[mommamarci]

We chose the private route the first 2 times because we wanted babies and wanted them to stay once they came into our home. I knew I could not handle having a baby in my house for a few months before I had a child and we wnated our first 2 kids very close in age.

We are now licensed foster parents. We are hoping we will eventually be able to adopt from foster care. We had planned on a gap of about 3 years between Spencer and our next child. So, our plan is to foster for a couple years. If we are not able to adopt, we will do another private adoption in a couple years.

We are only open to kids birth to age 2, so we may never be able to adopt from foster care. But, we will see what happens.