The home visit is over

We completed our home study visit yesterday! After getting the house organized and being a little nervous for our home study visit, we came to find it was a very enjoyable and pressure free experience! Molly, an intern for Adoption & Beyond was very friendly and relaxed. We'd all like to say that our house is always in perfect order, right? And we've read that the social worker is not looking at your house keeping abilities or how well you decorate, they just want to make sure you have what is necessary and safe to care for a child and also to get to know the family. But, let's face it, who isn't going to go the extra mile to get everything extra clean and organized and make it look like the happiest home-making home ever for your home study?! It's like the difference between when your just having your neighbor stop by for coffee, or when your own mom my is coming to stay. This is like the latter, you do that extra deep dusting and scrubbing and a smile! So, needless to say we've had a busy few weeks! Of course she never even really looked inside the closets, cupboards, showers or under the beds, ha ha! But at least we were prepared for anything. To be honest she did a quick walk through of the house that took less than 3 minutes. Oh well, at least today I can sit back and enjoy my spring cleaned home. :)