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Ok--what did some of you ladies use to make your adoption profile? I want to make it nice-- I have researched hiring someone to do it--but it is like $300-if I could figure out how to do it myself it would great-- I don't have an extra $300 --ok and this adoption tax credit--how does it work? I realize that it is a credit towards taxes that you owe--well we typically do not owe taxes--this year we got money back--is there a way to change deductions so that we will actually owe--so the tax credit will help us?? I am soo confused....finances are a huge issue with my dh--he just doesn't feel we can afford adoption-- I won't let anything stop me--i am totally prepared to take a loan to pay for it.
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I utilized a girlfriend of mine who loves to scrapbook and all her tools. I had a vision of basically what I wanted so we worked on it together. One thing I will say is the way our agency requested our profile was easy because it's one page of writing and one page of pictures....this may not seem like enough but it is SO MUCH easier for everyone... Anyways, I first went to the store to look at paper, found this awesome bronzy chocolate brown, a cool shimmery turquoise, and a "stamped" looking silver paper (like those old ceiling tiles). I got the ideas from that...then I used this very very lightly white "spotted" looking paper (with colors that matched). Go to my profile on here and my URL, you can check it out. Good luck!! I wouldn't suggest someone doing yours but that's just me...every profile I have seen this way looks so professional and less personal. OH and for your main picture have it be a picture of you and your dh, from the waist up, close up and clear. This is VERY important, this helps the bmom "envision" you while reading. Our agency told us that as did many bmoms. Tips on profile: Short and sweet, don't over do it. Put a short caption under every picture, have a lot of pics of just you and dh together (not a ton of you and this person, or your and this person..or if you have a child not a ton with them). Don't be afriad to put your pets, or nursery if you want....also, speak to them as you would anyone, if you are saucy be saucy, sarcastic be sarcastic, let your personality shine! Don't over correct your profile. DO talk about daycare or SAHM, tell them your ages, and where you live (for open adoptions). Cover the main things a bmom wants to know IN the profile...this will help THEM out, they don't have to ask you later. Good luck, I'm sure I can think of more!! LOL
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We did ours on Parent Profiles and then used that one. Worked for us - pretty straight forward. I think you can even do it and never end up using their services actually. I also did a simple web site of my own which I could easily print out to send out. The tax credit. If you are taxed more than what the credit amount is and you are eligible (have to meet the income guidelines) then you will receive the credit. Some receive it over years and not all at one time. It's not about what you would owe when you go to have your taxes done. Like in our case we always get a refund because of the way we have our deductions set up. We ended up getting a 10+K larger refund this year due to the adoption. But this is because there was more than that amount withheld from checks during the year.