3 month post placement visit.

Well our 3 month post placement was on Wednesday January 21, 2008 at 2:30pm. We met with Joni Irvin at our home and it was smooth as butter. She was very nice. Loved Camden. For those of you who don't know or don't understand when you adopt the birth parents rights are terminated 48hours after the baby is born. The birth parents have 48 hours to say they want the baby back or go on with the adoption as planned. When the rights are terminated an order for temporary custody is put in and granted to the adoptive parents. Then in 3 months you meet with a social worker to do a post placement visit. This visit basically is where the social worker comes into your home again and just asks how things are going and really just makes sure everyone has adjusted to the baby and life as new parents/family. Like I said above ours was painless. Joni was very sweet, told us how adorable Camden is, held him, saw his room, toured our home and met the kids and my neice. She loved how we had lots of books to read to Camden about being adopted, how we kept a photo of him and his birth dad in his room and a album of his birth in there too. She basically asked us the following:

*how much did he weigh at birth
*how much do we think he weighs now
*how is his health
*what are his sleeping patterns
*what were some trials of becoming new parents
*what are some of the best moments
*what do you do as a family on the weekend
*who is your childs doctor (we also had to get a note from the doctor about his health and a copy of his shot records)
*how have the kids adjusted to a new brother
*what kind of formula is he on
*how often is he eating
*what are some new milestones of his/is he on target

Then she wanted to see the house. She spoke to the kids and my neice a little bit and then told us the best words ever.....

Once I write up your post placement I will call Joyce (our lawyer) and Joyce will call you and you can schedule your adoption finalization with the courts. So in 3 to 5 weeks the adoption should be finalized...we can bring whomever we want to the court house to be there and then the next day we will have a nice party for Camden and his adoption day!!!!

This is truly "The beginning". After so many years this is all just a blessing and a huge dream come true.