Adopting Again

My wife and I are adopting our second child. While it is still a daunting task, there are some things that are going more smoothly. If you followed this blog, you know that we went through the foster system first and then chose to go the agency adoption route. While I wouldn't recommend this, the bonus was that we had already gotten our physicals back at the beginning of the year. We also had our fingerprints done. In addition, we only had to get our homestudy updated from our first adoption. This saves a lot of time and money. If you are adopting for the second time, see if your agency will update your first homestudy like we did. Let me tell you that another bonus is that since we have already walked down the adoption path, we are a lot less stressed about this one. Our agency is Christian and we went to the first of two training sessions and they opened up with prayer and then a devotion. That was unreal. The agency also does something a little different than our last agency. For most of their adoptions, you don't show up at the hospital for the birth. The baby is born and given to a private "foster" home who keeps the baby for the 10 day waiting period for the mother's right of redemption. After the 10 days, they call you and present the baby to you. The money is due when this happens. All the other agencies we checked into wanted the money up front. This is truly a change. If you are considering adopting again, then ask the questions about your homestudy being updated vs having a new one. This could save you some money because you will need that for diapers :)