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I have two answers I always give. One is that one child needing a home is one child too many no matter where that child may be because they are all our children. The second thing I say is that adoption is like your favorite pair of jeans. What may be very comfortable for me, may not be comfortable for you (this is usually said to someone who chose a different adoption route).
I have had two sets of friends adopt domestically. One used a well known adoption agency and it literally took ehr over 3 years to adopt a caucasian infant. During that process, she had two birthmothers change their minds so it does happen.
The other friend adopted a biracial infant through the county and it took her about two years to adopt this child. She has not had her court date as of yet. It went fairly smoothly for her and the birthmother has not changed her mind.
For us, we just knew that we wanted to adopt from either Guatemala or China. For now, Guatemala is pulling at our hearts and that is what is right.
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05/18/05 Bailey Alyssa is born
09/07/05 DNA Test and Social Worker Interview
09/19/05 It's a Match!!
10/14/05 Exit Family Court
11/08/05 Preapproval
11/15/05 Enter PGN
12/21/05 OUT OF PGN
12/30/05 New BC (Amatitlan)
01/05/06 PINK!!!
01/13/06 Home Forever
3/14/07 Taylor Samantha is born
04/24/07 1st DNA Test
05/09/07 Match!!
05/11/07 Social Worker Interview
06/20/07 Exit Family Court
07/03/07 Preapproval
07/05/07 Enter PGN
07/30/07 OUT of PGN 
08/08/07 New BC (Mixco)
09/14/07 New BC (Mixco) for real this time 
09/19/07 Passport
09/25/07 Submit to Embassy
09/27/07 2nd DNA Test
10/04/07 DNA Sample Arrives at Lab
10/09/07 DNA Sample Arrives at Embassy
10/10/07 PINK 
10/22/07 Embassy Appointment 
10/24/07 HOME 
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