Everything is in..hope to get started soon!
We have paid and signed our contract. We were then asked to write a bunch of sections for our profile and provide many pictures(about 50). My husband turned everything in on Friday, so I think scheduling our home study is next. Our agency creates a magazine like style booklet that is all about us with pictures and our blurbs. They said they start sending it out ASAP to people who are newly pregnant since we need to time to start and finish our home study. Once our home study is completed, we then can get put up on the website for birth mothers to view. I hope we get matched soon but also know that if it was not til June it would be awesome since I have the whole summer off for bonding time. We are going with Angel Adoptions since they are around the block from us. They are more like a marketing agency for adoptions then a true adoption agency. They are a independent contractor of Lutheran Child and Family Services. If any people are newly looking into adoption and need examples/ideas for dear birth mother letters or anything else, there are good profiles on here to look through and get ideas.
https://www.angeladoptioninc.com/birthmothers/choose-a-family.html
Re: Everything is in..hope to get started soon!
I thought that process sounded familiar! I am working with Angel Adoptions as well. We are almost done with our home study. There has been problems getting fingerprints back, though. It has been 4 months for us so far, and I feel like we are losing time. We are working on something that should help us soon, though. Good luck!