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Old 05-24-2004, 09:16 AM
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Roll Call Everyone Please

There are few new folks on the indiana board since the last rolecall. hope to hear from everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What your age?

city you live in?

Where are you at in the adoption process?

do you have other children? bio or adopted?

if so what are thier ages?

who are you adopting from or have adopted from?

What type of adoption are you doing or did do ??

if international what country?

if already have children are you a stay at home parent?


can't wait to hear from you all
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Old 05-24-2004, 09:35 AM
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What your age?
38 years old

city you live in?
indianapolis

Where are you at in the adoption process?
already adopted

do you have other children? bio or adopted?
1 son adopted

if so what are thier ages?
2 years old

who are you adopting from or have adopted from?
kirsh and kirsh

What type of adoption are you doing or did do ??
domestic tranracail

if international what country?
did not adopt internationally

if already have children are you a stay at home parent?
i am a stay at home mom
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Old 05-24-2004, 02:02 PM
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What your age? 33

city you live in? Fort Wayne

Where are you at in the adoption process? Paperwork complete, 1st homestudy meeting June 7th

do you have other children? bio or adopted? None

who are you adopting from or have adopted from? Working with Catholic Charities for home study but they have a long wait so we may try independent attorney adoption as well

What type of adoption are you doing or did do ?? Would like healthy Caucasian infant; may consider otherwise

Gina
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Old 05-24-2004, 04:28 PM
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Re: Roll Call Everyone Please

What your age? 30

city you live in? Fishers/Indianapolis

Where are you at in the adoption process? Taking mandatory classes

do you have other children? bio or adopted? 1 Biological son

if so what are thier ages? He is almost 4

who are you adopting from or have adopted from? State of Indiana

What type of adoption are you doing or did do ?? Hoping to adopt an older child, 12 year old girl and then to foster infants

if international what country? n/a

if already have children are you a stay at home parent? No I wish I was I hate not spending as much time as I can with my son

Heather

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Old 05-25-2004, 06:30 AM
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Ages - me 29/husband 34

City we live in - Centerville (5 to 10 minutes from Richmond)

Where we're at in the process - meeting with a child's sw in June for an interview

No other children unless you count the dog and cat

Adopting from the State of Indiana

Hoping to adopt an older child in the age range of 5 to 12

Would love to stay at home but will have to at least work part time once we have a child placed

Christy
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Old 05-26-2004, 12:59 PM
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What is your age? 31

city you live in? Indianapolis

Where are you at in the adoption process? #8 on waiting list=maybe a year?

do you have other children? bio or adopted?
One adopted daughter

if so what are thier ages? 2 in June


who are you adopting from or have adopted from?
Coleman Adoption Services for first and now second


What type of adoption are you doing or did do ??
Transracial/Domestic

if international what country?

if already have children are you a stay at home pare
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Old 06-02-2004, 08:40 PM
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What is your age?
I am going on 34 & DH just turned 44

city you live in?
Darlington, near Crawfordsville & a little farther from Lafayette

Where are you at in the adoption process?
We haven't started yet, still doing research. Looking to find someone to do homestudy.

do you have other children? bio or adopted?
We have 2 bio sons & want to adopt a girl or 2.

if so what are thier ages?
They are 8 & 9 (14 months apart)

who are you adopting from or have adopted from?
We are looking into Kirsh & Kirsh whom we will probably go with.

What type of adoption are you doing or did do ??
Domestic - Biracial or Caucasian - Hispanic/CC.

if international what country?
We have looked into International in Guatamala but just too expensive. Plus we want a newborn.

if already have children are you a stay at home parent?
I am a SAHM. I was working but it only lasted 6 months b/c we saw a dramatic change in our boys (attitudes, grades sliding,....)

We recently had a chance to adopt a 1 yr old girl from an adoption agency that I had emailed to request info from. I had to remind them we hadn't started our homestudy yet We can't wait to get started.

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Old 08-13-2004, 09:03 AM
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What your age? 39, wife is 29

city you live in? Indianapolis

Where are you at in the adoption process?
A birthmother chose us from our birthmother letter.
My wife has talked with and met her.

do you have other children? bio or adopted?
No children yet.


who are you adopting from or have adopted from?
Kirsh and Kirsh

What type of adoption are you doing or did do ??
Domestic
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Old 09-06-2004, 08:51 AM
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What your age? 45

city you live in? Evansville

Where are you at in the adoption process? post-adopt

do you have other children? bio or adopted? 3 adopted

if so what are thier ages? 4.5 y.o, 3.5 y.o., 5 months

who are you adopting from or have adopted from? China (Great Wall China Adoption-Austin TX), Kazakhstan (Kids First-Indy), USA(private thru local SW and attorney)

What type of adoption are you doing or did do ?? international x2, closed domestic X1

if already have children are you a stay at home parent? work part-time
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Old 09-12-2004, 08:25 PM
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What your age? I'm 42. my husband is 41 soon.

city you live in? near Louisville

Where are you at in the adoption process? over a year into pursuing our second adoption

do you have other children? bio or adopted? one girl adopted

if so what are thier ages? 2 and a half

who are you adopting from or have adopted from? our daughter was adopted through an agency in GA. That agency no longer has a domestic program. We are signed with a facilitator, a networker and a local agency. We 2x atempted Romanian adoption, but govt. shut doors both times as our dossier was about to be sent.

What type of adoption are you doing or did do ?? We are hoping to find a Hispanic brother or sister for our daughter

if already have children are you a stay at home parent? work part-time Stay-at-home, but writing freelance here and there

Mary

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Old 09-12-2004, 10:06 PM
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What is your age? 36

City you live in? Near Evansville

Where are you in the adoption process? Done!!! My son has been home for a little over 2 years now.

Do you have other children? bio or adopted? no

Who are you adopting from or have adopted from? An agency from New Hampshire.

What type of adoption are you doing or did do? International

If international, what country? Romania

If already have children, are you a stay at home parent? I work full time in my beauty shop, which is at my house, so my son goes to work with me!!

Kathi
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Old 09-13-2004, 11:52 AM
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Welcome to all the new people who have signed on lately!!
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Old 10-20-2004, 05:42 PM
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Hello Everyone!!

What your age? 29, 30 in December

city you live in? Across the bridge from Louisville, KY

Where are you at in the adoption process? We are waiting for the walk-through stage of our home-study

do you have other children? bio or adopted? no children yet

if so what are thier ages? N/A

who are you adopting from or have adopted from? Through the state

What type of adoption are you doing or did do ??
We are planning on adopting through foster care

if international what country? N/A

if already have children are you a stay at home parent? No children, so N/A. But I plan to becom at SAHM in the future.
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Old 10-21-2004, 09:27 PM
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hi everyone
What your age? 29

city you live in? jeffersonville

Where are you at in the adoption process? matched but waiting on interstate paper work

do you have other children? bio or adopted? no children


who are you adopting from or have adopted from? distant family

What type of adoption are you doing or did do ??

if international what country?

if already have children are you a stay at home parent?
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Old 10-21-2004, 10:05 PM
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Thought I would update my info..

Whats your age? 31

city you live in? Indy

Where are you at in the adoption process? Finalized second adoption in September

do you have other children? bio or adopted? Yes, adopted

if so what are their ages?
Ruby 2
Wesley 3 months

who are you adopting from or have adopted from?
St. Elizabeth's Coleman

What type of adoption are you doing or did do ??
Transracial/Domestic


if already have children are you a stay at home parent?
yes
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