After much discussion, Steve and I have decided to stop our nationwide search for a kiddo and to try our luck with the MN only program. Which is fairly self explanatory...we can only adopt a child from within the state of MN. This, of course means that we will not continue to stay in the pool for our FL kids...which breaks my heart. But it is the best option for us at the moment. The kids case was transferred to a new worker and she decided she wanted to start all over accepting home studies again...which means we were back at square one. We waited for a year to find out if they were ours or not. I can't wait any longer. It obviously was God's way of saying this wasn't meant to be.
I have a feeling the MN only program will bring good things. I definitely like the idea of keeping the child in their home state. Plus, once we are matched we won't have far to travel, which means we can visit our kiddo several times before we bring her home.
We had our training with our new agency at the end of June and let me just say that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE our new worker, Nicole. She is simply awesome.
So, now all we have to do is wait for the state to get back up and running so we can complete our background checks!!!
