Mandatory Pre-Adopt Meeting

We attended a BAAS mandatory pre-adopt meeting in Mountain View. In the meeting, BAAS discussed in more detail of the adoption process which includes forms we needed to fill out, documents we need to acquire, etc. There were at about 11 couples in this meeting. We all sat in a circle while we listened to one of the BAAS staff explain to us what the forms/documents mean.  Also, there were two families who spoke about their adoption experience.  These families brought their adopted child as well.  The meeting took at least most of our day. I remember feeling overwhelmed with information that day. An Adoption Manual given to us was so massive! It was like at least 3 inches thick! I remember thinking ‘we really have a lot of work ahead of us.’ The manual contained all information we needed to put our dossier together.