adoption by accident


You hear about accidental pregnancy but do you ever hear of accidental adoptions ???? If so, it might go something like this ….

- –Honey, sit down. I have some news for you.
- –What is it?
- –Well, I don’t know how to say this, so I’ll just come out with it. I went out to the mailbox today and … well, we got an I-171H.
- –A what?!? An I-171H? As in, we’re going to have another baby?!?
- –It looks that way.
- –But how? We’ve been so careful! I put away all the blank I-600A forms. Didn’t you hide our home study update?
- –Of course I did. But don’t forget, there was that one night …
- –What night? (Pauses) Oh, that night. But it was only once. We were just messing around. I didn’t print clearly. I didn’t even use ink! (Pauses again) But it was kind of fun.
- –(Giggles) it was, wasn’t it? I’ll never forget how cute you looked getting your fingerprints.
- –So now we’ve got our I-171H, eh? But that doesn’t always mean you’ll adopt, does it? I mean, shouldn’t you see the agency or something, make sure everything is okay?
- –I already did.
- –And?
- –I’m five documents along.
- –Five documents! And they’re all notarized, certified and authenticated okay?
- –Just great. There was one small scare when the agency couldn’t see the notary’s middle initial, but it showed up just fine under the magnifying glass.
- –Thank goodness. And you honey? Are you feeling okay?
- –I’m feeling fine. As long as I know you’re happy about this.
- –Happy? I’m thrilled! It’s always a shock at first when something like this happens, but of course I’m happy!