{"id":184,"date":"2009-09-27T14:17:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-27T21:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riftraft.jayandcarissa.com\/?p=184"},"modified":"2010-07-04T12:22:20","modified_gmt":"2010-07-04T19:22:20","slug":"another-big-hurdle-cleared-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riftraft.jayandcarissa.com\/?p=184","title":{"rendered":"another big hurdle–cleared!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since we are pursuing domestic infant adoption, the way that our process works is that we put together an “adoption profile” or “adoption resume” (i.e. scrapbook-type thing) that a potential birthmother can look at when she’s trying to choose the family for her child.\u00a0 The agency will give her all of the profiles that meet her requests (whether those are location, religion, marital status, race, whatever) and she looks through them to find the one that she feels is the right family.\u00a0 Our agency gives us the choice of a 4 page or a 6 page profile, designed pretty much however we want.\u00a0 The idea is that the design and the words and the photos, since they come directly from us, will be the best way to give her an idea of who we are and what we’re like.\u00a0 As you can imagine, this is a somewhat daunting task, but I think we’re finally done.\u00a0 I still need to take this to a copy shop to get 10 copies made to send off to Texas, but …. it’s complete!\u00a0 The first page is what you see above.\u00a0 If you want to see the whole thing, you can click on the first page and it will send you to a .pdf of all six pages.\u00a0 Be warned that it is a large file and may take awhile to open.\u00a0 The original design inspiration was from the designaglow<\/a> folks, but then I put my own spin on it and created the whole thing in Microsoft Word.\u00a0 Probably not the best program to do this type of work in, but it’s my most familiar and comfortable design tool, so that’s what I used.\u00a0 I’m pretty happy with it.\u00a0 J’s pretty happy with it.\u00a0 We’re both very happy to be done with this part of the process.\u00a0 As soon as I get this copied and sent off, there’s only one more hurdle (final approval of our homestudy report) and then we’re in the pool.\u00a0 Woo hoo!<\/p>\n

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