We started filling out paperwork for adoption on Valentine's Day 2009. Then life got in the way - things got busy, priorities shifted, uncertainties loomed. It was a call in January of 2010 that shook us back into the reality of becoming parents. Apparently my mother had been asking everyone she met on her travels: "Do you have a baby in need of adoption? My son and his wife are looking. They would be great parents." Someone finally took her up on the offer and called.
The details were a little sketchy, but it sounded like the baby was due in just a couple of months in Puerto Rico. We had no idea how to adopt from Puerto Rico. We couldn't really get very good answers about the process, either. One thing was clear, though. We had to get our Home Study done as quickly as possible. Julia found an agency that could expedite our home study, but it also sounded like there was going to be a significant wait time no matter who we went with because of the backlog in FBI background checks. Yes, we were going to have to get fingerprinted. More on that later...
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