So How Many Adoptive Mom's Are Out There?

[Mom2JTSJ]

Please post here if you have adopted a child or children. We would love to have an accumulation of how many adoptive families we have and their stories.

Thanks:)

[Mom2JTSJ]

My own story: by Mom2JTSJ

I am a Mom to four beautiful adopted children. We have adopted them all through the Foster Care system. My oldest is 11 years old. We got him as a Foster-Adopt kiddo when he was just 11 months old. My next is a girl whom we got when she was 6 months old and she is now 9 years old. Then, about 2 and a half years ago we got 2 little sibling sisters they were ages 2 and 3 at the time and are now 5 and 6.

What an incredible blessing they have been in our lives!!:)

[Mom2JTSJ]

I have one son adopted from Russia. He is our only child for now.

What a great idea for a forum!!

[Mom2JTSJ]

We have
2 sons by birth and 1 daughter adopted from Albania. The 2 boys are 13 and 11 and our daughter just turned 7.

Terri

[Mom2JTSJ]

Us too

almost 8yr old son from Haiti
6yr old dd from Haiti
2 yr old son by birth

~Courtney

[Mom2JTSJ]

We have 3 beautiful children through the gift of adoption.
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All three are domestic. Dd #1 is 10, Dd #2 is 9 and Ds is 7.

[Mom2JTSJ]

Two beauties from Korea..... originally posted on 6/25/05

Our son is 7 and my challenge - he is extremely smart and my challenge is keeping up with him!

Our Daughter is 4 1/2 and may not see five ! We have hit the whiney fours HARD and its driving me NUTS! She is tenacious and also very smart and a bit of a jockette as well!

We got them both as infants 15 and 18 weeks respectively

Smiles

Kate

[Mom2JTSJ]

Just home from China. . .
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Man, I leave the country for a few days, and you gals start a new forum! What a great idea!

DD #1 (domestic, semi-open adoption) is 5 1/2.

DS (Domestic, semi-open adoption) is 3 1/2.

DD #2 will be 10 months old on June 29, and came home from China 2 weeks ago today!

[Mom2JTSJ]

I'm wanting to adopt my foster baby *~UPDATED~*
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She is 10 months old and we got her when she was 7 months.

We were originally thinking of adopting from Korea or Guatemala, and may still for a second child.

This foster baby is such a blessing. We were just babysitting her and really had no intensions of adopting thru the foster care system. We were disgruntled foster parents at the time, and she really changed our hearts and the Lord opened the door for her to be placed with us.


Edited to add that this beautiful blessing has been adopted by us!

[Mom2JTSJ]

I have adopted 5 children through foster care. The three olderst are sibling adopted together - 3 years ago today!! I remember the day so well, but life has changed so much, it feels like forever ago. I can not remember live without them. Out younger two are full brothers, but not adopted at the same time. The oldest was adopted before the second came into our home. The youngest is the only one to have come directly from the birth parents home. They struggled to get him back, but other things had a grip on their life and he got to stay with us. We are very busy - I do not know how some of you do it.

Rachel

[contentmommy]

time frame. My oldest dd was 3 years and 5 months old when we brought our ds (the youngest) home from the hospital.

All three of our children were private adoptions. When people ask us who our adoption agency was we planly state "God".

We have been abundantly blessed with our children.

In Christ's Love,
Lorie

[Mom2JTSJ]

When people ask us who our adoption agency was we planly state "God".

That is an awesome response and so very true. Thanks for sharing! :)

[Bridget in AZ]

Very cool :) Thanks for sharing!

[joy2bmom]

I'm an adoptive mom too!! We have 3 kiddos - Our dd is 4 (will be 5 in September) - domestic newborn adoption. Our twins are 16 months old - embryo adoption.

My dh was also adopted as an infant - so I'm the oddball in the family who wasn't adopted!:D

[suzanne]

We have 1 beautiful daughter from China that is almost 3 years old. We adopted her when she was 12 1/2 months old. We are in the process of adopting another daughter from China (LID for 9 months). With the slow down it looks like it will be several years before we get her. We also have 1 bio son that will be 25 soon and 1 bio daughter that is 22.

Suzanne

[joy2bmom]

Oh my! Several YEARS before you're able to bring her home! I hope it goes much quicker! We have very dear friends w/2 dd's from China! :)

[clhoman]

Hi, I'm new to the thread but we adopted our daughter Sophia two years ago from Ukraine. Wondering if anyone else has adopted from there as well? We used Lifelink, which has several offices in IL and FL, as well as other states I believe. We were very impressed with them. Bringing Sophia into our family (we have two biological boys) has completed our family and has been a gift from God. My prayers to all who are going through the process as I know it has its ups and downs!:banana2:
-charlene

[Mom2JTSJ]

Thanks so much for posting and sharing your story! :)

[utkgrad101]

We've adopted 2 kids out of foster care and 2 dogs from the shelter! DD was 2 months old when she came to live with us as a straight foster that turned into an adoption. Her bio bro - DS was 3 months old when he came to live with us as a straight adoption.

I guess we love adoption!! :)

[MommaK]

We have 1 beautiful daughter from China that is almost 3 years old. We adopted her when she was 12 1/2 months old. We are in the process of adopting another daughter from China (LID for 9 months). With the slow down it looks like it will be several years before we get her. We also have 1 bio son that will be 25 soon and 1 bio daughter that is 22.

Suzanne


I have good friends that adopted a little girl from China 1 yr ago. That was such a blesing to watch and I cannot believe how much she has grown in 1 year!

[Bernice]

Our son is adopted. Ours is an open adoption. I was in the delivery room when he was born and we brought him home the next day. It was such a miracle. He is truly a gift from God, the reason for his name, Jonathan.
We are still in contact with his bio mom and her mom and her mom. LOL. He just turned 4 in August. We are all ready for a little brother/sister. I told J that God gave us him and He can give us another. :)

[MommaK]

What a great story! I hope you are blessed with another little one!

[KEMmama]

Our youngest was adopted from S. Korea. DH and I always knew that if we ever wanted a 3rd child we would adopt (ruling out any mulitples, as runs in my fam.) It was such a blessed expereince, there is just so much in an adoption that can only be explained by Gods hand working miracles all along the way. One of the most obvious miracles was the moment I first saw my son. I knew the time was drawing near when I would fly to Korea and remove this 5.5 month old from the only home he'd known with his foster mom, his country, etc. I began to pray that he's see me in his dreams, so that he'd know me and not be affraid - (we are awake in the USA while Korea is alseep). When in Korea and the foster mom took off her coat and my son was in the podegii on her back, he looked at me and just smiled a smile that said "there you are!" He never once cried or looked for anyone else - just transitioned in. A miracle.

[Essy]

Both my kids were adopted. Both domestic, interracial adoptions. My dd(5) was a private adoption and she was placed with us at six weeks old. My ds(4) came to us through the foster care system at 3 months of age.

[Susie]

We have two beautiful daughters from China. Our oldest, Sophie, is 5 1/2 and our youngest, Zia, is 13 months. We just brought Zia home last month! Adoption is the greatest blessing in our life.

[Mom2JTSJ]

We have two beautiful daughters from China. Our oldest, Sophie, is 5 1/2 and our youngest, Zia, is 13 months. We just brought Zia home last month! Adoption is the greatest blessing in our life.

First, let me welcome you to the Hearts at Home board. We are so happy to have you here! :welcome:

Thank you for posting about your two blessings!! I have 4 adopted children, and what a wonderful gift from God they are. :)

[Mom2JTSJ]

Both my kids were adopted. Both domestic, interracial adoptions. My dd(5) was a private adoption and she was placed with us at six weeks old. My ds(4) came to us through the foster care system at 3 months of age.

Essy, thanks for posting about your adoptions! My dh and I adopted our 4 kiddo's through foster care as well. :)

[islandmommy]

Hi. We have 2 beautiful daughters from the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Our oldest turns 4 tomorrow. She was a 4 day old domestic adoption, but both of her birth parents are from the Marshall Islands. We decided to go back to the same country for our second daughter. Her one year adoption day will be November 1. She was just shy of 5 months when we adopted her. Our family wouldn't be complete without them.
+Jessica

[mrshamm]

Our son was adopted at 4 weeks in 2001. He is our Detroit baby! Our daughter was a *surprise!* and I gave birth to her in 2003. We plan to adopt again early next year, also from Detroit. Adoption is truly a gift from God! I love that God also made Jesus' earthly father Joseph the link to King David's bloodline!! God loves adoption! :wink:

[Mom2Ukraine]

My husband and I adopted our son & daughter from Ukraine nearly 6 years ago. They were 15 and 16 mos. at the time, and now both are 7!! Time flies! They are such blessings to us. They helped us heal from the death of our firstborn (and only biological) daughter.

[Mom2JTSJ]

My husband and I adopted our son & daughter from Ukraine nearly 6 years ago. They were 15 and 16 mos. at the time, and now both are 7!! Time flies! They are such blessings to us. They helped us heal from the death of our firstborn (and only biological) daughter.

First of all, let me say :welcome: to Hearts at Homes bulliten board. Glad you have joined us! What a double blessing for you in your son and daughter. I have adopted 4 from the foster care system in WA State. :cloud9:

[Susan R]

Hello! We adopted our son from Guatemala and he has been such a wonderful blessing! We are hoping to adopt more from there. We will have to see what God has planned for us as things don't seem to be going so well in this country for adoptions right now.

[Shelly]

I'm glad to say we will soon be adoptive parents to 4 little ones right here from the heartland through the local DFS division. Hopefully soon, but it is not happening as fast as we were told. So we were a little let down yesterday at the Lawyers office that it would be an additional 6-8 month wait after already waiting almost 2 years. :cry: However, we are gladly accepting God's calling upon our lives to add to our family by adoption (in which we have two teenagers by birth, one boy 15 and one girl 13). Out of the 4 we have had the baby boy now for just under 2 years. We have had him since he was 9.5 months old & he is now 2.5 years old. We got him from the hospital where he had been for 2 months due to severe abuse. In addition to the abuse, it has left him as being a miracle for all to see by which God has used in great and mighty ways. He was not expected to make it during life-flight which later was recesitated 3 times prior to arriving at the hospital. He now is blind, can finally see but only out of the left eye, he has Cerebral Palsy, is on a feeding tube and only has 1/3 of his brain left. He has been a complete Joy in our lives. That following December we received a baby girl 3 months of age (not related-whole-nother family) who looks exactly like us and our teenage daughter. She is now 1.5 years old and so sweetly ornery we just love her to pieces. We then last March received the baby boy's brother and sister whom are 5 and 4 now. So here we are on the long emotionally trying times of adoption. Our hearts are eager, but the state and laws do not work as your heart would have. The Lord has taught us much through this special thing called, adoption! Did I mention we also home school? LOL

[Suzy]

Hi we adopted 3 little boys that used to be our foster children. Ages 4, 3, 2, my birth children's ages are 18, 15, 11. Out of six kids 5 are boys. Our house is very loud and busy. Thank God for all of them.

[Kim]

Hi,
We have nine children total. We gave birth to our oldest three children-son-13yrs.old and 12-year old girl/boy twins; adopted our next five from foster care-daughter-9;son-8; daughter-7; son-7;daughter-6; and are guardians to-son-24 mos. old.
We know that we will adopt another sib group someday. We just don't know when. I never imagined that we would have as many children as we do, however, there is always room for more! God is so good!
Blessings,
Kim

[Mom2JTSJ]

Hi,
We have nine children total. We gave birth to our oldest three children-son-13yrs.old and 12-year old girl/boy twins; adopted our next five from foster care-daughter-9;son-8; daughter-7; son-7;daughter-6; and are guardians to-son-24 mos. old.
We know that we will adopt another sib group someday. We just don't know when. I never imagined that we would have as many children as we do, however, there is always room for more! God is so good!
Blessings,
Kim

Wonderful! I am also an adoptive Mom of 4 kiddo's from foster care. What incredible blessings.

Glad you have joined us here at Hearts!

[TCoker]

I'm adopting an infant girl from Ethiopia. The wait is so hard.

Teri

[AFMommy]

We have a beautiful 3 1/2 year old daughter that we adopted at birth. We also have been chosen by a birth mom due with another girl in July!

[Mom2JTSJ]

We have a beautiful 3 1/2 year old daughter that we adopted at birth. We also have been chosen by a birth mom due with another girl in July!


Hello Daphne! :welcome: to the Hearts at Home board. What a blessing adoption is and has been in my life also. How exciting about your new little one coming in July. :)

[Margo]

Hello, I am brand new to this site, so forgive me if I mess this up somehow!

I have two wonderful kids, one through birth (8yrs.) and the other through adoption (3yrs.). We have been waiting to adopt domestically again for over a year now. We also had a miscarriage about six months ago which was very difficult to go through and has made the wait much harder. The Docs don't know how it happened since they only gave me a 1-2% chance of ever getting pregnant again. So, we are just waiting to see what God has planned, but it all has increased my desire for a baby and made waiting even harder.

Thanks for listening and good to see all the different stories of how God puts our families together--what a blessing these little ones are!

[Mom2JTSJ]

Hello, I am brand new to this site, so forgive me if I mess this up somehow!

I have two wonderful kids, one through birth (8yrs.) and the other through adoption (3yrs.). We have been waiting to adopt domestically again for over a year now. We also had a miscarriage about six months ago which was very difficult to go through and has made the wait much harder. The Docs don't know how it happened since they only gave me a 1-2% chance of ever getting pregnant again. So, we are just waiting to see what God has planned, but it all has increased my desire for a baby and made waiting even harder.

Thanks for listening and good to see all the different stories of how God puts our families together--what a blessing these little ones are!


:welcome: Margo!! I am an adoptive Mom of 4 blessings. :D

[joy2bmom]

Welcome to all the new adoptive mommies!! We have 3 sweet little ones who came to us through the gift of adoption - our oldest dd is 5 - domestic infant adoption, our b/g twins are 2 - embryo adoption!

Nice to have you here!

[Momma5]

My husband and I adopted our oldest son in 1984 from Colombia, a set of twins in 1990 (domestic with special needs - foster/adopt), another son in 1993 (India) and we felt so blessed with our 2 boys and 2 girls. God is so good!!

BUT then ... after struggling with infertility for our whole married life ... out of the blue I got pregnant just after our 18th wedding anniversary ... and we were blessed with a son by birth!

We also had the amazing privilege of caring for many foster babies and toddlers for 8 years!

My cup runneth over!!! I am so blessed!!

[joy2bmom]

Wow, Momma5! Thanks for sharing about your blessings!

[daoxianmom]

of one 3 1/2 half year old daughter :dance2: whom has been home with us from China since her 2nd Birthday. We are currently in the process of adopting a son from China who is six. Our two oldest (bio) boys are almost 7 and 16.

Happy Monday
Angie :)

[joy2bmom]

Welcome to the board, Daoxianmom! Congrats on your family & we'll be anxious to hear updates on the progress of your current adoption!

[Suzy]

Wow I can't believe how many adoptive families are on here. Awesome.

[daoxianmom]

Hi we have 3 children at home bio boys 16 and 7 and our daughter 3 adopted from China. This summer we are going back to china to bring home our 6 year old son.

Blessings
Angie

[daoxianmom]

Is anybody else currently in the process of adopting?

Angie

[Binny]

We are trying. In July we both felt a tug to adopt a sibling group. We now have everything done including a homestudy. We have sent out a few inquiries. It is a much different process then I thought it would be, but I am looking forward to watching God work at the right timing. Thanks for asking Angie and I am praying God smooths out everything for this summer and you have a wonderful time bonding with your new son.:clap:

[daoxianmom]

We are trying. In July we both felt a tug to adopt a sibling group. We now have everything done including a homestudy. We have sent out a few inquiries. It is a much different process then I thought it would be, but I am looking forward to watching God work at the right timing. Thanks for asking Angie and I am praying God smooths out everything for this summer and you have a wonderful time bonding with your new son.:clap:


Good Luck on your journey - just getting the homestudy done is a huge milestone.

Angie

[Suzee]

I am on the otherside of the fence...I am a birth Nana

My first grandson just turn 4 and is part of a wonderful and loving family in NY

[Mom2JTSJ]

I am on the otherside of the fence...I am a birth Nana

My first grandson just turn 4 and is part of a wonderful and loving family in NY

Thanks for sharing! It's nice to hear about the family on "the other side". I am so glad your grandson has a loving family. :)

[MamaOF4Blessings]

Hello everyone! We adopted our 2 yr. old daughter through foster care. She was 4 months when she was placed with us. We also have 3 bio boys ages 12, 11, and 6. We are currently waiting placement for up to 2 sibling girls.
God bless all of you who are already adoptive parents, or who are just starting the process!

[Mom2JTSJ]

Thanks for sharing your story! My hubby and I have adopted 4 kiddo's through the foster care system.

We have 1 boy and 3 girls. What an amazing blessing. It's so hard to go through foster care, just heartwrenching I mean. But so very worth it.

Prayers for you. Keep us posted..... and welcome to the board. :)

[MamaOF4Blessings]

Thanks Mom2JTSJ! So great to connect with other moms who adopted through FC.
Adopting through foster care can be a frustrating process! (fost to adopt). We have quite a story, but it is all worth it in the end. I just wish more people would consider foster adoption as so many children age out of foster care and are on their own.
We pray that God blesses us with more of these wonderful children*.
Thank you for being a blessing to your children!

[MamaOF4Blessings]

Suzee,
Thanks for sharing your post! So glad your grandson has a loving family.
Our daughter still sees her birth paternal grandparents and an aunt. They have welcomed us and always let us know how thankful they are that we adopted their granddaughter. We are so glad she has ties to her birth family!

[Rebeccca01]

What a blessing to hear these stories of adoption! If you have time, we'd love to read further details of your adoptions - anything you want to share!

You all remind me of a dear family at our church who has 8 kids (5 adopted and 3 bio). They have been open to all sorts of placements, all age ranges. Thank you for giving kids a family, for showing them the love of Jesus!

[Suzee]

I am a fairly open person so if you have questions just ask..we haven't seen Max since he was a week old.


Maybe soon

[Binny]

I realize I never updated this. We started the process 7/08, had the girls placed with us 6/09, and they were legally adopted 1/10. It is now 2011 and we are truly blessed to be a family of 6.