Category Archives: First Adoption

Adoption, First Adoption, Orphan Care

How It Started

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We had some of those new friends I blogged about earlier over for dinner tonight. It’s rare to meet another couple who has a heart for orphans &  adoption. It’s also rare to meet someone my age with a heart for orphans & adoption. It’s rare to meet someone in real life with a heart for orphans & adoption. SO, it’s very rare to meet a couple, my age, in real life, with hearts for orphans and adoption. But, this sweet new friend found me through another blog, and happened to live an hour away and they were sweet enough to participate in our fundraiser last week and come over for dinner tonight. How awesome, right?

We talked a lot about adoption. One question they asked was how we got started thinking and talking about adoption. It had been a long time coming for us, but the thing that really took adoption from the future and brought in into the present for us was this post . And then this post.

Those posts broke our hearts. Go read them. The need is GREAT.

First Adoption, Fundraisers

New Friends

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This weekend was our photo fundraiser. It was perfect. Everyone showed up. We had not met 4 of the 8 families in person before. But they were all SO NICE. New friends! Amy was awesome. Her sister in law and mother helped her as assistants… I hadn’t met either of them before and they were both so kind. I am so excited to see the photos, and I know I am not the only one… no pressure, Amy!

We raised around $500 from the sessions, and I think maybe another $100 in extra donations for having bottled water and some baked goods. Pretty awesome!

On Saturday, we also got something special in the mail… awhile ago, Becky and I agreed to a trade… t-shirts for dolls. Oh my goodness, these dolls are so cute!!! The proceeds from the dolls go to Becky’s adoption of Alina. She will make the doll to look like your little boy or girl…

First Adoption

Two at a Time

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Another question we get asked a lot is why we would chose to adopt two unrelated children at the same time. As much as I could sugar coat it for you, the biggest answer is money. We knew we wanted to adopt two kids sometime, and it is much, much cheaper to adopt two children at the same time. Around $25000 for the first child and $4000 for the second child. That saves us over $20000… which is um, a lot of money.

Money being our main reason might sound selfish or greedy, especially considering there are some disadvantages to adopting two children at the same time. It can make it a bit harder for them to adjust and take them longer to adjust. Of course, it can be harder for the parents to have two new, needy children around.  But the truth is, we simply couldn’t afford to adopt one child and go back in a year or two for the second.

I think almost all of us would agree that having their needs met is best for both Reed and Scarlett. Even if it is not the easiest or best way to go about adopting two children, it means that both Reed and Scarlett will have a family.

First Adoption, Fundraisers

THANK YOU!

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I just wanted to give a big THANK YOU to whoever has donated to us through Reece’s Rainbow. I’ve contacted Andrea about who you are so I can thank you privately, but I just wanted to THANK YOU right now! I am so excited to see that our family grant is up to $125.

I am very excited about our photo fundraiser this weekend. It is going to be a lot of fun and we’re going to raise a lot of money. Thank you so much to Amy, for the idea and dedicating your time to this project and thank you everyone who has signed up.

There will be plenty of baked goods there, too… excessive amounts of baked goods, so please stop by… grab a cupcake or a cookie or a whoopie pie. I am not calling it a bake sale, since I don’t have a permit to sell things at either park, but I’d be happy to accept donations.  If you want to know where you should stop by, contact me via the “contact us” form up top. Saturday evening in KC, Sunday afternoon in Lawrence.

A big thank you to everyone who has donated money, time and clothes/books/toys for Reed & Scarlett. It means a lot to us that you all are so supportive. And thanks to everyone who has bought t-shirts and coffee. And thank you to everyone who has passed along our blog and our fundraisers.

It really does mean a lot to us and helps bring Reed and Scarlett home.