We have now officially approved the US Embassy to conduct DNA testing on our future son and his birth mother. This, to us, is a huge step and it happened quite quickly after submitting our POA (Power of Attorney). The Child’s Dossier has also been completed and they are gearing up to submit everything to Family Court.
I have learned that Family Court and DNA happen concurrently so that the birth mother only has to travel to Guatemala City one time (she attends Family Court and at the same time she will go to the US Embassy to do the DNA …read more

I found it…I wrote before about wanting a pendant that is both classy and contemporary. Well, I found it and I think you will love it too.

I’m super excited about the 14th Midwest Adoption Conference that my husband and I will be attending this weekend. I have signed up for a session with Ronald Federici…a neuropsychologist in the adoption field and an adoptive parent.
Because AJ has many signs and symptoms of Institutional Autism we consulted Dr. Federici about two years ago to get his input. We were not able to go visit but instead corresponded via email and received some very valuable information from him.

Gayle Christensen, the Executive Director of The Theraplay Institute has announced that they have received a grant from the Pioneer Press Charitable Foundation to conduct an attachment based parenting class for newly adoptive families.