Super excited and nervous, just announced and committed to an international adoption

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Congratulations! We adopted two from Vietnam and that is by far the best thing I have ever done in my life.

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As someone who was adopted from a South American orphanage at a very young age into a loving US family, I love this post. It takes a very special person to adopt children and it’s not easy. Congratulations, and I wish only the best for you :)

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I was also adopted myself ❤️ thank you for the kind words

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The announcement 🇧🇬❤️🎉

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I thought the same lolol

Did you make sure to do your due diligence and confirm that you’re not actually adopting a growth stunted sociopathic adult? All I’m saying is the chance of that happening is not zero.

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Congrats! We have an adopted daughter from another country, feel free to DM if you have any questions

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I have to give a shout-out to @ADP. They have an amazing infertility and adoption program available to the FTE associates. Any adoption international or domestic will never have a price, but it sure does help having an amazing employer

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ADP is a social impact program within ACN where people take a year off to work full time on social development projects, often international

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Exciting! Congrats

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Congratulations on following your conviction and being bold! And doing good

Wishing you lots of joy and a new amazing life!

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It’s truly a calling! Thank you ❤️

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Weird flex but ok

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If you don’t mind sharing, which geography are you located and from where are you trying to adopt from. Wife and I have dwelled on this for a second child and we have thought about adopting rather than bringing another one in this world.
PS - Congratulations btw..

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Located in US, adopting from Bulgaria. We also have 1 biological. We’re using Holt International as our placing agency.

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So so cool! I aspire to do this one day. How long did it take you op?

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Of course!

Congrats OP 🎊

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Wow amazing congratulations and good luck with the process!

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Congratulations!!

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Congrats to you and your (new?) family!!

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Congratulations, OP!!! 👏👏👏

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Congratulations!!!

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How long from the time you actually started the process to adopt (not including any time you used to decide if it was right for you) until you meet the new baby?

With our openness to certain special needs, we’re really hoping 2-years start to finish

Congratulations

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