7 Months Isn't That Bad

You know, it takes most couples over 9 months to conceive and give birth to their first child. So far Patrick and I have been working on approval with CPS to become Foster/Adoptive parents for only 7 months. I guess when you look at it in the sense of numbers, we are pretty much ahead of the curve! At least, that's the way we are trying to look at things right now.

The news is there is no news. The City of Arlington background check still has not been received, which means our file is incomplete, which means they can't approve us until it is complete. We got a sense of how frustrating this is for our worker the other day as she told us she has been calling daily to get a status update to only get a busy tone or no answer, she mailed the request a third time thinking maybe it would get processed that way and she even has a friend who works in that area on the hunt for the background info she needs! Come on A-town - what's the hold up??!!?? :)

So I called down to the City of Arlington main phone number (sitting on hold for 16 minutes to speak to an operator) and was directed to the Police Department. I was then told to go to the Records department. When I got on the phone with the Records department, it was busy and it hung up on me a couple of times (I feel your frustration Dione!). I tenaciously (that's an understatement at this point boys and girls!) called back. I was able to get someone on the phone on that third attempt. She told me I could run a self-requested background check for $2 and if I have never been arrested (I haven't!) I could have the report right then! **eyes rolling viciously**

So we will attempt to do that, even though we haven't been told by CPS that it will be accepted at this point. But we figured, what's $4 and an afternoon at the police department if it will possibly finish our files! So I leave you with this update that isn't really an update and these words of wisdom: God is in control and these "delays" are a part of his plan. We keep faith that the plan he has for us is the right one (those of you who know me well know that I am chanting this over and over in my head constantly and all day long since February!). :)

As always, we will keep you all posted!