UPDATE!!!

Ok some good news happened when I got home from work today. After trying to get bear's license for almost a month...we received in the mail our case number for our adoption process through the courts. Now we are just waiting on the courts approval to be official! :-) Also, we got our final homestudy paperwork from the agency so we can start applying for grants. This is so awesome considering we made our decision a month ago! :-) praise God on this quick process and we continue to pray it continues!!! :-) 



Our completed homestudy!!! :-D

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