Just the Beginning of Our Fritzel Journey

Nate and I thought it might be a good idea to start documenting our adoption journey for ourselves and for all our loved ones to know what is going on.  As some of you know, we have wanted to adopt for a while now, and after many prayers and conversations, now is the time. We are so excited to have a new Fritzel in our family and of course for Owen and the future little Fritzel to experience the joys and frustrations;) of having a sibling.  After being turned down at one adoption agency for already having a child and being fertile, we are so excited to say that we have been pre-approved for a domestic infant adoption at another agency.  We will be adopting through Buckner International Adoption Agency in Dallas.  After our pre-approval we met with the adoption social worker on staff for an orientation.  We learned all about the history of adoption, Buckner's history of adoption, the adoption process, and received the application.  We are now in the midst of filling out massive amounts of paperwork in order to move forward.  Please check out our new blog from time to time in order to share in our ups and downs.

Our Adoption Timeline

12/10/12
Spoke with an adoption agency in Arizona that do Mexican adoptions and spoke with Gladney Adoption Agency, who informed us of our unlikeliness to be accepted.

12/11/12
Pre-application completed and turned in to Gladney Agency.

12/16/12
Rejected from Gladney Agency for domestic infant adoption for being fertile and already having one child.  Gladney asked us to look into international adoption.

12/16/12
Emailed Gladney and thanked them for their help.  Also explained that we have decided not to pursue international adoption at this time.

12/17/12
After our research of all agencies in the area, we decided on Buckner, a Christian adoption agency.  We filled out the pre-application and sent it the same day.

12/23/12
Decision to switch adoption to foster to adopt if Buckner did not work out.

12/31/12
Emailed Buckner to make sure they received our application.  SW emailed back to say she was on vacation.

1/4/13
Received a call from Buckner saying we were pre-approved for the domestic infant adoption!!!  Orientation scheduled.

1/10/13
Orientation rescheduled due to SW personal reasons.

1/24/13
Three hour orientation where we learned about the process with Buckner.  Decided Buckner was definitely the place for us.

1/25/13
Started filling out our application for adoption!

2/13/13
Discovered I am cancerfree and continued application process!

3/16/13
Mailed in Application! Wawho!

4/24/13
Made FBI fingerprint appointment.

5/2/13
FBI fingerprint appt. completed!