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What a wonderful announcement!! I am so happy for the entire family! Enjoy every moment!! Prayers of healing going up for his loving birthfamily.

I would do one Amanda. When we did our yard sale, we put a huge sign up that stated that all money was going to help finance an adoption. We even ran ads in the paper saying the same thing. You would be surprised how many people told us to keep the change.

my heart just breaks for this grandmother. I pray that she and the adoptive family will decide to go beyond the agency and open the doors all the way.

Congrats to the family!!! Enjoy every moment with your new family.

It just depends. They are getting an orientation group together for this weekend I believe so they will be very busy leading up to the orientation.

It is so exciting to "see" all these new families on the forum! Welcome to all. I can't wait to follow each journey. P.S. It is kinda nice to see another Melissa around these parts.

What wonderful news Mandy!!!!

Congrats!!!

Yay!!! Congrats Tracey!!

Welcmome Melanie!! We love Abrazo and can't say enough good about them. We adopted our daughter 5 years ago through Abrazo and returned last Nov. to start the process of bringing home a sibling for our daughter. One of the best things about Abrazo other than the great job they do, is the friendships I have because of the forum. Good luck, I can't wait to follow your journey!

I know Laural, I worry about getting there in time etc. We are 3.5 hours from the nearest airport and then most flights from here to SA take at least 6 to 7 hours that is a total of 9 hours if we are lucky. Nashville does have one flight each night during the week that is nonstop. IF we drove to SA it would take about 13 hours. Last time I wanted to be there in plenty of time but we never thought that Monica would be in labor for two weeks.

Wonderful, wonderful news!!!! I can't wait to see the pictures! I am so happy for you two!! Prayers going up for the birthfamily.

Wonderful News Andrea!!!!!

Welcome!!! We picked Abrazo after trying to work with a local agency years ago. That agency didn't know us or care to get to know us. Abrazo took the time to know us on a personal level, it didn't feel ike we were just clients, but family. We also chose Abrazo because they truly care about the birthparents that they are working with. It sadden me to see how some of the other agancies treated birthfamilies. One more reason we chose Abrazo was because they do open adoptions. My husband and I worked many long hours trying to get an adoption agency up and running in our area a few years ago. After doing all the work I realized that they didn't do open adoptions the way Abrazo does open adoption. I can't imagine not having the contact with Grace Ann's birthfamily and now with our new birthmother. There are so many more reasons that we chose Abrazo, but those three are the tops in my book!

I love the list!! I may have to print it off and share it.

Hope this helps.

Congrats to the first baby of the year!!!

Our candles are few....

Great Job Jean!!!

Bumping this up for anyone new to the forum. There is a great wealth of websites, idea etc to make finding funds for your adoption much easier.

Welcome Jeremy and Jessica!!

Bumping this up for someone that I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with today. Now it is your turn, introduce yourself.

God bless this family. May God comfort them during this time of tremendous loss.

I know what you mean Heidi. When we first came to Abrazo, I thought that I would just tell them that we are wanting to do an open adoption. Like you said, I thought that would help our "chances" but once we heard Elizabeth and the birthparents on the panel speak, we knew we couldn't do it any other way. I am so thankful that the ladies at Abrazo ask all of us to go beyond our comfort zone.