[kbuoni]

I am in the process of shopping for/designing adoption announcements for our precious new son and wou1d love some he1p. I am hoping that some of the amoms (recent & not-so-recent) would share their wording &/or a description of their announcement. I'm sure that this group has some creative & meaningful ideas.

Thanks in advance!

[Support2Adopt]

Since everyone knew we were adopting a baby, we just used regular baby announcements.
JJ

[redhedded]

I say choose something that is personal to you and shows your individuality. Like JJ, all knew that we adopted, so we made general announcements on handmade paper imprinted with the sacred Thai elephant and added a photo of our dd on the inside.

[AMom2Two]

For our close family and friends we sent special announcements that said...

From Gods arms....

to his birthmothers arms.....

to our's....

We wish to announce the arrival of our son born...

For other people that do not know how our family was created, we sent standard announcements.

ps..we did not use the word birthparents because our son was conceived from a rape.

[mckenna]

i adopted from the foster care system, so mine were a little different, but i ordered them on line and had them put;


tommy smith
born:
placed in my heart and in my home:

officially a smith:

proud mom:

[Lovebug]

Our son has been with us since he is 1 day old. We have a domestic semi-open adoption. For our announcements, we went to our local Office Max and bought blank "invitation" style cards with Baby footprints along the border. Here's the wording we chose to use. We also included a picture our our sweet boy.

Born not of our flesh, but in our hearts
you were longed for and loved from the very start
Conceived from a blessing, sent straight from above
our very own son, at last home to love.

HIS NAME

BIRTHDATE
POUNDS
INCHES

Proud Mommy and Daddy R &J....

Hope this helps and Congratulations!!!!!

--Renee

[tobeafamily]

Ours is a fully open, integrated adoption. Our wording:

Through a child,
Families are joined.
Behold, the power of love.

Announcing the arrival of:

Name
Details


HTH

Regina

[tomandcate]

Since ours coincided with the sending of our Christmas cards, we printed this on parchment and inserted it into each card, which had a picture of me, DH and Sam on the front:

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This year, as we celebrate Christ's birth
And welcome Him into our lives once again,
We also welcome Sam into our hearts and home.

Name
Born on November 7, 2004
Weight/inches
Home with us on November 10, 2004

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Cate

[kbuoni]

I really appreciate all the suggestions. Since our baby is already 5 months old, we'll probably use something similar to McKenna's wording, but on a regular "baby" type paper.

Keep the ideas coming!

[MNelson]

Because our situation was uncertain for so long, and most people knew that, we chose the following to convey both that things were resolved and that we are in an open adoption.

"We joyfully announce that

<our son's full-name **>,

Born on <his birth date>

Continues to be the light of our lives.

<His first name> has united families through

open adoption on

<finalization date>"

(** His full adoptive name so folks would know since hubby and I have different last names)

[sugarbabysmommy]

We waited a two months for relinquishments and once they were signed we began looking for announcements (emtionally I couldn't let myself do it before). We went to a local stationary shop and ordered a folded card with a design on the front, (I glued) baby's picture on the inside and wording on the facing page. They were expensive and I couldn't have cared less, hubby was fully in favor of me going overboard. We sent them out when baby was three months old so we chose to word them like birth announcements, we didn't finalizee for another three months. We did include baby's birthparents on the announcement with their permission.

[DebCsMom]

We used adoption poems that we found for our last 2 adoptions. For our first adoption we had it printed on paper that had baby feet all around the boarder & inside were the words...Our Home Has grown By "TWO FEET". Then we had all the details.

The adoption poems we used were these...
We've added to Our Family Tree
A stronger one to make
A child from another plant
Has become our new Namesake.
Just as a limb is grafted
From one plant to another
It alters & improves the plant
Making it, uniquely, like no other.

Our Family Tree has been improves
Adoption made this so
For Love, much more than bloodlines
Makes us thrive & grow.

We chose to share our Life & Love
And all the joys to come
Our "Family Tree" has blossomed
With the arrival of our Precious One.

Then the details & a picture

The last adoption we used this one...

Today I Kissed an Angel
I Knew it from the Start
The First Time my Angel Smiled at Me
I Gave Away My Heart

Today I Kissed an Angel
This Angel Child of Mine
Though not of my Creation
My Child's by God's Design

Today I Kissed an Angel
My Heart is Dancing Wild
A Family, by a Miracle
Blessed by this Angel Child

Then a picture & the details.

There are ALOT of poems here on Adoption.com

Have Fun & Congrats!!!!

Deb

[icunurse]

We are in an open adoption. Almost everyone we sent an announcement to knew we were trying to adopt, so we didn't feel that we had to put it in the announcement. So our wording read:

It's a boy!

Son's Names
Date of Birth
Weight
Length

Our Names

I love some of the wordings others have used....might have to "borrow" some ideas for the next one!

[kbuoni]

Found a birth announcement card on Shutterfly.com. Has a 5 x 7 pic on front w/ a border of blue and yellow stars. Says "It's a boy" on the bottom. (I tried to attach the photo, but the file is too large. Any ideas on shrinking it?)

The inside wording:

We prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted us what we asked of him.
1 Samuel 1:27

We joyfully announce the arrival of

George Trevor Buoni

Born on July 24, 2004

In our hearts and home forever
December 27, 2004

Nick, Kim
and big brother Jack

What do you think?

[jennied]

I like it!!!! Very nice!