Today is ADOPTION DAY! This morning, we put on our fancy clothes and appeared in a Florida court via video-conference to make Cassie's adoption officially official. YAY! The judge took one look at this happy family and said YES to our petition to adopt Cassie. We should be getting her new birth certificate with her real name and ours in the next month. This also means we can continue her immigration process to make our little Haitian-American princess, Canadian. :-)
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Since bringing home our little sweetheart, I've been contacted by six different families looking to adopt from the USA and wanting a personal perspective on Advocates for Children and Families Adoption Agency. With the first few families I spent over an hour writing out our long story, detailing everything I could remember. After the third family I got smart and saved a copy of my email so I could copy and paste our story with ease. Apparently I just got even smarter because now I'm posting my review of Advocates for Children and Families online. :-) When I googled our agency I didn't find much info on them so I think it's nice to have a least one review of their services out there for others to find.
Not everyone will encounter "detours", but it's always good to have some money set aside in case it happens to you. I hope this helps. I know I would have really loved it if someone had broken it down for me. :-) I will say this, while international adoption is expensive, it's surprisingly doable. |
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