Lifetime Adoption Center Seeking Adoptive Parents for Babies

Lifetime Adoption Center is currently seeking adoptive families for the following babies:

We are in need of a married couple to adopt an African American baby boy due next month. His birthmother is hoping to place him with an African American married couple. A couple who have a deep faith in the Lord would be ideal. She states no drug or alcohol use during her pregnancy.

Another birthmother is due next month and is seeking an adoptive family to adopt a baby boy who will be of mixed African American/Hispanic ethnicity. An adoptive family who live in or near Pennsylvania are with whom this birthmother is hoping to place her baby. She is open to placing with an adoptive family who already have children. She states no drug, cigarette, or alcohol use during her pregnancy. 

Finally, we’re seeking an adoptive family to adopt a bi-racial baby due in August. A married couple who reside in Nevada or California are with whom this birthmother would like to place. She is open to placing with a couple of any race, but a bi-racial couple would be ideal. There hasn't been any drug or alcohol use during her pregnancy.

With Lifetime Adoption, families are presented to ALL birthmothers who are a match — so you would never be limited to being presented to only one birthmother at a time. Your FIRST STEP to being presented to birthmothers nationwide is to complete your FREE online application at LifetimeAdoption.com. The application is your FIRST STEP to being presented to birthmothers nationwide! Please feel free re-post these adoption opportunities anywhere you can.

Update from Adoptive Family: "She is Our Treasure!"

Our Lifetime Adoption Center office recently received this update from adoptive family Wes and Emily, and so I wanted to share it with you here:

"Dear Diane and friends,

Hello!  We hope you are all doing very well.  We can hardly believe that it’s been a year since our baby girl was born and our dream of becoming parents came true!  We’ve had so much fun this past year and have enjoyed every single minute of being mommy and daddy.  We cannot wait to see what the future holds for our family.  Thank you again for all you’ve done for us.  Our appreciation for you all only grows with every passing day that we spend watching our beautiful daughter grow.  Just like the day she was born, celebrating a year later was indeed another very happy birthday!  She is our treasure!   

Blessings,
Wes and Emily"

Your Adoption Tax Credit: Avoiding Delays

Adoptive families who have completed a successful adoption often wonder how they can avoid long delays when filing their adoption tax credit. Last year, many experienced delays.

Learn how to avoid this by reading this helpful blog post from Creating a Family: Top Ten Tips for Avoiding Delays.

Recommended Books on Transracial Adoption

On our Facebook page for adoption, we asked: "Have you adopted a child different than your own racial background? What books, resources, or tips have worked for you to share adoption with your child, and to answer questions a child may have about how your family is different than others?"

We received lots of feedback on recommended books and wanted to share it with you here! Below are the book suggestions that were shared with us. Feel free to print out this list or pull it up on your smartphone next time you're at the book store or library!

• The Family Book by Todd Parr 
• Shaoey and Dot: Bug Meets Bundle by Mary Beth Chapman 
• I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World by Marguerite Wright 
• I Wished for You: an Adoption Story by Marianne Richmond 
• God Found Us You by Lisa Tawn Bergren 
• Brown Like Me by Noelle Lamperti 
• Kinki Kreations: A Parent's Guide to Natural Black Hair Care for Kids by Jena Renee Williams 
• Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections by Jean MacLeod and Sheena Macrae
• Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother by Jana Wolff 
• Rosie's Family: An Adoption Story by Lori Rosove 
• Cross Cultural Adoption: How To Answer Questions from Family, Friends & Community by Amy Coughlin and Caryn Abramowitz 
• Handbook on Thriving as an Adoptive Family: Real-Life Solutions to Common Challenges edited by David Sanford and Renee S. Sanford 
• Welcome Home Little Baby by Lisa Harper 
• A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza 
• Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis 
• It's Okay to be Different by Todd Parr

Adoptive Families Needed for These Adoption Situations

Lifetime Adoption is currently seeking adoptive families for the following adoption situations:

Lifetime Adoption Center is currently in need of a Christian, Caucasian married couple to adopt a baby boy due in May. His birthmother is hoping to place with a couple who've been married for more than seven years and do not live in the Northeastern U.S. She is open to placing with a couple who already have children. She states no drug or alcohol use during her pregnancy, and only light cigarette use.

Another birthmother is due next month and expecting a baby of mixed Caucasian and Hispanic ethnicity. The birthmother is hoping to place her baby with a loving and stable married Christian couple. An Hispanic couple would be ideal. She is open to placing with a couple who already have children. She states no drug, cigarette, or alcohol use during her pregnancy.

Finally, we’re seeking an African American couple to adopt a baby due in March. The birthmother is hoping to place with an African American married couple who have turned to adoption as the result of infertility. Her hopes for her child are that they have unconditional love, grow up in a safe environment, and have a sense of self-worth. She states no drug, cigarette, or alcohol use during her pregnancy.

Please take the first step towards adoption today! Fill out Lifetime Adoption’s free and secure application to adopt as your first step towards being presented to this situation or other similar adoption situations. If you have any questions about Lifetime Adoption’s successful nationwide domestic adoption program, please call us at (530) 432-7373. Please feel free re-post these adoption situations anywhere you can.

What is an Adoption Home Study?

Adoptive families just starting the adoption process may feel overwhelmed by all the paperwork and tasks involved, including the home study conducted by a social worker.

Now, you can learn more about what an adoption home study entails through requesting a FREE special report at www.AdoptionHomeStudyReport.com.

In this free report, you'll learn:

• What a home study is, and what it isn't.
• The one main reason people can't pass a home study.
• Key tips for home study preparation.
• Easy ways to make your home study provider feel at ease in your home.
• What to expect when the social worker comes to visit.
• …and much, much more!

Visit www.AdoptionHomeStudyReport.com to access your FREE report today!

Please Enter Lifetime Adoption Foundation in the Sock It To Me Sweepstakes

If you have a minute, can you please enter our non-profit, Lifetime Adoption Foundation, in this sweepstakes on Facebook to win socks? Socks are wonderful items for us to have on-hand to send to Lifetime birthmothers! To enter, please visit this link to "like" their page: http://www.facebook.com/DollarDays?sk=app_121121694568521