I was sure the packet from the adoption agency would come today since it hadn't come yesterday. When the mailman came by I looked out the window and saw him put a large envelope in our box. I went out there, and sure enough, it was from the agency.

I opened it up right away and read through all the contents. There was a letter telling us that all potential adoptive parent are required to go to the information meeting. The next one is in September. There was a postcard to mail and reserve our spot at the domestic adoption meeting.

There were several pamphlets and papers with information. Most of the information given in the packet I have already learned, but I feel they will be very helpful to my husband who has done no research on adoption and only knows what I have told him.

The thing that was most useful to me was the estimate of adoption fees. There are three different fees required before you adopt, with the rest of it being paid at the actual adoption. The three pre-adoption fees totaled about $3,200. The total adoption fees range from 11,200 to $19,000 depending on your income. Those costs were about what I expected, and I think it is somthing that my husband and I can handle, especially if we are able to qualify for the $10,000 adoption tax credit.

It will be interesting to see how my husband reponds to this packet of information. I'm hoping that he'll at least read some of it and be content with the agency's fees. I'm sure he'll be willing to go to the information meeting. The meeting is free, so we will have nothing to lose.