Here is our first adoption update for 2020. We want to let you guys know where we are in the process and thank you all for your support as we have officially begun the waiting process. Adoption Costs Thus Far: Application fee: $400 Home Study & Required State Training: $2,400 First Program Fee to be visible on website for birth families (counseling & services to birth families, etc): $10,200 Documentation: FBI, CBI background checks, Local Police Reports, Finger Prints, Medical exams: $165 Creating & Printing Family Books to show expectant family: $250 Pediatric CPR & First Aid Training: $156 Passthrough Expenses: Travel to Castle Rock, CO to our Agency. Administrative meeting. Adoptive Core Class, two trips for our Home Study. Delivering our family books. Expenses mostly for fuel and food. Child Proofing Our Home: Fire Extinguisher, Carbon Monoxide Detectors, Electrical Plugs, etc: $150 Getting Childs Room Ready: Crib Sheets, Age appropriate books and toys, parenting books, etc: $80 Upcoming Expenses Program Fee for Child Placement & Legal Documentation for birth families & Court Appearances, Hospital Time and Discharge, Relinquishment of Birth Mothers Rights, Termination of Birth Fathers Rights, Legal Documentation for Adoption Finalization, Child Placement & Foster Care Licensing (We will be considered foster parents for the first 6 months after placement): $12,000 Variable and Estimated Expenses We Are Told To Budget For Pregnancy Related Expenses: Not to exceed $2,000 (help with rent or various other things the birth family may need right before delivery) Agency & Birth Parent Legal Fees (Varies by case not always required)$2,000 Pass Through Expenses: Includes Mileage, Meals, Post Placement Services, Court Filing Fees, etc: $400 Thank you all once again for walking with us through this journey. We covet your prayers and encouragement. Major, Shana & Bosco. Our Go Fund Me Website is: https://www.gofundme.com/f/team-chisholm-adoption?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whFcnhzJB6Q

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This Christmas we decided to make each others gifts. I made Shana a new Garden Bench. Or, as she called it A Mountain Home Garden Bench. She loved it. And we do not live in the mountains. Garden Bench Plans purchased from Bob @ I Like To Make Stuff https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6x7GwJxuoABSosgVXDYtTw Wisdom, Counseling and fun support through Marco Polo from Nate Lamb, owner of Woolly Furniture. https://woollyfurniture.com Cedar Decking from Uncle Benny's Building Supplies http://unclebennysbuildingsupplies.com Screws from Lowes https://www.lowes.com Casters from Home Depot https://www.homedepot.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqoyaAruWBg