Congrats brother :thumbsup

u2 will make great parents :)

Hey, where's my BP4L pic!

Thanks dude...... Ill tell the wife you said that.

WOW..That is quite a wait. Pretty odd considering there is such an overabundance of female orphans. :(

I think we'd be looking more seriously into this about a year from now. Maybe some things will change and the process won't be as daunting. :thumbsup

The special needs route seems a nice way to go as well. Any idea what the plastic surgery for that condition runs and if there are any long term effects that might need to be taken into account?

thats awesome bone...congrats

NP. I knew you were just bustin balls. Its all good.
Yep sad over there.


Lets talk sometime dude and catch up.

are there any types of documentaries on this issue in china? i hear about it but definitely would like to watch something

Congrats man !!! Do you get to see pictures of the baby before you get it or is it just like "you want a girl, here's a girl".

My wife and I thought about adopting another child. We have 3 right now, after the 3rd one, my wife got her tubes tied, then about a year ago, she was having problems with a low iron in her blood, so the doctor recommended a hysterectomy, so now there's no way we can have any more kids.

Sometimes we think it'd be for the best to not have any more, we have our 2 boys and 1 girl, but sometimes we see little ones and wish we could have another.

have fun man. take pics.

prob will be the best coverage we'll get over here since the chinese govt will prob censure everything.

Woooops, I just re-read my post and messed up. My wife had a very low blood count, NOT low iron in her blood, ha ha.

congrats!

Man, did you check your closets for vampires?

Under the bed?

:winkwink:

congrats bro!

Congratz and good luck on your trip – Give the wife a big Kiss from me.

congrats, great thing you are doing!

rofl, ha ha, actually I didn't even think that could be why. I'm gonna go check right now, ha ha.

Wow, that's amazing what you and your wife are doing. That little girl is about to be given a one-in-a-million chance. I wish you all the very best. Your generosity makes the world just that much better to live in.

it is very very cool of you and your wife to adopt a girl from China. I was reading something online about the problem there recently, and I was almost in tears. thank you for helping someone for life.

There was a documentary on Australian TV a couple days ago about this. Not sure if it is showing in the US but you might be able to get it off a torrent as that's where I got it from...

Oh and congrats Boneprone very impressed. :thumbsup That Smiles show always gets to me too...I have friends that just adopted their second Chinese orphan and apart from the paperwork, would highly recommend it.

Any chance you could move in for a month and be our Red Headed sexy nanny?

Is it a more or less expensive process to adopt from China vs. the US? Did you look at other countries or just China?

Congrats man :thumbsup So sad whats happening in China my fiancee is from Hong Kong she gets very upset seeing whats going on there especially as she has some family still there.

Well good on you and your wife.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

wow,... congrats!

A lot cheaper to adopt in the US.
For China its going to total us around 40k total from start to end. Not including the medical/surgery required for going the special needs route we chose to do.

Price wasnt the issue with us though. China is something we have always wanted to do.

As for the USA domestic adoption, it too is a great program.. But it does have some very disturbing laws attached to it that has been pushing away prospective adoptive parents.

In the US the biological mother has a lot more rights, even though she "gave up" her child she still has some rights and can even cause legal troubles if she all of a sudden "changes her mind" and wants the baby back. You see this happening all the time in the news. Whats worse courts supporting this behavior. As a result it has discouraged many many good families from adopting domestically.

No adoptive family wants to be looked at as the bad guy for taking away a child from the biological mother.

The domestic system needs to be fixed.
Domestic adoption is a great thing, but the horror stories have pushed some away.

Why dont you guys have your own kid? Something wrong with you?

And if you do choose to adopt why China of all places..

And why adopt a retarded looking kid with Cleft?? Why wouldnt you adopt a healthy one?

I just dont get it.

Hope all goes well in China Bone

Boneprone, being a dad myself and knowing what's coming for you, I wanna congratulate you and wish you and your family a happy life...It's all that matters...Health, hapiness...and if you're stinking rich I guess it doesn't hurt!

Check out "China from the Inside" by PBS. It's a four parter, and the second part is all about women in China. It's amazing that the cameras got so much access for the show, actually.

I would love to! I would snuggle and love the little darling all day long. :)

Are you going to teach her Chinese?

She is going to teach us Chinese....

And how to make Nike Shoes..

I hear the CHinese kids are very talented over there. IF they arent in some orphanage, they are working in the Nike Factories.

are you going to name her anal hobit?

good for you. congrats!

boneprone, i thought you were a dick for along time but i have changed my mind! i know myself how adoption can change people's lives...

congrats on starting a family! i wish you all the best!

great news, congrats!

In less than 3 hours from now we will have our daughter.

Im here in China now. Sitting in a hotel room counting down the minutes.

What an experence thus far. Going to be an emotional day.

Good luck to you and your wife! I can only imagine how much better your little girl's life will now be than if she were stuck orphaned in China, especially with a cleft lip. She will be a darling!

congratulations man, i hope everything works out well for everyone including your new girl!

Congrats and good luck again.

Okay I can't resist...


This thread needs pictures!!! Boneprone get to work with that camera! We all want to see this new addition to your family!

I'm so excited! Congrats!

PK

^ I second to that. Good people deserves good luck.

I third that!

How did it all go?

that's fucked up