Officially Approved

We are now certified to adopt!!!  Not only has the state of Arizona said that they think we can be trusted with children, but the court system and commissioner in AZ have also given us the go ahead.  We must be really good parents if the state has told us to take on even more kiddos! :)  As of this morning, our name has been added to the Central Registry, which is "the list."  It's a list of available adoptive families that CPS can look up.   At any time, CPS caseworkers can pull our file and consider us as a potential adoptive home.  Our caseworker expects us to hear back very soon!  We still expect that our family could be growing before the holidays this year.  It's also possible that it takes longer, and we are okay with that too.  This is such a lesson in giving up control!

Our licensing worker came by for her quarterly visit and inspection this morning.  When children are placed with us, she will have to visit weekly (for the first month), then monthly after that.  But for now, since we don't have foster children in the home, she can do her visits quarterly.  Everything went well!  We are still in compliance.

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