Our forum member Reg and his wife, Anne, have been trying to adopt a baby, and I am happy to report the paper work has gone through and they are now waiting to pick up their son in a few months. Here's two of the letters he sent my way. Just had to share. CONGRATS you two!!! 
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Dear All ,
A few days ago you received my mail telling you we have become proud parents .
Attached you find the first pics of our son . One taken when he was 5 months . The other one taken about 10 days ago .
We will be flying into Ethiopia to pick him up in about 3 months from now .
His name is MATHIEU Jans , pronounced as Matthew but without the ‘W’ and is a real stud…J
All the best
Reg
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Dear friends ,
I’m writing this messages during my lunch break with tears in my eyes .
Two hours ago we received a phone call from the adoption agency to congratulate us for becoming parents of a healthy boy , born 17 february 2008 .
That’s all we know so far , being very weary from receiving that call we forgot his original name so I have to call them back later this afternoon .
Tomorrow they are expecting us at the office where we will get all the info about our son and we can see his face on a picture for the first time .
We didn’t have a chance yet to personally inform our family . They’ll find out about it tomorrow .
In times of crisis and wars there’s always a light that shines somewhere . Today it shines in our hearts and so it will be for the rest of our life.
A very proud mom and dad
Reg
More info tomorrow ……
Take care
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"