We have a conference call today with our lawyer to discuss the final details for Bringing Home Baby Patterson - eek! It's getting so close! During this conference call we will discuss the last batch of money that we will owe: mostly hospital related costs for our birth mother (we don't pay the whole of it, but some portion), and legal fees for both Ivey's birth state and Florida.
Through the generosity all of you have shown us, we have about $3000* left in our adoption account and we anticipate having somewhere in the neighborhood of $6500 left to pay out. That number could change (in either direction!) based on our conversation with our lawyer today but, it does give a pretty good idea of where we are.
SO, to the many of you who have asked recently "how can we help":
1) We are still accepting donations
- Via PayPal (my account is under wayne.rivercross@gmail.com)
- youcaring.com Bringing Home Baby Patterson
- Venmo (my account is under Wayne Patterson, 7574127432)
- Good, old fashioned check of money (our address: 6034 SW 85th St. Gainesville, FL 32608)
2) We have an Amazon Baby Registry! Any of these items will be tremendously helpful - lots of our family and friends around the country (we love you Atlanta and VB!) have asked if there was anyway we could have a baby shower in those places and we really had hoped there was some way...
Baby Patterson is due in 18 days so keep praying for our birth mother and for all of the last minute details to go smoothly and for our transition into parenting. Love and grace to you all!!
Bethany and Wayne
*That number would be $7700 but we were hit with a large and unexpected adoption cost; we can't discuss what this cost was publicly but if you'd like to know, don't hesitate to ask
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