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Hi!
I've come to introduce my family.
My husband has been in the Army for 7 years, he is being promoted in a week to SST (E6). We were married in Feb. 2004. He is 25. I am Lacey and I am 22. I am a SAHM to two boys. Gavin is 3 and Teagan was born in June. We are currently stationed in Germany.
I know we are very young and already have kids, but adopting was something I've always wanted to do. I talked about it all through high school, how I was going to adopt all my children. I meet my husband while in college. I let him know I wanted to adopt and he was for it. He just wanted to have a child of his own blood. Now that he has two, he is ready to adopt also. Since we have two boys we are ready for a girl. HOpefully one that is between the ages of my boys.
Funny story, the other night I woke up in the middle of the night and checked on the boys. Both were in their beds asleep. Then I started to panaic. I started looking around for the other kid. I looked in all the rooms upstairs. I went in to our room and turned on the light and started looking under the blankets. My husband wakes up and asks what I am doing. I realize then I only have two kids. The next day I tell my husband what I was doing and tell him I think it's because I don't feel as if our family is complete yet. I want another child now, not in 3-4 years like we had initally planned. He says he knows and he doesn't feel as if we are complete yet either.
So anyways, here I am researching. We haven't started anything yet, well other then calling Social Services on our base to find out where we go for adoption. We both are nervous but very excited about finding a child to welcome in to our family.
My question is, do you think we are too young? I mean, are they just going to look at our ages and tell is to come back in a few years? How hard is it to adopt while stationed overseas? Will it be easier to adopt from Russia or the Ukraine while we are here? Any tips or advice?
Thank you so much for reading all of this. :D
Lacey
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Welcome!
No, I don't think you're too young. DH and I are both 23 and started the adoption process at 22. There are young couples out there that adopt.
Do you know anything about the process in Ukraine? It is very unlikely that you would be able to adopt a young girl. The average age adopted from there currently is 5, I believe. A good majority of adoptions are older children and special needs. Also, it is generally not advisable to adopt out of birth order, which you had mentioned. You really may want to research about that too-check on the forums for more info on that.
Quite a few families adopt while stationed overseas. There is a yahoo group you may want to join-AdoptionSupportGroupForMilitaryFamilies. Just keep researching all your options. You'll find the right fit for your family. :)
HTH!
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Thank you so much for the quick reply!
It's good to know we aren't the only young couple looking to adopt.
I just started reading about the Ukraine, I've mostly been reading about Russia. Thank you for the information.
I don't understand why it's unadvisable to adopt out of order? I'll look in to that also, thank you for bringing it up.
We'll figure it out. :D
Hi, I am new too. I am also young. Well, at least my hubby is young. I will be 27 in a few months and my hubby is a mere 20. I am so nervous about that. Not to mention, we were just married this spring. we want to start the adoption process in early 08. I'm on here to get more info. We've narrowed down our agencies choices to two IAC and Lifetime. Does anyone have any opinions on either of those? I've read that in order to recieve the reimbursment you have to go with a non profit (IAC,) is that true?
Thank you
KIM