Bill and Priscila have been waiting for over three years to adopt a brother or sister for their son Thomas, who was placed with them five and a half years ago in the Agency’s offices. Yesterday was the the end to their long adoption journey…
Bill and Priscila were notified by the Agency on Tuesday and offered the opportunity to adopt a nine pound baby boy who was a last minute placement. They got it together in two days time and came with smiles and a car seat!
Sometimes birth mothers make last minute decisions at the hospital to place their baby for adoption, and when they do, there is a lot of hard work done by many people to make the last minute placement work. Social workers, attorneys and staff scramble to make birth mom’s situation and the baby’s transition go as smoothly as possible.
Today, this nine pound baby named Lucas was dressed for Christmas and handed over to the adoptive parents by his respite care provider. It was worth the wait his parents said. Big brother Thomas leaned down to his brother in the car seat before they left the agency and when asked what he thought about his new baby brother, Thomas grinned and said “So far he’s been pretty good .”
A Big thank you to Bill, Priscila, Thomas and Lucas for allowing us to tell the story of their adoption journey!
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