we met with our local homestudy agent last night for our third of four meetings with her.  She read us a checklist of questions and then certified us to be foster parents.  Between the time that we bring a baby home and the finalization of the adoption in court, we serve as foster parents and have to be certified as such.  We’re not certified to the extent that we could sign up to take in a 14-year-old who needs a temporary place to live or anything, but we’re now approved to be foster parents for our anticipated future circumstances.

waiting on a few more pieces of paperwork to come in before we can mail in our completed application to the placement agency….