Hopes for the Future
My siblings are so excited to eventually have a niece!
I always dreamed that I would grow up to adopt children because adoption gave me my siblings. I never had an actual plan for adopting until I started researching as an adult. The way my parents adopted, through foster care, is very different than what I hope to do.
Don't get me wrong... I love that my parents fostered and I always thought that I'd become a foster parent myself some day. That may still happen eventually, but right now I'm looking to adopt a newborn, something that's extremely rare and difficult through the foster care system. Who knows what the future may hold; someday I might adopt an older child or foster children of different ages. Right now, however, I'd like to start at the very beginning and learn all about motherhood from the newborn stage.
Don't get me wrong... I love that my parents fostered and I always thought that I'd become a foster parent myself some day. That may still happen eventually, but right now I'm looking to adopt a newborn, something that's extremely rare and difficult through the foster care system. Who knows what the future may hold; someday I might adopt an older child or foster children of different ages. Right now, however, I'd like to start at the very beginning and learn all about motherhood from the newborn stage.
My brother & me
I do hope to have at least two or three children in the future. Coming from a large family, I understand the importance of sibling bonds and hope to give that experience to my own children.
As crazy as life could be in a house with six kids, I wouldn't have changed anything about my childhood. I love how obnoxiously loud our house could be, and I can't wait to have my own children annoying the adults someday... I'd love to be able to listen to my own little girls giggling together in the future the way my siblings and I have done in the past.
Adoption Goals
I know that the road to adopting a baby is difficult and can take years. The fact that I hope to adopt a baby girl means that I'm limiting my search, making it that much harder. Still, I know that eventually I'll be matched with the baby who is meant to be a Krigsman.
I hope to be a mom by the time I'm 30, which gives me a few years to go on this journey. If it happens before then, that would be wonderful, but I'm in this for the long haul and prepared for the road ahead.
I'm not limiting my search to a specific race/ethnicity. My family is a melting pot, and I'm sure that any baby would fit in well with us. My family ranges from pale white to tan to olive skin; we're made of Irish, German, Puerto Rican, English, African American, and Native American backgrounds. We're ready to add just about anything to this family.
As crazy as life could be in a house with six kids, I wouldn't have changed anything about my childhood. I love how obnoxiously loud our house could be, and I can't wait to have my own children annoying the adults someday... I'd love to be able to listen to my own little girls giggling together in the future the way my siblings and I have done in the past.
Adoption Goals
I know that the road to adopting a baby is difficult and can take years. The fact that I hope to adopt a baby girl means that I'm limiting my search, making it that much harder. Still, I know that eventually I'll be matched with the baby who is meant to be a Krigsman.
I hope to be a mom by the time I'm 30, which gives me a few years to go on this journey. If it happens before then, that would be wonderful, but I'm in this for the long haul and prepared for the road ahead.
I'm not limiting my search to a specific race/ethnicity. My family is a melting pot, and I'm sure that any baby would fit in well with us. My family ranges from pale white to tan to olive skin; we're made of Irish, German, Puerto Rican, English, African American, and Native American backgrounds. We're ready to add just about anything to this family.
Me, my youngest sisters, and my mom a few summers ago... just an idea of how different we all look.
There are also numerous disabilities within my family. My siblings have ADHD, anxiety, Bipolar 1, intellectual disabilities, and my littlest sisters are deaf! There is nothing that my family can't handle because we support each other through the difficult times and rally around each other in the good times.
My only experience with adoption is through foster care. This means that when my siblings were adopted, their biological parents' rights were terminated and they were no longer legally allowed to have contact with the kids. However, I know that in many circumstances when adopting privately, families look for open adoptions.
After researching, I feel that I would want some form of open adoption, whether that's simply sending letters once a year or video chatting for holidays, or something much bigger than that, like having your family be an extension of our family. I do like the idea of my child growing up to know where she came from and being able to have a medical history. An open adoption means that there's just one more person to love my child. Obviously it would depend on how you feel about this as well. I don't have an iron-clad idea of what open adoption would look like for me and my future child just yet; I'm looking forward to discussing these important decisions as you contemplate what would be best for you and the baby.
I've been planning my adoption journey around adopting a single baby right now, but should a multiple birth adoption become an option, I would absolutely be excited about that possibility. My family does have experience with twins, so I understand the joys and difficulties that come with multiples, and I know that my family would be overjoyed to welcome one, two, or even three infants into our home.
My only experience with adoption is through foster care. This means that when my siblings were adopted, their biological parents' rights were terminated and they were no longer legally allowed to have contact with the kids. However, I know that in many circumstances when adopting privately, families look for open adoptions.
After researching, I feel that I would want some form of open adoption, whether that's simply sending letters once a year or video chatting for holidays, or something much bigger than that, like having your family be an extension of our family. I do like the idea of my child growing up to know where she came from and being able to have a medical history. An open adoption means that there's just one more person to love my child. Obviously it would depend on how you feel about this as well. I don't have an iron-clad idea of what open adoption would look like for me and my future child just yet; I'm looking forward to discussing these important decisions as you contemplate what would be best for you and the baby.
I've been planning my adoption journey around adopting a single baby right now, but should a multiple birth adoption become an option, I would absolutely be excited about that possibility. My family does have experience with twins, so I understand the joys and difficulties that come with multiples, and I know that my family would be overjoyed to welcome one, two, or even three infants into our home.
