[mandy201o1]

My husband and I are adopting, through CAS. We are doing our profile we have 15 pages is that too long? 2 out of those is pictures... Im not evan sure if I did it right ... I am soo nervous!!! anoththing how do you get rid of jitters Ive worked hard on the profile now that thats done Ive found myself pricing out beds for children, looking at clothing omgosh its soo much!! any ideas how to pass time?

[wcurry66]

welcome to the forums!

I haven't gone through CAS, so I can speak to the length of the profile.

There's a zillion threads on dealing with the jitters. My best advise, vent/fret away here. There are a lot of people in the same boat.

As for passing the time,i suggest 3 things:
1) read up on anything you may be faced with.. Birth defects, emotional problems, general parenting. Once the kiddo is there, you won't have much time for studying
2) do whatever you like doing as a couple. once the kid is there, you'll have little time for this. You really need a strong relationship to roll thorugh all the changes. Caring for it now is a wise investment
3) optional.. for me, nesting was a great way to pass te time. I painted the bedroom, shopped for "kid things" (most of which we never used). This it was fun and a nice distraction to waiting for "the word"

good luck

[eagleswings216]

So you have 15 pages - 2 pages is pictures, and the rest (13 pages) is text? We did a domestic infant adoption, but our profile was almost the reverse of that. We had about 12-14 pages, and a little less than 2 pages was text and the rest was pictures. What I always heard and read was more pictures and less text was the best way to do it.

[mandy201o1]

wc66- that is terrific advice I already started buying, haha... and we are looking at different challenges we might face asking questions to friends who adopted and site searching. The jitters are still there I dont think they will ever fully go away, I am excited and afraid all at the same time. i find myself looking at this sight for hours and appreciate what some ppl have to say thank you for the wonderful advice!

eagle- Thank you I will try and take off some of the wording I already added more pics sadly I am not one to think of the camera so theres alot that aint there... but I have enough picures that friends and family gave me haha!! evan my grandma is digging up pictures for me... haha... thank you!