The Network

We're connected with a wonderful adoption agency, Adoption STAR, located in Williamsville, NY with additional offices in Florida and Ohio.  We've had a wonderful relationship with them since our first adoption; and we appreciate the support, services, and resources they provide to all members of the adoption triad, even post-adoption.

While we are enrolled in their Traditional Domestic Adoption track, we are also doing our own networking, as we did during our first adoption.  We again ordered adoption cards from Adoption Pass Along Cards, formerly known as Spaces for Faces, which can be given to expectant parents wanting to learn more about us.  We've also started a Twitter Feed and of course, we have this Blog!  We've been so excited to share our plans with family, friends, colleagues, and anyone who's open to talking about adoption!

If you or someone you know is considering the loving choice of adoption for her baby, we thank you for taking the time to learn more about us!  

Thousand Cranes: Part Deux

Before our son came into our lives, we struggled with years of infertility and were involved in various treatments in the hopes of having a child.  It was a challenging time for us, but we are able to look back and see that this was part of the journey that brought us to our son.  It is true when they say, "everything happens for a reason."

During our medical treatments and through the adoption process, we busied ourselves with the project of folding a thousand cranes.  A Japanese legend reads that one who folds a thousand cranes will have his or her wish come true...

Until recently (Tommy loves to grab at all the things he's not supposed to!), these cranes were hanging up in our son's room, as a reminder of all our hopes and wishes for him.

As we now enter a new chapter in the story of our family, we've decided to again fold a thousand cranes, in the hopes of our next child's arrival.

Let the folding begin!!!

Hoping for another miracle!

Nearly three years ago, we began our exciting adoption journey, which blessed us with the arrival of our son, Thomas, in March 2010.  It is amazing how fast the time flies!  Tommy continues to grow and explore and amaze us each and every day!  We are so blessed to have him in our lives; and we are so grateful to his amazing birth parents, A and M, who made such a selfless decision for their baby.  It has been wonderful to continue to have them both involved with Tommy and us for regular visits, texts, and phone calls.  We cherish the relationship we have with Tommy's birth parents; and we feel it is important for him to know his adoption story and the special way that we became a family. 

We always knew that we wanted Tommy to have at least one sibling; and Tommy's birth parents were excited when we told them we were hoping to adopt again!  Tommy loves spending time with his cousins and friends; and we know he will be an incredible big brother.  We have so much love to share and are excited to begin our next journey!  We have reconnected with our adoption agency, Adoption STAR, and have been excitedly sharing the news with all our friends and family!  They are so excited... in fact, our families asked us why it's taken this long to begin the process again!  Ha!

Wish us luck!  And if you know of someone who may be considering an adoption plan, please think of us and feel free to share our information with her/them.  They can email us directly at KristinaMikeAdopt@gmail.com or contact Adoption STAR toll free at (866) 691-3300

- Mike, Kit, and Tommy