Adoption Stories

Testimonials from American Adoptions families.

Personal stories of adoption from parents and families who have brought their family together through the joy of adoption. Learn more about their experiences, thoughts, and happiness in choosing adoption.

Every day is so special and we think it's impossible to love her anymore, but the love still grows! Samantha enjoys being a big sister, and Kara just grins from ear to ear when Samantha walks into the room. We thank God and the birth mother who gave us the most amazing gift our family could ever receive--our sweet Kara!

It is easy to become discouraged if you wait longer than the average wait time. That is where we found ourselves in September of 2006. We were in the Traditional I Program and had been waiting for 18 months. At this time I promised myself that if our dream ever did come true that we would share our story to give hope to other couples that are not matched quickly!

Our son is now 5 months old and not a day goes by that I don't think of our adoption experience and how absolutely amazing his birth mother is to have chosen this life for him.

Michael and I have a wonderful and loving 6 yr old son, Joshua. But unfortunately, we were unable to have another child. We didn't even think twice about adopting.

I am not sure if there are any words to describe the joy, happiness and love we have for our daughter and how we became a family. I also don’t know if we can ever be grateful enough to the birth parents for their strength and courage to make the decision that allowed us to become a family. We just know that they will always have a special place in our hearts!

We cannot provide enough kind words to American Adoptions for connecting us with Staci and her family. American Adoptions was there for us every step of the way to answer our questions, calm our fears, provide guidance, and give us the encouragement we needed. We have been incredibly blessed with our little angel from God through American Adoptions and by the brave sacrifice of our birthmother, Staci. All of you will forever be in our hearts!

American Adoptions does so many adoptions each year that we felt confident they have seen just about everything and would be able to steer us in the right direction should something seemingly unusual occur.

We are thrilled that we made the decision to adopt with American Adoptions. From the beginning through the end we felt completely comfortable and there was always wonderful communication. What an amazing journey with a happy ending, our family, thank you American Adoptions!

Now that we have come to the final phase of our adoptive process, we wanted to let you know about our impressions of the experience with your agency.

On January 12, 2004 we got the call that would change our lives. Megan Spaeth called to let us know we had been chosen by birthparents to adopt their little girl, due in early March. They had spent weeks pouring over the profiles on-line and had chosen us! It was so humbling - almost unbelievable.