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We are starting to look into doing ours now. Marci, Wow for already getting yours done! I wish I had looked into them before our daughter was born. I also like the part you wrote: lovingly placed in our arms---I might be using that one! We will be putting the standard stats on it, and also may add (saw it somehwere): Born not from our fleshbut born in our heart,you were longed for and wantedright from the start. Another family member who has adopted put on their birth announcements: "We give thanks and praise to our Lord! For in his generosity he has given us, through adoption,NAMEstats and ended with the quote:"I prayed for this child and the Lord granted my request." 1 Samuel 1:27
Ours had a photo on the front of our daughter, and a picture of a plane flying between outlines of Russia and the US. (I made it on print shop) and it said "from Russia with lobe" and on the inside it said her full name, and then had born ___ And then Came home ___I chose to use the date we landed at home because that's when she met her brothers and we were a complete family (or so we thought! LOL) We are not sure what we will do for our next one.
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This was used on our 7 year olds adopt announcements. I found it either on this site or another poem site. Today you become our daughter Our family is now complete God Blessed us with your angel eyes And your dancing, busy feet! Together forever, our lives intertwined this we solemnly vow. What pride we feel, as our joy we share You're our daughter now! XXXXXXX (Husband, Mine Sibs.) Proudly anounnce the arrival of the newest member of their family XXXXXXXXX (her name) Decemeber 6th 2005 This one was a big hit. We put a picture of the whole family with it. Kinda of like a Christmas card.
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My friend did this one, which still hangs on my office wall, and baby girl is just over a year old! I think they were the photo cards from Sam's Club (like the ones you can order at the Walmart photo kiosk). Meet the newest member of our family. Namety NameBorn on 8/x/05Brought home on 8/x/05 Namety has come to use through the miracle of adoption. then her birth stats Kudos to all of you who get these done right away! We did manage to take the photos we'd planned to use when he was just a couple of weeks old, but never got anything sent out (except emails). So our C'mas card last year was the announcement for some! And he was over 2 months old by then.... 1
Some of my friends have used Purple Stork dot com. Their announcements have been amazing. I think there is "model" language for adoption announcements there. We didn't really use adoption type language just gave our daughter's name and it's meaning ("Gift from God"), her picture and stats.
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Our son was three months old when he was placed with us. Our announcement read: Our greatest dreams have come true! We proudly announce the adoption of our son ***** Born:xxx In our arms:"xxxx Our names at the bottom. The card had a Winnie the Pooh theme with Winnie, Tigger and Pooh looking up at the stars. We're planning to adopt his newborn sibling next month (don't know if it's a boy or girl) but will probably say something about him welcoming his brother/sister.