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Congratulations on your new baby girl BJ and Venki. Best wishes to Meera's adoptive family and birthfamily.

Congratulations Terri and Paul and your new son and blessings on his birthmom and birthsiblings!

Welcome to the forum Shelly. I'm sure that you will find this site to be a wealth of support, friendship and knowledge as I have. We have our son, Gabe, who was born to us seven years ago and have adopted our daughter, Leyna, who was born just a year ago. Leyna was a B.O.G. (Baby on the Ground) and we took placement of her when she was six days old. We love everyone at Abrazo and admire their dedication to their work in adoption. You have chosen a wonderful agency to help you find your next son or daughter.

We are so happy for you, Don and Andrea. It seems like every time we plan a Michigan get-together one of our families can't make it because the stork has other plans. I guess this was a very good excuse for not making it on Sunday. We can't wait to meet your precious little girl and her parents (of course) at our next get-together.

Elizabeth, I was more than happy to email all of this information to our agency in Michigan. I hope that we will be able to find some families for these precious babies soon.

We are praying for all of these sweet little children and their birthfamilies and hoping that they find their forever families real soon.

Congratulations to the newest family!

Wow! Lisa and Amanda thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us. Thank you for putting into perspective what you were going through when you placed your children. What amazing women you both are, your children and adoptive parents are blessed to have you in their lives. We have a mostly closed relationship with our daughter's birthmother at her request and so we don't really know how she is feeling and what she is going through and we wonder how she is doing on a daily basis. We miss her being a part of our lives and have so many questions for her that we're not sure will ever be answered. My husband and I took placement of our daughter on August 29, 2005 and that is where we met her wonderful birthmother for the first time, we have only spoken with her one more time since then. She did not make a placement plan for Leyna until after she was born and she didn't tell her family about her pregnancy. We worry about her and wonder how her family will take the news if and/or when they find out. We hope that they will be supportive of her and her decision. We hope that one day we will be able to have a relationship with her and her family, because, after all, they are Leyna's family too.

Monica and Clyde congratulations on your beautiful baby girl! We know what its like to wait nine months for a B.O.G. Our Leyna took nine months to find us. Its true what they say, "good things come to those who wait." Enjoy your sweet little bundle of pink!

Sounds like a great time Elizabeth! Wish we were there! It's hard to believe that we started our journey at Orientation almost two years ago. How the time flies! Have fun everyone and get ready for the ride of your life!

Gigi, We're very excited about seeing you and Edwin! There are about betwen twelve to fifteen couples that are from the Michigan area (I don't have my list with me), with some new families joining the ranks, including you guys!! So far we have seven families that are coming to our picnic! It should be great! As far as the baby shower goes, we had one after we brought Leyna home. It was very nice to have our family around, welcoming her and getting a chance to meet her in person.

Welcome to the Abrazo family Jenn and Dave. I hope you'll find this forum to be as helpful and supportive as our family has. Can't wait to hear about your journey.

Congrats Tony, Linda and little Andrew!! We are so happy for you. If you have any questions about preemies, feel free to ask away. Our son was born weighing in at 4lbs 7 oz., two months early and now is the biggest kid in his kindergarten class!! Just watch, they grow fast! Congratulations!!!

I agree with you Gigi. I just feel that Michigan doesn't handle the adoption process in a timely manner. When we were told by our Michigan agency that if we would take placement of a child, the birthparents would have up to thirty days to go to the courthouse to terminate their rights after placement, I was very nervous. I know that many families have had success and that time frame wasn't an issue for them, but I was very uncomfortable with it.

Don and Andrea, Welcome to Abrazo and the forum. Check out the Michigan Musings thread and if you'd like to come to our August get-together in Ann Arbor pm me with your name and address and I'd be happy to send you an invite. We'd love to meet you in person and share our experiences with you!

Hi Gigi and Edwin, It's good to see you on the forum. We can't wait to hear of your journey. I enjoyed talking with you yesterday and hope to meet with you soon. You are also invited to our Abrazo family picnic on August 23rd because you and Edwin are part of our Abrazo family!

Welcome to the forum Amanda! It's so nice to hear from you!

Cliff and Allison, We are so happy for you and your family. Congratulations!

We are so happy for you Dan, Ericka and Danny!! What a wonderful ending to a great weekend!

Congratulations Susanna, Scott and Jamison!! We are so happy for you all!! Can't wait to hear all of the details and see pictures of the big brother and his new little brother!

Sandi and Scott, Congratulations on your sweet little baby girl!

Wow!! What a wonderful surprise addition to your already beautiful family!! Congratulations!!

Congratulations Mike and Kelly! A new baby changing all your plans?? Welcome to the life of being a parent!! Those little ones like to let you know whos in charge, and it certainly isn't us! Enjoy that sweet little plan-changer!!

Congrats to all of the new families!

Congratulations to the new family!