As the title says, things are starting to move along! Yay! On the 17th we have to go to our local office and make our profile video. Out of everything that we've had to do, this is by far the most nerve wracking. I don't mind public speaking much (I know, I'm weird) but being in front of a video camera and talking to an unknown person just scares me. I'm not even 100% sure what to say on the video! Granted, its only about 4 minutes long so if both Matt and I talk, we can each talk for about 2 minutes. 2 minutes in our entire life shouldn't be so scary. But it is!
Once we have the video done we only have two more things to finish before we can officially be in the books. We have to do our profile key. The profile key, which I'm sure I've mentioned before, is what we have to fill out to show what scenarios we accept regarding race and drugs/alcohol/mental health of the birth mother and father. This is another hard thing to decide. We've talked about it and thought about it a lot and we've decided that we're going to go conservative for a few months (i.e. little to no drugs or alcohol) then if we don't get any hits, we'll change our key to accept more. We just have to remember that while we do want a baby, we can't sacrifice what we know is our limit when it comes to drugs and alcohol.
We also have to do our profile. This is a 5 page/10 sided "book" all about us. We need to write a hello letter and info about our lives and ourselves. We also have to pick pictures that show who we are and then arrange it in a pretty way that makes expectant mothers want to look at our profile. Good thing we're graphic designers! At our profile meeting a few months ago a lot of the other PAPs (prospective adoptive parents) had no idea how to even create the profile. At least we have somewhat of an idea (since we do it every day!)
Our goal is to get everything done by the end of this month. Thankfully our photography business has slowed down and we should have weekends and evenings available to work on everything.
On another note, our nursery is almost done! We need to get a few more things. We want to get a bookshelf and a night stand. We also need a mattress and I need to get started on making the curtains and crib skirt with my mom. After those few things we need to get our prints on the wall and everything will be done. I'm extremely proud of this nursery and I can not WAIT to show it off! I looked at a million nurseries trying to decide what style I wanted to go with. I knew I wanted something a little more contemporary and adult (i.e. no Winnie the Pooh, zoo animals or anything like that). I was also torn between calm, neutral tones and bright, vibrant ones. Well... the vibrant ones won out and they look AMAZING! Matt was kind enough to let me do whatever I wanted with the nursery and I'm so thankful that he loves it as much as I do. I will get pictures taken in the next week or two and post for everyone to see.
Well, that should do it for now. Check back soon for the nursery pics!
