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Kicked out again!

04.12.2007 /

I got the dreadful call from Teresa two days ago that we were kicked out again. I haven’t posted because I was to upset and typing it makes it real. But I thought I would let you guys know, even though I don’t really like to tell the story. I wish it was just a dream! Anyway, Teresa said that on our homestudy report, the lady wrote the phrase “they would like to have a referral by the time the baby is one month or younger”. Teresa said the reviewer thinks that we want the baby home by the time he is one month, which everyone knows is impossible!!! But they couldn’t get him to understand what we really meant. She said there is no word in spanish to translate our definition of “referral”. I guess they tried everything, but he just isn’t getting it. So, we have to have the lady who did the home study, write up an addendum saying we just wanted the adoption with a baby to start by the time he was one month, not that we expected him to be home by then. But the problem is, after she does this, we have to send it to Harrisburg to get certified and then to NY to get authenticated. This is more time and money!!! Right now I am waiting to hear from our home study lady that she has sent the addendum. Please just pray she gets it done asap and we can get it out by next week!!! I am so frustrated right now! I don’t understand why they have to make it so difficult to give a baby a good home. I just want our baby home!!!