What a relief!

A big thank you goes out to all of you who have been thinking about and praying for our home study today. And thank you, again, to my mom and to Judy who helped clean! Thank goodness it's over! It really wasn't as bad as we thought it would be. (You were right, Jennifer!) Of course Michael was confident all along; I had more trouble believing it. Our social worker was here for 3 1/2 hours. She interviewed us together and then each of us separately. She asked about everything from our lives growing up to what our marriage is like. Then she went through the house, room by room making sure we have fire extinguishers and smoke alarms on each level and that we have a space at least 5x10 for the baby. She even looked in every closet! The last part was filling out just a little bit more paperwork. She also looked through our scrapbook and told us it was good. (Whew!) Before she left, she said she would make sure our criminal history checks are in and our paperwork is in order. As soon as that is done -within the next few days-she will put our scrapbook out so that birthmothers can look at it! This means she liked us, and approved us, and everything is good to go. What a relief!

Here are some more pictures of the baby's room, now that we have furniture in it.

And here are some cute pictures of Brayden and Audrey from this weekend.