Who We Want To Adopt

We are adopting from the country of Bulgaria, we do not have a back up country. There is always a chance that countries may close down their international adoption at anytime. There could be changes in leadership or war could break out or they could just decide to close it down, due to political unrest. We figured if this happens we will re-evaluate at that time. It would depend on were we are in the process, if we had already met our child(ren) we might try to wait things out in hopes that the country may open up again. If we haven't met our child(ren), especially if we have not got a referral yet, we would possible look into another country. We feel very strongly that Bulgaria is where we are suppose to be looking and we have faith that everything will work out.

We are looking for two children either related or non-related. We want one to be a girl due to the fact we already have two boys, but the other child we don't care if they are boy or girl. We want as young as possible, but are willing to take up through age 5. Typically there are not any children available under 18 months. Though part of the reason we chose Bulgaria was because the people there tend to be more Caucasian.  Ethnicity doesn't really matter to us. Bulgaria mainly has Caucasian, Asian, and Roma (also known as Gypsy) or mixed.  The children already have to adjust to a lot of things being adopted internationally, so we just wanted to make that a little easier for them. We live in a very Caucasian community and we felt it would be helpful for the child to adjust easier if they fit in ethnicity wise.

We are prepared to adopt two children with mild or no special needs. Or we could handle one child with moderate special needs if the other is without special needs.We are not prepared for self-mutilating, or seriously aggressive behaviors, nor could we handle children who are not expected to live independent adult lives. (no autism or down-syndrome) I know that people who have children with these special needs may never wish it to be different, but I also know that it is not something they would wish on someone else if they had the choice. We know that doctors over there are not as thorough as here in the states and so something like autism may be overlooked, and of course we would still keep and love our child no matter what unexpected challenges may come. You can never guarantee a completely healthy child even if you gave birth to them. It is no different for adoption.

We hope to adopt happy children who love being around other children. Children who may be intellectually behind their peers, but are expected to function independently as adults. Physically we expect them to walk and do normal everyday activities for their age.

We are willing to take children with special needs that are either correctable or mildly manageable. Things like cleft-pallet, birthmarks, club foot, eczema, hernia, funnel/pigeon breast, microtia/ atresia, and more.