An overview of the process

The adoption process is a series of checks and balances to provide a safety net for adoptive families, birth families and adoptees. It can be long, but it's necessary.

Application - we applied to the agency in the Summer and filled out a short questionnaire.

Infant Training - the training course that the agency provides is fantastic and worth every penny. The caseworkers who run it are the main caseworkers in the program. We'll be working with them later on in the process. They covered all the basics and answered any questions.

Home study - this is a massive compiling of paperwork regarding personal history, family history, medical health and financial status, residence safety and other necessary information to assess the adoptive family's preparedness. As of November, we're finishing this stage of the process.

Profile - this book is a short, 20 page collection of pictures and information about us and our life. It can contain info about how we met and our wedding, as well as current info about what we like to do for hobbies, etc. We also include a one page "Dear birth family" letter.

Waiting List - this is a slow part. We might hear of our profile book being shown to a birth mom, but that she didn't choose us. Waiting in contentment is a prayer request for this time.

Match - this happens after a birth mom has picked our profile book, asks to meet us face to face and decides that yes, we are the adoptive family she wants!

Hospital - a hospital plan is made up to decide who, when, what, where... when the adoptive family may meet the baby, and how discharge will go. It's an intensive time for all, of balancing grief and joy at the same time. Much prayer is needed during this time.

Home - back at home we settle in as a family and enjoy everything new about having a baby in the house.

Post Placement & Court - we have 2 or 3 visits from our caseworker after bringing the baby home. Once these visits happen, we go to court to finalize the adoption.

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Welcome

Jesse and Kate (and Epiphany!) are thankful that you are here. We are starting the adoption process in our home state of Idaho and we wanted to keep our friends updated on our process. We are still working on our home study. We are also trying to raise some more funds. The average cost of a domestic adoption in Idaho is about $24,000. We have about half of that. If you are interested in donating, more information will be coming soon. Please be praying that the whole process will go smoothly. Thanks!

Help Support Our Adoption

February 2022 We have been matched! Read More Here Our current need is donations for travel and legal fees. The baby boy is about 6 hours away and so Jesse is travelling every weekend to see Kate and the baby. The baby is in the NICU and he will be there until about middle of April. So Jesse will be travelling about 10 times over the next few months. Helping cover the travel fees would be a great blessing to us. We estimate travel fees to be $1000. To finalize the adoption we will need to hire a lawyer to set up all the paperwork for the court. This will happen in about 10-12 months. We are estimating that legal fees will be about $2000. We are very thankful for all the support we have received. Thanks to all the many donations! Ways to Donate: GoFundMe page PayPal: paypal.me/jessesumpter Cash App: $JesseSumpter Check: Use Contact Form at bottom for Mailing Info Ronald McDonald House Kate Sumpter #203, 139 East Warm Springs Avenue, Boise, Idaho 83712

Meeting Our Son in the NICU

March 4, 2022 Update We walked into the NICU on Friday, February 4 to meet our little boy. We had walked into a hospital before when we adopted our daughter so we were familiar with things. But walking into a hospital is like walking into a strange world. Everyone is dressed in greens and blues, lots of new gadgets that beep, lots of different codes to give to get through, automatic doors that have to be opened from the inside. But everyone is cheerful. People were very kind to us. The NICU is on the second floor. We had to go through a Covid checkpoint at the hospital entrance but it was super easy. Our caseworker was with us. We then rode the elevator up to the second floor. We walked through a long hallway to the NICU. On the walls are lots of pictures of NICU babies who were born early and have now grown up. Each one is a picture of the little tiny baby and the grown up child at 10 years old or 15 years old. They call it the wall of hope. I tried to imagine how small the little ba...

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