We are so excited to share that we are adding a baby to our family through domestic adoption!!!
The domestic process is so different than our international adoptions so we are taking this step by step and praying for God to lead us to all the right places. Our boys are soooooo excited to have a baby brother or sister, but they are all hoping for a baby sister. :) Jacob wants to name her Maggie, like our cat Maggie (that we gave away 2 years ago). Isaiah thinks she should be named Linda (from a movie he just watched). Kaleb thinks she should be named Sister.
We met with our social worker a few times in July and beginning of August and she almost has our homestudy complete. We are just waiting for our background checks to come in and then we will have our finished homestudy. Next we will apply with Christian Adoption Consultants and they will help us make a profile book that will be shared with birthmoms. We looked at many different agencies and really felt peace about using CAC. It can be overwhelming when picking an agency because there are so many out there. But just like when we signed with AWAA for our international adoptions, after prayer and research we are so excited to work with CAC to help us add to our family!
After we are homestudy and profile ready we will pick which placing agencies that we will use with CAC. They work with 8 different placing agencies all over the US. When we adopted from Ethiopia we got on a waiting list and when we were at the top of the list we were matched with the next baby. In domestic adoption the birthmom chooses an adoptive family as she is making her adoption plan for her child. There is no timeline guarantee because each birthmom picks who she thinks is the best fit for her child. CAC says the average time to be matched with an infant is about 6-8 months. We are hoping to meet our baby in the spring some time!!!!
We would love your prayers for our baby, his/her birthmom, and finances (domestic adoption is more expensive than international adoption). Thank you for walking this journey with us!!!
The domestic process is so different than our international adoptions so we are taking this step by step and praying for God to lead us to all the right places. Our boys are soooooo excited to have a baby brother or sister, but they are all hoping for a baby sister. :) Jacob wants to name her Maggie, like our cat Maggie (that we gave away 2 years ago). Isaiah thinks she should be named Linda (from a movie he just watched). Kaleb thinks she should be named Sister.
We met with our social worker a few times in July and beginning of August and she almost has our homestudy complete. We are just waiting for our background checks to come in and then we will have our finished homestudy. Next we will apply with Christian Adoption Consultants and they will help us make a profile book that will be shared with birthmoms. We looked at many different agencies and really felt peace about using CAC. It can be overwhelming when picking an agency because there are so many out there. But just like when we signed with AWAA for our international adoptions, after prayer and research we are so excited to work with CAC to help us add to our family!
After we are homestudy and profile ready we will pick which placing agencies that we will use with CAC. They work with 8 different placing agencies all over the US. When we adopted from Ethiopia we got on a waiting list and when we were at the top of the list we were matched with the next baby. In domestic adoption the birthmom chooses an adoptive family as she is making her adoption plan for her child. There is no timeline guarantee because each birthmom picks who she thinks is the best fit for her child. CAC says the average time to be matched with an infant is about 6-8 months. We are hoping to meet our baby in the spring some time!!!!
We would love your prayers for our baby, his/her birthmom, and finances (domestic adoption is more expensive than international adoption). Thank you for walking this journey with us!!!
How exciting!!! I'm over the moon excited for y'all!!! Will be praying for y'all!!
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