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Karen, I love it! Cassie did a great job.

Congrats to the newest family!!

Wonderful, wonderful news Lisa!!

Thanks Adam and Karen and my students thank you also! I really needed to start the day off with a laugh. Those were too funny!

Praying for this Mom and her baby son.

What an amazing family the four have now become! Congrats to everyone. Prayers being sent up for this loving birthmomma.

Congratulations to everyone!!

Congrats to the new family! God bless you one and all.

Oh, my goodness!!! That is crazy!

Wow! Congrats Big Sis Samantha and of course Mom, Daddy and Birthmommy!!! He is so cute. I love the picture of the two Moms together.

Congrats to the newest family!

Welcome Jenny and Shawn!! First of all you daughter is beautiful! Second, welcome to the forum! I can't wait to follow along as you search for your daughter's brother or sister.

Congrats to the big brother, Mom and Dad!!!! Blessings to the birthfamily. Can't wait to meet your newest addition at the TN reunion this year.

Congrats to the new family. God bless the birthfamily.

Thanks Lisa and Susan. Of course I am not going to say anything about how they say once you get older you tend to need lots more sleep.

When we adopted Joshua, Larry worked for an ad agency in town (archer>malmo for you Memphians). They did not offer adoption benefits so Larry petioned them for benefits with a sample letter I got from Adoptive Families magazine. They then decided to offer reimbursement (I think $1,500) and also added one week paid paternity leave for all fathers (biological and adoptive). It didn't hurt that the President of the company was a two-time Abrazo dad!! Also, there was another man (and his wife) who were adopting from China. And when Larry's one-week paternity leave turned into one month (we were in San Antonio for a month for those who are new to the forum), they didn't bat an eye. They paid him the whole time and didn't count any of it against his vacation! They were awesome! Susan, Do you have a copy of that letter? I would be very interested in sending one to Chris's work.

WOW! You amaze me with your poems.

Thanks!

Thanks for the kind word about Grace Ann. Hard to believe it will be five years ago this April since we sat across from you telling you how much we wanted to be parents. Thanks, I will probably be calling you sometime in the near future.

Hi Ellen, Would ours since when you and Melanie did our homestudy we adopted from Texas?

Congrats to the new family. How lucky this little girl is to be loved by so many people.

Yep! Oh well the things we do for love...