Adoption Application is sent!

James and I just celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary on Saturday, April 28. We visited friends of ours and went out to an amazing restaurant on Saturday, in Denver, CO. This amazing restaurant is called TAG, if anyone is ever in the area and wants to try amazing food, you should go there. We tried Kangaroo Tar-tar and it was absolutely scrumptious. The drink of choice at dinner was to die for as well; a delectable concoction of kumquat and jalapeno, these mojitos were delicious! After dinner Lauren, Quin, Wes, Monica, James, and I went to The Red Square Vodka Bar for some Nemiroff, Ukrainian honey pepper vodka, and dill pickles. We then whisked off to The Retro Room where we had dill pickle and pepperocini flavored vodkas.  While there, we had yet another first, Scorpion Shots… and yes, we all ate the scorpion. It was great celebrating with friends, especially Lauren, my best friends for 22 years. She was unable to make it to our wedding to her being 9 months pregnant with her second child. Therefore, it meant a lot to me that she was able to be with us on our fifth anniversary. All this hoopla about weddings and anniversaries leads us to the adoption topic…

James and I on our 5th Anniversary holding our wedding photo

We have finally submitted a preliminary application for adopting through American Adoptions.

This has been a hard decision and a lot of research. I have called and talked to many agencies in adoption as well as surrogacy. To sum it up, using a surrogate from an agency is out of the question. The cost is $120,000.00-$150,000.00! So, needless to say, that is not happening. Again, I hate that our decision has to come down to cost, but it does. We are still very open to using a surrogate and if we came across someone we knew that was just willing to carry, just to help us out. If, of course, we could get everything worked out (insurance and all the other things that go into it), then we would for sure do that. In the mean time, we have decided that we should start the adoption process, since it potentially could take years! Now, we are waiting to hear from the Home Study agency to schedule our home study. Once that is complete, which I hear can take months, we will send various photos and our reference letters. When they are received by the adoption agency then our profile will be given to birth mothers and the true waiting game of hoping that someone will pick us to raise their child as our own will begin.

As I was researching adoption, I have come across so many other peoples’ blogs who are doing the same thing, sadly, as with everyone; the cost of adoption is a major burden. I have read that many people have had fundraiser events to help them raise money to adopt and start their family. Some of the things people have done are such great ideas. This is something that James and I will most likely consider doing once we have completed all the beginning stages. I will keep you all posted on that.

So, that is about it… we finally sent off the application and fee now let the waiting begin…

 “Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” - Oprah Winfrey