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Seven thousand hits on the profile now. I'm amazed, but I'm also wondering who all is looking at us. And we've had that many hits and no calls or inquiries yet. It is exciting and discouraging at the same time.

The waiting is the hardest part about the adoption process. Since we first signed up with our adoption agency, three of my coworkers have announced pregnancies. I've had to watch all three of them come to term, jealous that they had a pretty good idea when parenthood would come to them, while I have no idea at all. When the first one, our Vice President, go pregnant, I joked with her that she and I were in a race. I lost that race almost a year ago -- and I don't make these same jokes anymore, with the caseworker who's pregant now, and due next week.

In a week she will have a baby. I'm not even sure if I'll have a baby within a year....

-- Alex

Our profile went online just four days ago, and it's already been viewed over 1,800 times. (And that doesn't include all the members of our family we sent the link to!)

I am sad for all of the women and families in this country who are struggling with the question of whether or not to place their babies up for adoption. But I am glad that this service exists to make sure that, if they do make this decision, there is a happy ending and a wonderful, life-changing gift at the other end of each of these decisions.

It is also humbling to read over the other profiles on this web site and see how many wonderful parents there are in the nation, waiting for a child to forever change and enrich their lives.

My love and best wishes to all of us involved with Parent Profiles.

-- Alex

This has been a difficult year. After several years trying to have a child of our own, we finally decided that adoption would be our best route to parenthood. But our adoption agency has 27 couples on our waiting list and made only 3 placements last year. It is very discouraging.

Then, in April, Amy got pregnant. We were so surprised and happy. We had not been trying anymore, because we didn't think that we *could* get pregnant. It was the answer to all of our prayers.

And then, in Week 10, we had a miscarriage. We were devastated, and have never fully recovered.

We have much love, wisdom, and opportunity to share with a child. We will share it with your child, if you pick us for a placement.

-- Alex