Our home visit went really well. Jennifer, the lady from the adoption agency, stayed for nearly three hours. The visit was pleasant and unstressful (is that a word?). She asked all kinds of questions like, "How were you disciplined growing up and how does that compare or contrast with the way you approach discipline with your children now? How do you handle stress? What was the most traumatic experience in your childhood? Do you have a good support network of family and friends who are geographically close? What was your relationship to your parents like growing up, and what is your relationship to them like now?" These are just a few of many. All in all, it was kind of fun answering some of these questions. Some questions were quite thought provoking, but there weren't any that Neil and I had never discussed. That made it easier, for sure!
Next step: the agency will write their report and begin finding matches of children for our family. Neil and I have already been online looking at various children's profiles. I am SO glad we have an agency working with us this time!
