[VernRDH]

Hoping someone can give a little advice. Here's the sitch-

We are in the process of adopting our friends 5 year old niece. Bmom and custodial grandfather have signed terminations and custody agreements (YEAH), still waiting on bdad. But we are getting custody of her on April 1 or 2 as grandpa is 85 and in poor health and returning to Florida. Homestudy is happening tomorrow, she has been here to visit and is coming again this weekend. She and our DD get along well. All is peachy. But as I am the planner, gotta look ahead, I am wondering about announcements letting our friends and families know that we have expanded our family through adoption. I sent out really great birth announcements when DD was born, and I want to do something equally as special for this little girl.

So my questions are, how do you word the announcement? Do you include her birthdate? I am not sending them because I am trolling for gifts, but rather to let people know that our family has grown. Should we go cutsey (Our family has grown by 2 feet) or formal-esque (we are pleased to announce the adoption of....) or what??? What have some of you done? It is just an announcement, not an invite to a party or anything. (If we do a party, it will be small, the "usual suspects").

I guess I am looking for help with the ettiquette of this. I don't want it to sound wrong or strange.

Thank you for any help you can offer.

[forever83085]

Congrats! I know there is a shop listed on here that has some great announcements for such a joyous occassion. The tab is above on the right.

Keep everyone updated.

[Snorky]

First of all, congrats on your new addition. When we adopted DD, we did send out announcements to just about everyone we knew. We included both her birthdate and her adoption date. Other than that, we used standard wording that the company (Picture Me Perfect) we ordered from suggested (and included a picture). It looked great in the end, and we're happy with what we did.

Moira

[StorkWatcher]

Congratulations! I think announcing the birth date doesn't beg for gifts, but lets people know your daughter's age.

My friend's adoption announcement was wonderful:

Meet the newest member of our family!
[Child's Name]
Born On x/xx/xx
Brought Home x/xx/xx

[Child's Name] has come to us through the miracle of adoption

I loved it -sweet and simple! But check out the web for adoption announcements - there are some great ideas!

[SydneyRN]

If you do want to go cutesy, I have seen that before also. One of my coworkers had a huge stork on her office door that said "It's a boy! 30 lbs, 2.5ft tall" or whatever his stats were. It cracked me up and was a great way to let us all know that her family had grown!

[definitelyjulia]

I love the idea of putting her height on the announcement. Sounds so cute! I'd put her birthday too because family will want to know that for her special day.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!
Julia

[NJNative]

Congrats on your daughter! When we adopted our son, who was 10 months old, we did a fairly formal announcement. It was a folder announcement card on white paper with a border of small blue hearts. On the front was just his name. Inside said


**** and Robin joyfully announce the adoption of their son, ***** who was born on ****.

They were lovely and when I sent them out I received a veritable FLOOD of presents and visits!

Robin

[VernRDH]

Thanks to all who replied. We are getting ready for our new daughters arrival on the 2nd of April. I got her into kindergarten, summer camp and soccer!! (Oy the forms I had to fill out for both girls-I have writers cramp!!!).

We are still waiting for bdad to call our attorney back and see if he will sign (bmom says he said he would not) so we may be headed to court for custody/adopt hearing. All else is done. Homestudy went really well and SW emailed us a copy of the report. We have been fingerprinted, scrutinized, super sized (oh wait that happend BEFORE) and mystified. But we keep on our journey with the hopes that all works out and we can finalize with a minimal amount of court appearances.

Thanks again.

Veronica

[NaomiNJaysmom]

Veronica
When my siblings came to live with us it was all three at once so my mother sent out a " change of family" card instead of a change of address it had all the info that everyone needed for b-days and such and it also announced that our family had grown.
Congrats
Amy