So the last interview lasted about 40 minutes with just four questions:

How are your parenting styles the same?
Is there any physical or emotional abuse?
Why do you want to adopt?
Do you have worries?

Now we need to start collecting birth certificates, marriage certificates, medical papers, and our CPR certification. After hubby's interview we will receive the yellow slip of paper to move onto the fostering part of the application. We need to sign up for the fostering licensing workshop and fill out the application there. Then we will be assigned a licensing social worker.

December 21st-First Interview-hubby

So hubby's interview went basically the same as mine. Yay we are halfway to getting the licensing paper so we can move onto the fostering part of this process. We are so excited to be halfway there. We still need to finish up the doctor office visits for hubby and the kids and my doctor needs to add something to mine and then we should be good to go! Hopefully after the new year we will have a better idea of how much longer we have to go. Happy Holidays!

December 14th- Follow-up Interview-me

This next interview took 2 1/2 hours....and still not done.....15 minutes to go.....

Here are several questions from this interview:

Adolescence - did you rebel?
Adulthood - are you flexible?
When did you graduate from high school?
Where did you go to college?
How long did it take you to graduate?
What jobs did you have?
How did you pick the job you picked?
How did you two meet?
What was your courtship like?
How often do you drink?
How is your self esteem?
Describe Ian.
Describe him in one word.
One thing you would change?
Was there an adjustment to marriage?
Did you ever separate?
How will a new child affect your relationship?
What about Ian annoys you?
Are you compatible physically?
How do you manage stress?
What are your goals for now?
What is your support network?
How are you different? (me and hubby)
How are you the same?
Does hubby know about everything?
Have you ever been abused?

Getting my dates straight was the hardest part of this interview and also the amount of time it took. Phew glad its almost done. I am so looking forward to hubby starting his interviews so that we can move onto the licensing phase of our adoption.

December 9th - First Individual Interview - Me

So I was really nervous for my individual interview. My four-year old was home with me at the time and the dogs were being a little crazy but all in all it went alright....I think.

Here are the questions that I can remember:

What are your degrees?
What are the names of the members of your family: my mom, dad, sister.
Is your dad retired?
Is your mom retired?
What does your sister do? Is she married/does she have a boyfriend?
What is your relationship like with your mom/dad/sister?
Describe your young childhood - 0-12 years. Do not include school.
Describe school.
Describe your adolescence.
Where did you learn your values and morals from?
Were you sexually abused?

This interview took 1 hour and 45 minutes. It was much more stressful, especially when talking about certain relationships.

My follow-up interview is next week. It's supposed to last about 2 hours....

Dec. 2nd and Dec. 6th Joint Interview

Here are some questions from our first joint interviews. We didn't know exactly what to expect but they weren't really that hard.....I've heard the individual interview is a little harder so we'll see. So far the first interview on the 2nd took 2 1/2 hours and the second interview on the 6th took 1 hour.

Here are some of the questions. These are the only ones that I could remember.

Describe your personality.
Describe your kid's personality.
What do you do for birth control? Are you actively trying to have kids?
Describe your experience with kids.
Describe your religion from childhood on.
Describe your finances.
How do you discipline your children?
What are your goals for your children?
What are your views of people different from yourself?
Describe how you will meet your child's cultural needs?
What have you told your children about fostering.
Will you use outside support services?