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We live west of the Twin Cities in Hutchinson. DH and I are currently searching out as much info regarding a China adoption. DH is currently deployed with the MN National Guard until August so the process will take even longer. Ay, yi, yi. We have 2 bio DD's ages 12 and 15. I am so glad to have found this place. What a wonderful wealth of information I'm finding. :flowergift:

Hi, We live in Edina. Russia is one of the countries we are considering. How old are your kids? We are hoping for a child under 5 as our son is not quite 4yo now. Did you get much info about the health history of the kids? How has their adjustment been? I imagine it is so scary for these kids to leave their country with virtual strangers. Congratulations on adopting two beautiful boys! I hope we can do the same.Cindy

Hi All! I just found this local forum. My husband and I live in Shakopee - SW of Mpls. We are in the very early stages of pursuing a sibling group adoption from Colombia. We are still researching agencies, though I think we've found one to settle on. I enjoy being a part of the Yahoo group AdoptColombia and these forums here. I currently work as a recruiting & training coordinator at a local non-profit youth organization. Good to have connections with other local adoptive families! Best wishes to all of you in your adoption journey! Holly & Robert

Donna, I don't think you meant what you said to come out how it did, and I hesitated to write this reply because I didn't want to come across as argumentative. But a gentle reminder that a child is a child no matter where they were born, and all children need good homes, not just the healthy ones. We have chosen to go international for a number of reasons, but the most important is because that is where we found our children. When you find your children, it doesn't matter the cost involved to bring them home, or the health complications that may arise, it only matters that they are yours.

I don't think my response was posted so I will in my inept way try again..No, I didn't mean it the way it sounded and I apologize. I believe God leads you to your child wherever that child may be. My point was that after being involved with adoptions for many years and having seen literally hundreds of cases, I find that the counties can be discouraging when the fact is there are so many children in Mn waiting for homes- even young children. I don't mean that MN children deserve a home more than a child from a different counrty. I was just trying to present my experience. Every child in this entire world deserves a home. Blessings, Donna

Hello, My name is Kristine, my husband and I live south of Duluth. We are in the process of adopting our beautiful 4 year old daughter from Guatemala.

Hi, my name is Sandy, and my family lives in Ely! I am a single mom to J, an exuberant 8 year old 1st grader, and Q, a silly 5 year old preschooler. We are a transracial adoptive family - both boys are AA. I also was recently matched with a sibling set from Ohio - B is a 2 year old girl and D is a 4-1/2 year old boy. They're both AA as well. All my kids came to me as toddlers or preschoolers. I adopted them from other states, all from foster care. THey have a variety of special needs - some they've grown out of, some we'll deal with for life - but they're all GREAT kids!!!I also run an adoption support group (though mostly we just get together for fun!) in Ely - and we have domestic, special needs and international adoptive families. There are more adoptive families out there than you realize! As for me adopting from other states - I have had NO luck here in MN. Which is funny, since I've been a foster parent for the state for over a decade! Especially now that I live in Ely - workers have admitted that they would not place a child up here, unless it was a severe-needs child that would be extremely hard to place. So......I looked out of state, and have been successful 3 times! We also belong to Harambee, a group for transracial adoptive families - out of the Twin Cities. They run some great programs, and we're quite fortunate to have found them! Do any of you belong to adoption support groups? Or just for your agency? I know when I was with Children's Home Society in St. Paul, it was required - and frankly I really enjoyed it. My agency doesn't offer that - so I started my own. I haven't had an event for awhile, so I'd better get cracking - especially now that I'll have new additions to my own family, and others in our group have added on as well! Sandy

I'm Andrea. I'm married, with 3 kids (one adopted domestically, 2 bio). I'm attempting to do an independent international adoption. The child has been located and I know what to do on the abroad side of things. I'm having a harder time finding out what are the MN state requirements and how to acquire a home study. Does anyone have any information that could help me on this?

We are from South St Paul and about 5 months in to the process. We are looking to complete a domestic open adoption. Looking forward to our first!

I am married for over 6 years and live in eastern suburbs of St. Paul. We are planning to adopt domestically using HOPE agency (Stillwater) services. If anybody has used or using HOPE for domestic adoption, please pm me your opinion/ feedback/advise.

Hi everyone - This is my first time on an adoption forum. Im from the Western suburbs (Mtka area), am married, with a 9 yr old adopted daughter and an 8 year old bio daughter. Really looking for some support from others in very open adoptions. We have always had a good relationship with Birthfamilies, but things are changing as Birthmother just had another baby and she is parenting him. Would love to be able to share stories, advice, vent...etc with others going through similar situations. Look forward to being a part of this MN group. :hippie:

I'm from the Western Suburbs and I adopted my daughter domestically at birth. We have a very open adoption and I would love to get to know you all a bit more. I don't have anyone close who has been through this that I can lean on, vent to, celebrate with. This is great. My name is Kasie we've been married for almost 10 years. Kaylen was a designated adoption, we did not seek out to adopt but when this situation came up we jumped at it. We finalized last July and couldnt be happier with our situation!

Hello! My husband and I are hoping to adopt an infant. We live in Plymouth, I am 35 and he is 42. My husband has 19 y.o son.

We are about an hour away from the twin cities. We have 3 biological children, and are hoping to complete our family through domestic adoption eventually. We are in the beginning of the process, but will be eligible for profile viewing soon! We are looking forward to meeting more people with experiences with domestic adoption, particularly when hopeful adoptive couples already have biological children at home. Find more about us at [url=http://www.facebook.com/BiehnAdoption]Biehn Adoption | Facebook[/url]! Thanks! :)

My name is Jim and I am an adult adoptee. I currently live in Fargo, but am from the Twin Cities and plan to move back in the next couple years. I'm currently in the process of finding my biological mother.