2/2/6 12:45PM

Our applicaiton has been approved! OMG! How exciting!

I just got a phone call on our home phone from Alicia with Great Wall. She is the application specialist with GW. Alicia will email us a contract to complete and mail back with our first installment $$. Once the contract is received we will be assigned a caseworker who will help us through the paper chase.

While we wait for our caseworker we are encouraged to call and choose our home study company. We will call Allison, GW regional volunteer and our friends Mike & Sandy to find out who they both used. Also, Alicia gave me the following names and numbers to call:

1. Atlanta, Adoption Planning, Inc. 770-437-1907
2. Atlanta, Families First 404-853-2800
3. Alpharetta, AAA 770-844-2080
4. Marietta, Cradle of Love 770-955-8550

The only stipulation is making sure that we will have a "Masters License Social Woker".

Currently the CG states that the wait for referal (once the dosier is completed and received) is 8-10 months. Alicia anticipates the wait will increase as the year progresses. -- need to get our dossier done as quick as possible! So, we can hurry up and wait! Some of the items that we are required to obtain are time sensitive- expiring after 1 year (home study, finger prints, etc.)!