The Adoption Process: Matching/Waiting
The matching process is probably the most helpless portion of the adoption process. For the most part, you are in control of the home study, you’re in control with agency…
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The Adoptions Process: The Home Study
Now that you have decided that you want to adopt, selected a means to adopt, the next step is the home study. The home study brings a lot of anxiety…
The Adoption Process: Finding an Agency
Finding the right agency is an important aspect of your adoption journey. Being a part of the right organization can really make or break your experience. You also have the…
#Draft Day, MiMo
A year ago today was the day we received the news that we were being blessed with MiMo. Even though our infertility journey spanned 10 plus years our adoption journey was far…
#96: Kiss My First Child – The Bucket List
This was a long time coming. Mila was born last November and my life has changed. She is more than just the typical Bucket List tick mark — nothing in…
We Have Become Us
On February 3rd at 9:25am in Maryland, MiMo was granted our last name. …we’re not legal guardians we are her parents. You never know how to react after you’ve achieved…
Termination of Parental Rights
Adoption is one of the greatest but legally complicated things on earth. The road to adoption and even after placement is fraught with misseteps, potholes, and seemingly endless legal wrangling…
16 Days Into Fatherhood And Here Is What I Learned
First and foremost, Mila is the greatest blessing of my life. I’ve never been so overwhelmed with love for another human being in my life. There is so much of…
She’s Here!
Mila Brooklyn Lula Moore born on November 18, 2015 at 2:36pm. She is 22 in long and perfectly healthy. The birth parents are doing well and we are overjoyed to…
Last Trip Until MiMo Arrives
Lea and I had one last business trip before MiMo’s arrival (I’m experimenting with nicknames). Here we are in Las Vegas, on a layover to Salt Lake City for a…