We are an Air Force family that adopted our littlest one two and a half years ago. She was adopted domestically from the United States while we were living in Thailand. It was quite a ride but she is the best thing we didn’t know was missing from our family.
Kathleen M.
Our family did a domestic infant adoption. The biological parents picked us and we met them a few weeks before my husband deployed. Then two weeks after he deployed our son was born! They met for the first time when daddy got home and our son was 6 months old! ❤️
Brittany N.
We adopted our youngest out of the foster care system. We started caring for him when he was 6 days old while we were stationed in HI. We were supposed to have him for 6months. 3 years later our adoption was finalized here in MO. Being able to move with him from HI to MO when we PCS’d was nothing short of a miracle. We are so blessed to be touched by adoption, we are now advocates for the foster care system and hope and pray that more military families would be willing to dip their toes in the world of fostering/adopting!
Amber R.
We did a birth mother adoption while stationed in Spain. My husband is active duty and I am a veteran. Both of us have fertility issues and adoption was the only way to have kids. Our son is perfect and our family is complete!
Regina H.
I adopted my son as a newborn – I’m an active duty aviator. Also waiting to be matched now for two more babies.
Ky H.
Twice! And once while we were stationed in Japan. The insanity of military paperwork made adoption paperwork feel like a walk in the park! LOL! 🙂
Melissa D.
We adopted our youngest daughter 4 years ago from Kyrgyzstan. We started the process while we were stationed in CA, half way through we moved to Japan. After six months of living in Tokyo, we brought her home and instantly became a family of five. It was a crazy time but we all survived and are that much happier.
Amanda O.
Yes we did! And he was an absolute joy to us. Our son was our 3rd child many years after our two natural daughters and trying to both naturally have another child and adopt. We lost three natural pregnancies and two adoptions fell through so any can imagine our joy when we got our baby at two days old. This was a private adoption. We were never on any list, any service, any agency. Just prayed for seven years. Sadly he died three months at 36 and our hearts are broken. We will pray now we live many many years to love his 7yr old son.
Jackie S.
We’ve been incredibly lucky and have adopted twice! Our journey is a much longer story than I can share here, but after a long road we were able to adopt our daughter while we were stationed at Ft Leavenworth; about 18 months later, while stationed at Campbell and early in to a deployment to Afghanistan, I got a surprise call that our Birth Parents were pregnant again and hoping we could help out. Despite the hiccups of trying to figure out the finances and all the paperwork while my hubby was deployed, along with his cancer unfortunately coming back and him being rushed to Germany for surgery then back to TN for treatments, it somehow all still miraculously worked! He finished his treatments and couple weeks later we were driving through the night to get back to KS to meet our son! Our little miracles are now 7 & (about to be) 5… best two gifts I’ve ever received and so grateful to be their Mom ❤️
Missie J.
Yes! We adopted two siblings children from the foster care system. It’s already challenging and the military added some extra hurdles but we got it done!!
Emma L.
We did! We adopted our daughter while we were stationed at Fort Rucker. We went through the state and adopted through foster care. We had a great experience. Total time was about two years.
Christin J.
We adopted two of our sons from Ukraine, two years ago. We had 6 bio kiddos and were looking forward to settling down as my husband finished his final years in the Army. Then our church took a trip to serve Ukrainian orphans who were visiting a ministry in Alabama – and God broke our hearts for these precious kiddos. We are so grateful for this incredible journey that brought us to our sons and made our family complete.
Charlotte B.
We adopted a teen internationally. By the time we had court my husband was deployed. Not easy but ? worth it.
Kate D.
