re: Wife and I are thinking about adopting

My wife & I adopted a 9 year old boy (10 yrs ago). Pretty much all kids coming out of foster homes, etc have "issues" or baggage but don't we all? Finding a kid in at age group will be a breeze. Contact your state's DCS (Dept of Child Services) or whatever your state calls it so you can adopt a "local" kid. I can't image not adopting him again if I had to do it over. In Florida the process is very easy and almost free (cost a total of $5 and that was for the finger printing to do the background check). Also the DCS have "viewings" where they take a bunch of the kids to park and prospective parents can "view" the kids to see which ones they want (I know that sounds shitty but how else could you find out). During the process you'll get the complete case study so there won't be any surprises. Good luck!