Waiting Child

I receive the following emails through an adoption list serv.  I do not have personal experience with the agencies or facilitators.  Please practice due diligence and research the postings.

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LOOKING FOR a Family to adopt a --- Code: Cora - December 2012

Name & Due Date: Cora - December 2012
Sex (If Known): UNKNOWN
Race: Caucasian
Location: Midwest Region - KY, MI, NE, OH
Health: She is healthy and all of her other children were born healthy.
Other Info: BM doesn't use drugs or alcohol. She smokes about half a pack a day. BM has PLACED BEFORE using our company. The last family is not in a position to adopt at this time.
Total Estimated Fees: $ $26,000
Case Worker: y

IF YOU ARE PAPER READY AND INTERESTED, please contact Sarah sarahjdalia@gmail.com (sarahjdalia @ gmail.com - No spaces) or Adam adambodily@gmail.com (adambodily @ gmail.com - No spaces)

You will also need to go to our webpage WWW.Adoptionadvertising.org download the adoptive parent intake form, fill it out and email it to adambodily@gmail.com (adambodily @ gmail.com - NO SPACES) and Sarah sarahjdalia@gmail.com (sarahjdalia @ gmail.com - No spaces). Adam will call you after he gets the intake from the web page.

Kathy Finch kathrynmfinch@hotmail.com
"Adoption Advertising" Adoption Administrative Assistant
WWW.Adoptionadvertising.org

10 Things Adoptive Parents Should Know

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Undeniable Love

Two of my adoptive momma friends are working on a book project Undeniable Love: Heartfelt Adoption Stories.  They would love for you to help by submitting your adoption story.  If you are interested in participating please visit their website and click on Submission Guidelines to see how you can help!

Finally Final

Just one week short of a year we have finalized Avenn's adoption.  Brian and I were in court yesterday with our little girl while our parents and the boys waited at home to hear whether or not the judge had FINALLY signed the decree.  Our hearing started at 2:00 p.m. and by 2:45 p.m. I was sending text messages announcing the news.

We are so thankful to have this chapter behind us.  The process was torture the third time around and cost us a lot financially and emotionally although it was all worth it in the end.

Whew!

After finally making her legally ours we sent her away...with her grandparents.  My parents took the boys this morning for a week spent with them in Texas and Brian's parents headed home to Missouri with Avenn.  This week Brian and I are kid free.  We kicked our freedom off with a bang...Brian mowed and fixed fence with the neighbor while I went to the allergy doctor to get a shot in the hiney and to the car wash to detail my car.  I know, we go wild when given the chance!  Watch out!

Finalization Update

Avenn's finalization hearing is set for tomorrow afternoon.  A finalization that should have taken no more than 6 months has now taken almost one year.

We have been put through the wringer by the county court.  We have submitted and resubmitted documents no less than 4-5 times in some cases.  The court lost Avenn's original birth certificate, not once but twice actually.  We have been required to submit documents that are not even required by statute.

We have decided to not ask our extended family to attend the hearing that may or may not happen tomorrow.  We do not want to bring everyone into court only to leave disappointed.  Our parents have attended our previous two finalizations.

The grandparents will be at our house with our boys awaiting word that everything has been signed on the dotted line.  Assuming the final decree is approved we will come home to celebrate Avenn's finalization and her first birthday.  If the decree is not signed by the judge we will still party on celebrating her 1st birthday.  We will be celebrating one way or another tomorrow.  We hope to have two reasons to celebrate.

Fingers and toes crossed.  Stay tuned.