Homestudy visit complete

We completed our homestudy visit today with our adoption social worker. It took about 3 hours. We discussed the questionaires we filled out and she made sure our home meets standards. (like medications being locked up, no ungated bodies of water, etc.) She talks to greg and I individually then as a couple. It was an enjoyable visit as i've learned so much from this woman. She has 2 biological children and 3 adopted. She knows her stuff. She did our post placement visits for Andrey. She writes up a report about us and our home- this is a step that anyone who is adopting thru an agency has to do. It's a fairly easy process. We have completed the necessary paperwork and just waiting to do our cpr/1st aid training and waiting for our FBI clearance. I have to say that after doing an international adoption that this is a breeze. She talked to Andrey about his feelings about having a little sister and he was so sweet....he shows so much excitement. It makes my heart happy that this will be a new season in Andrey's life. Oh, also on an Andrey note...i found out that since we're done with all our post placement visits, that Andrey's "case" is closed. So before that happened i asked if we could send his birthmother a letter and picture of him (i wasn't sure if we could or they even knew where she lives)... i did a short and sweet letter and sent a beautiful picture of Andrey to our adoption agency - they will send it to the facilitator in Russia and see if they can get it to her. It gives me the chills to think that she may hold andrey's picture in her hands! She's always been such a mystery...all i have is a small picture of her and copies of her relinguishment of parental rights docs. I look forward to see if she writes back and sends me a picture.