[MominPA]

We looked into fostering, but I was discouraged by the response I got. I was asked what age range we would considered and I said up to the age of 6 since Josh was 8 at the time and I didn't want to bring an older child then him into the house. I was told that is the age everyone wants and I should expand my age range for older children. We also decided that it wouldn't be best for our family if we had children come and go. I don't think Josh would be able to handle it.

We looked into hosting a child from Russia, but I didn't fine a program or agency who did these programs that I was comfortable with. Also I knew I couldn't get my husband to do any type of intercountry travel in Russia. So we decided to adopt again using the same agency we used to adopt Josh since I knew we could about in Moscow and the rest is history. We also decided for our family that is was important for our children to share the same hertiage. Adopting from Russia again gave us a chance to bring Josh and he saw what we went through to adopt him and to see the country his was born in. The trip to Russia meant alot to him.