<!--quoteo(post=292895:date=Jun 11 2008, 03&#58;17 AM:name=cruisetarp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cruisetarp &#064; Jun 11 2008, 03&#58;17 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=292895">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Joey - good luck to you and David on expanding your family. Parenting can be the hardest thing you will ever do, but it can also be the most rewarding.  Do you have any particular age child in mind?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Good morning guys...<br /><br />MaryLou .. i worked with some of the numbers last night In an ideal world we would adopt a baby and we would both be in our mid twentys....(it seems everyone wants a baby..) and in an ideal world there would be no need for foster families or adoption...however the realization is if we decide to encourage a nine year old they will be 21 when David is 75.... <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wacko.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wacko:" border="0" alt="wacko.gif" /> so we are leaning towards an older child..9-12.... i think we need to consider the older child don&#39;t you...I will let you know our first orientation is in July... this will be a slow long drawn process. Lots of questions to ask..lots of answers to find.. and lots of thinking still to do...<br /><br />anyway... <br /><br /><br />Jackie looking forward to the name of your B&amp;B so we can google it&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Hi Sue&#33;&#33;<br />Hello Andrea...