Adoption: Photo Book

When you go to committee for adoption you need to send a photo book of your family.  At the committee when the Childrens Attorney, Casa Worker, Social Worker and other State workers are trying to figure out what home these children will thrive in they look at the book that you present.  In Oregon there are usually 2 other families besides you trying for the same children.  This is a way of meeting you and your family without you there.  You cannot be present however your adoption worker is there on your behalf.  Once these people decided on what home they will be going to, this book will be given to the children. This is the childrens first introduction to you and your family. Here is our photo album that we created when we went to committee.  

 Cover

 First page to introduce our family

My husband (Milford) and myself (Sheri)

All four of our children (Clay and Joshua up in the corner),

Bottom photo: (Brooke, Ben, Clay and Joshua)

My son Ben's family

 Our daughter Brooke's family

Our son Clay

 Our son Joshua

 My parents (Their new grandparents)

 Short letters to them from me and my husband welcoming them into our family.

 Short letters from Clay and Joshua (since they are the only ones left in the house) welcoming them into the family.

My husbands mom (their new grandma)

Our dog -- Miley

The rest of the animals 

 Our Home

Misc. pics

 Misc. Pics

Misc. Pics.

 Misc Pics

 Misc. Pics

Last page

I am not a scrapbooker although I would love to be.  In the beginning I was really overwhelmed by this project.  Not scrapbooking before I really didn't know where to start.  I finally had to just do one page at a time and I felt it coming together.  Once it was done I was happy with the ending project.

After we got the kids I found out that they loved the book so much they took the book to school with them the next day.  They wanted to show their friends their new family.  From what I hear when Nemo read the letters that my husband and I wrote he cried over the pages.  He was so happy to finally have a mom and a family.  He is a wonderful boy!  God blessed us!

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