Adopt a Child Blogs

June 17, 2011, 8:51 am

With Father’s Day coming up on Sunday, I am reminded of the moment my husband became a father.  Elle was 2 ½ years old and Colby and I had been dating for a couple of months.  We were dating long distance, so the first weekend he came to visit me, he got to meet Elle for the first time. He flew...

September 7, 2011, 12:56 pm

When my family began our adoption journey more than 10 years ago, we felt called to adopt. It was a great feeling, but we lacked the financial means to reach our goal. I began to do research on the Internet to find ways to help pay for our adoptions. Much to my delight and encouragement, I...

October 27, 2011, 9:33 am

How much nesting is considered overboard? Most couples when they decide the time is right to have a child get a nine month waiting period.  As adoptive parents, we are constantly bombarded with the more open ended question: when?   It's frustrating enough not knowing how long, let alone friends...

November 22, 2011, 3:12 pm

In the last ten years and through the completion of three international adoptions, I learned a great deal about adoption financial planning and resources.  I would like to share some of what I learned with you. Here are the three things that you must know before looking for adoption grants: ...

December 19, 2011, 7:33 pm

One night, back before I met my wife, I was half asleep when my roommate came in and started to get ready for bed. “Turn off the hall light once you’re done, k?” I said with my eyes half open. “What?” he was confused. “The hall light,” I repeated. “Turn off the hall light before you go to...

January 6, 2012, 8:38 am

To Facebook or not to Facebook? That is the question. Of course, this post is probably only relative to those considering open adoption. I’m not talking about whether or not it’s a good idea to get your name out there via Facebook or not. It’s a great idea. If you’re going with the type of...

January 10, 2012, 2:21 pm

In my last blog post, I talked about how we were glad that we used Facebook to get to know our first birthmom, but we decided not to do so with our second adoption so that we could talk more freely about what was going on. Another big reason for us avoiding Facebook the second time was that...

January 14, 2012, 7:45 am

I was only planning on doing two parts to this Facebook question, but something interesting happened after I wrote my last post. The birthmom from our second adoption came over to visit. She used to come over a lot, but one day told us that she needed to move on and that she wouldn’t be in contact...

January 28, 2012, 1:35 pm

What types of things should you consider when you’re choosing the perfect picture for your adoption profile? I’ve sat in on a lot of panels and when birthparents are asked what drew them to their adoptive couple, they usually gave an answer similar to, “Something just felt right about them.” Don’t...

January 29, 2012, 3:15 pm

To go along w ith my last post about profiles, I thought it could be helpful to pick apart the things that my wife and I considered with our own profile pictures (we have been through the process twice). We went with a very large adoption agency where there were close to 1,000 profiles listed, but...