Today, I’m writing about our adoption finalization hearing. Adoption takes many, many steps. The general process for infant adoption goes: initial application home study training and waiting matching with an expectant mom birth and placement post-placement supervision finalization I’ve linked my previous posts about the steps in the process. Of course, feel free to commentContinue reading “our adoption story #8: the finalization hearing and making it official”
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our adoption story #7: waiting for the hearing
Today, I’m writing about the post-placement process and while we waited for our finalization hearing. Adoption takes many, many steps. With infant adoption, in general, the process goes: initial application home study training and waiting matching with an expectant mom birth and placement post-placement supervision finalization The State of Colorado requires families to wait atContinue reading “our adoption story #7: waiting for the hearing”
hard truths
Sumner’s physical therapist said something during our last session that really hit home for me. She said, “Even though he’s almost two, he still functions mostly like a one year old.” Yes, I already knew this. But being reminded of it… again… hit me hard. You see, I’ve been dreaming of what comes next forContinue reading “hard truths”
our adoption story #6: bringing baby home and placement
Today, I’m writing about the placement process. Adoption takes many, many steps. With infant adoption, in general, the process goes: initial application home study training and waiting matching with an expectant mom birth and placement post-placement supervision finalization Our process was a bit different than most because we were matched with a baby who hadContinue reading “our adoption story #6: bringing baby home and placement”
our adoption story #5: being matched with a baby
So, here I am on a regular Friday afternoon in our dinky apartment kitchen making a lunch of cheesy grits and fried eggs for me and Justin when the phone rang. I checked the caller id to see if it was worth answering and hope that it isn’t since this is a time sensitive mealContinue reading “our adoption story #5: being matched with a baby”
our adoption story #4: waiting to be matched
Once our home study was approved in October 2018, we entered the domestic infant adoption pool with 50 other waiting families. Some families had been waiting for upwards of five years and others, like us, were brand new to the pool. The average wait time to be matched with an expectant mom is 28 months. Knowing that we most likely had a coupleContinue reading “our adoption story #4: waiting to be matched”
our adoption story #3: the home study process
This is the third installment of our adoption story. You can read part 1 about our decision to adopt and part 2 about how we decided on an adoption agency here and here. In today’s post, I’m discussing the application and home study process. These were the two most involved and nerve-wracking parts of the process. When youContinue reading “our adoption story #3: the home study process”
celebrating our son’s heritage: day of the dead
While Halloween was a big tradition in our family prior to Sumner joining us, we decided to add the Day of the Dead to our traditions last year to help Sumner celebrate his heritage and ancestors. We were still in the NICU for last year’s celebrations and we kept things pretty low-key. We watched CocoContinue reading “celebrating our son’s heritage: day of the dead”
our adoption story #2: choosing an agency
This is the second post in our adoption story. If you want to know more about why we chose adoption as our way to expand our family, read part 1 here. One of the most important decisions you can make in the adoption process is about which agency to use. Justin and I knew that weContinue reading “our adoption story #2: choosing an agency”
our adoption story #1: deciding to adopt
This is a somewhat personal post about our journey to choosing adoption. It’s pretty long, so bear with me. Please be kind. Throughout the research process, it was hard to find people who were willing to share their story and the ins and outs of their adoption process. We went into it with lots ofContinue reading “our adoption story #1: deciding to adopt”
Homespun in Colorado 