[twyla]

Hi, Deb!

I was just browsing my forum, (as a new adoptive mother, I don't have the time to spend on here that I used to), and saw your posting.

I think that a picture of you in the rocker holding Pooh would be very sweet and would say a lot to the right expectant mom looking for an adoptive couple. If I misunderstood and this is a child-sized rocker instead of a full-sized one, some suggestions are to sit in the floor beside it, maybe reading a bedtime story to Pooh or with a tea party spread out on a picnic cloth in front of the two of you. In otherwords, do something in the picture to show both your personality and your eagerness to parent a little one. Give the woman considering adoption for her baby a way to visualize what you would be like as a mother. Keep it real though! Don't make a picture just to impress, it should be something you have imagined doing with your child.

I also wouldn't use just a caption below the picture in your profile. If it were me, I'd put a short paragraph below the picture telling how the rocker came to be in the family and how you can't wait to use it when this little one joins your family. And if you truly believe that love is the main thing that creates a family and not genetics, add something in your own words to that effect. The woman who will trust you with raising her child needs to be reassured that you will love this baby every bit as much as though you had been the one to give birth.

Good luck to you and may your adoption journey be as smooth as possible!