would have a little one from ethiopia in no time! then we started the homestudy process.
that was our first snag. mike has a felony on his record, and that became a big problem in a hurry.
we finally semi-worked through that (enough to move on, anyways) and had an appointment to get our fingerprints taken. that's when we hit snag #2.
not a snag, exactly. we found out i was pregnant with sariah. the adoption agency we were working with would not allow us to proceed with the process until the baby was born and 1 year old.
when i contacted the homestudy agency to tell them i was pregnant, i was left with the impression that they were not interested in working with us any longer.
so, sariah turned a year in november, and i was kind of hopeful to revive the whole adoption process again.
then, recently, i got a note from the case manager from our adoption agency wanting to close our case. since we never completed a home study, we get a refund of (one third of) the fee we paid. i got the check in the mail today.
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