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i didn't vote, but
i did think on occassion "hmm, i wonder if xx amount of dollars would help this along" - hey, I am human!
But I did feel incredibly guilty when on our pick up trip - just felt bad because I thought I was taking him away from his home - meaning his foster home, not even his birth mother at this point. I just felt like - I was disrupting him by moving him and they had loved him so much.
Before adopting myself, I can honestly say I never gave much thought of a birth mother or a foster parent BUT having been through this process OMG, my whole thinking has changed - these are amazing people and this entire process is surreal to me and life altering. I guess ingorance is bliss - i just didn't know until i was actually faced with a birth mother and foster mother - whom i love very much and my son will always know his past and where he came from - I owe that to him. I have the utmost respect for any birth mother.
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Signed with Agency - 01/2007
USCIS Approval rec'd - 04/30/2007
Dossier completed & waiting - 04/2007
Baby born - 05/2007 
Referral of our sweet little boy - 06/08/2007 
DNA Match - 07/25/2007 
Family Court - 07/2007
Pre-Approval - 09/10/2007   TUM 
Visit Trip - 9/30 thru 10/06   
Enter PGN - 10/2007
OUT of PGN - 11/2007  
Birth Certificate (GC) and Passport - 12/2007
Orange - 01/2008 
Second DNA taken - 01/2008
Results at Embassy - 01/22/2008
Pink - 01/24/2008
In our arms forever 02/08/2008 - BEST DAY EVER
Embassy Appt. - 02/11/2008 at 8 a.m.
Home - 02/13/2008
All I want for Christmas is my little boy home. Please Santa, I have been very good this year!
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