Hurry Up and Wait

Yesterday was our last homestudy session. There were 3 in total, lasting 2 hours each. The only thing we had to do was get plug covers and make sure chemicals and medicine was either out of reach or locked up.
When they left they said we were pre-certified which means we are legally able to foster, so now we just wait for the call. We still have some training to do. Here's where we're at now:

To be pre-certified:
12 hour CORE training Husband and I both done
15 hours of "other training". Our county has several training opportunities for these hours such as reading books and newsletters, attending potlucks and other miscellaneous parenting classes. Lealyn done. Ant needs about 5.
Homestudy Done
1st aid and CPR certification Ant and Lealyn both done


Then you need 20 hrs of training your first year totalling 47 hours. I need 5. Husband needs 25.

I learned yesterday that Husband is really concerned and scared. But he's not showing any signs of wanting to back out. He just worries about having a child and getting attached and having to give them back. That's an understandable fear for sure. I'm not worried about that too much myself. Maybe I'm not being realistic. But I"m focusing more on the experience we will have. I'm just so eager to help that I don't care if it's not forever. I look forward to what's to come. It will all work out and it will all be beautiful.

I don't think we are getting the little man. I feel sad. I wasn't excited about being rushed, but I did have my heart set on this little boy and so that will take some getting over. Everyone talks about what a great kid he is. We just had our 2nd home study session and they made it sound like his kin situation is working out better than they thought it would. That's good, I hope, for him.
I ordered two parenting books yesterday and will hopefully learn alot there. I'm going garage saleing again tomorrow and hope to get some more good stuff for the kids room
I had an idea for Husband and I to start talking about how we would have done things if we had had a kid that day. Like yesterday, it was crazy, we were both super busy with work. How would a kid have worked into the mix? I know things will have a way of working themselves out, but it woudn't hurt to think about those things now so that they don't come as such a shock when the real thing hits.

Getting Ready

Well, Husband and I made the official decision to become foster parents the other day. We had always said we would wait until after the CORE training to officially decide and about 3 days after training I realized we hadn't discussed the finality of it. So I asked him what he thought and he said, "Let's do it!"
So I went garage saleing yesterday and now we have 16 books, a puppet, a stuffed animal and 2 bouncy balls! It's going to be fun getting this room ready!