{"id":443,"date":"2007-11-09T10:19:05","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T17:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/443\/weve-adopted-a-baby-girl"},"modified":"2014-10-04T05:52:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T10:52:26","slug":"weve-adopted-a-baby-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/weve-adopted-a-baby-girl\/443\/","title":{"rendered":"We Adopted a Baby Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Update 2013<\/strong>: Since writing this post, my wife and I have adopted 4 children. We are so blessed and are very lucky to be their parents. Go here to\u00a0<a title=\"what is the child adoption process\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/child-adoption-queueing-and-waste-muda\/1916\/\">learn more about the adoption process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"our story of adoption, preston\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/weve-adopted-a-baby-boy\/254\/\">We adopted Preston<\/a>  cutest little afro puff.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"adopt a baby girl, sweet mylie\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/weve-adopted-a-baby-girl\/443\/\">We adopted Mylie<\/a>  sweet little baby girl.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"adoption process domestic baby boy\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/we-adopted-again\/496\/\">We adopted Lakin<\/a>  my little ball of energy and joy.<\/li>\n<li>We adopted Norah  but I haven&#8217;t written about it yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We adopted a baby girl. And, we are so happy.<\/p>\n<p>Our little baby girl was born yesterday.\u00a0 Mylie is our 7th child and we brought her into our family through adoption.\u00a0 For long-time shmula readers, you might remember that we just <a title=\"adopt a baby boy, preston\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/weve-adopted-a-baby-boy\/254\/\">adopted Preston last year<\/a>.\u00a0 Yup, we did it again 1 year later, and we&#8217;re very, very happy.<\/p>\n<p>The last month has been a humbling experience to spend time with the birth parents.\u00a0 Building a relationship with them has been great, but an emotional time for our family.\u00a0 I&#8217;m very thankful for them and to them &#8212; for the good people that they are and for choosing our family to be the parents of Mylie.<\/p>\n<p>Here she is &#8211; she&#8217;s very cute and will probably have a to-die-for Afro Puff:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9962 aligncenter\" title=\"mylie-jade-abilla-shmula-pete-abilla\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/mylie-jade-abilla-shmula-pete-abilla.jpg\" alt=\"how to adopt a child domestic\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/mylie-jade-abilla-shmula-pete-abilla.jpg 375w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/mylie-jade-abilla-shmula-pete-abilla-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<h2>The Adoption Process<\/h2>\n<p>The process is challenging.\u00a0 Because there is a lot of ourselves invested &#8212; in time, money, and emotion &#8212; in the process, we&#8217;re willing to put-up with things that I normally would not.\u00a0 This is not surprising; in fact, this is <a title=\"resource page on queueing theory\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/queueing-theory\/\">Queueing Psychology<\/a> at work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9961 aligncenter\" title=\"mylie-abilla-shmula\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/mylie-abilla-shmula.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/mylie-abilla-shmula.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/mylie-abilla-shmula-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update 2013: Since writing this post, my wife and I have adopted 4 children. 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