Family Introduction Letter

I have explained in the past the importance of our Family Introduction Letter.  Well, it has been done for a couple of months, but we were just waiting on the mass printing of the letter and shipping to our West Coast adoption agency before we let any one read it.  How much would you think 500 copies of this letter would cost?  If you're like me, I bet your guess is probably no where near what it actually cost.  How does $427 sound?  It sounds crazy doesn't it.  My knees almost buckled at Kinko's when I heard the total. 

So, just as a quick recap....the Family Introduction Letter is the ONLY thing that will set Jon and I apart from the other 60-70 candidates in the pool.  Normally what happens is that the birth parents will read through the Family Introduction Letters and pick out 3 that they like the best.  They will then be given a dossier of basically our entire life which includes pictures (see next post). 

It is from these dossiers that they will make their final decision.  As you can see, the Family Introduction Letter is the single most important thing Jon and I have done in this process. 

Here is our Family Introduction Letter.