There were ten people on the panel as interviewers, however the head of the department was the one who asked us almost all of the questions. It was fairly painless, with questions about our hobbies, our financial status, and our expectations for a child. To be clear, the financial questions were mostly just verifying some of the things written in the home study as well as making sure we understood that this child will not have a stipend or be covered by medicaid, like many kids adopted from DCS would. Nothing we weren't expecting. They asked us how we resolve conflicts and our ideas on discipline. I feel like it went pretty well, but of course one never knows about the "competition". We are strong candidates, I think, so if another family is chosen, I'm confident that they are also an amazing family. Still though, they should obviously choose us. :)
In the mean time we finished (mostly) our nursery! We began it as a room for foster babies, so it is more complete than we probably would have had it if we were not planning to foster- a room devoted to a baby that may never come is pretty discouraging, but we are fairly confident we'd get placed with a foster sib group that includes a little one... and very hopeful that we might put off the foster scenario for a bit because of a new baby... I still need to hem the curtains and the fabric draped over the chair is a stand-in for a future rocker or glider, but other than that... yay! At least one room in the house is totally put together. We have had so many overlapping projects, it has been difficult to keep any order. THAT, however, is what I'm supposed to be working on now, so... I'll update with news when I have any to tell! Fingers crossed!
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