Adopting Outside Your Home State
What is ICPC? How Do I Legally Cross State Lines With My Adopted Baby? Nothing compares to the joy of holding a child you’re about to adopt. It’s a moment…
Leaving NICU.
One month old Hi family and friends, Elias here. Wowza has this been a wild adventure for me. I broke free of the NICU. Yahoo . . . all my…
Too Tiny to See His Face in NICU
“He was a scary, tiny baby,” Cherrie recalls seeing her son for the first time. Telling her story four months later, her voice still cracks with emotion. “I’ve never seen…
Recent Placement–Please Be in the Hospital With Me
“What are you doing on January 28th? I was hoping you could come down to Atlanta and be part of the birth.” “We really gulped when Krysia said that,” Emily…
After a Failed Adoption, They Took a Baby Home Forever
"We get to bring him home forever?" The three-year-old kept asking. She was delighted with the prospect of bringing a baby brother home "forever." Eight months earlier, the young girl…
Adoption– So Hard!! So Good!!
Twenty-five birth mothers looked through the Carter’s family profile. Twenty-five times, the birth mother decided the Carters weren’t the family to raise the unborn child.“We had been waiting a year…
“My Birth Mom Can Adopt Me Back,” My Adopted Daughter said.
Guest Blogger--About her adopted daughter “You can’t tell anyone.” My 30-year-old daughter had called to confide in me. “Promise you won’t even tell Dad until everything is over. Promise?”“I promise,”…