Adopting after Bio kids.. - Page 2

[momofcutie]

Love the pigtails buddhamom! You guys are truly blessed!

[Buddhamom]

We had to have a homestudy done here in CT that also met TX laws. But we only went with our placement agency in TX. We were technically on the books here in CT, but they told us they very rarely have AA b-moms. No, we never met b-mom and b-father is unknown. She didn't chose us (she didn't want to), the agency did. She refuses pics and letters that we send through the agency. We have a semi-open adoption. Our SW here in CT was great at working hard on our homestudy and was constantly in contact with us and our SW in TX. She even called DCF here in TX when I called her to say we had been matched and were to pick her up the next day and told them the story so they put us on the top of the list and gave the final ok.

[lunaleau]

Curious about TX adoption

I was just reading this thread and found it fascinating, we are actually pregnant right now with our 2nd baby so we are not planning to adopt immediately, but are planning on adopting. I know it may sound weird but I grew up knowing that was how you built a family, birth, adoption, whatever. My older sister had been given up for adoption ( my mom had been a teen at the time) and so we always had a certain ethic about adoption in our family, then we adopted by younger brother and sister, then when my mom remarried she and her spouse adopted my youngest sister. I guess I grew up aware of my mom's effort and sacrifice in giving up her own child, my sibs effort and work reconciling their own adoption and the sureity of all of us that we are a family. So for me and my husband it was always in the plan to have some bio kids and adopt. We are a mixed couple I am african american and my husband is white and we specifically want to adopt a child of color (which background is not as important) and part of that is because I know that children of color have a harder time being placed as well as being uniquely able to raise a child to navigate the experience of racism in this country. So with that super long post, what brought you to TX because I heard of another couple adopting through TX rather quickly? Do you mind pm ing me the agency name. What was the process like? What are your recs for another family ( any of you?)