Profile Pictures
Yes, I am still working on our profile. Actually I am working only on the easier part of it: the profile pictures and have avoided the “Dear Birthmother” letter like the plague. (And please no more digs about my using the term “birthmother.” This is what our agency calls these letters. I do understand and respect the fact that until they relinquish custody, they are “expectant parents” or “parents,” and not “birthparents.”)
So with the help of the great digiscrabooking program that I’m testing, I created the following photocollage for the back page of my profile. 
If you need to see a larger version, here is the page: Larger Profile Photo
Let me know what you think. (And yes, I am planning to buy the program so as to remove the watermarks.)
Tonight, I’ll work on the actual letter…
Addendum: I fixed the stupid broken link that happened with using “Writetomyblog.” It should open a new page and you can click on the photo to zoom in.
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I can’t make the big link work! But you guys look cute teensy-tiny.
I’d offer to share our profile but it’s lost on some older computer. Just BE YOURSELF — like your mom said in high school. 
I can’t see the larger profile photo. Is there something I’m not doing?
I think it looks great. This is all your pics, right? My only assvice would be to include fewer pics of just you and Mason, or each of you singly in your adult live and include some pics of each of you when you were younger.
And you really like this software? I need to start looking for something like this as well.
Dawn: The link is fixed. And I appreciate the advice.
Millie: Thanks for the advice. Yet the book I read on completing the prolife said do not put in pictures from your younger days. Just relatively current stuff.
Also, there are 4 pics of Mason alone, 4 of me alone, 6 of us together and 2 of me and family members. (Mason has no pictures wiith his family.) Do you think the balance is really far off?
(You know me…Anxious Annie)
Well, I’m just basing my opinion on a bunch of letters I’ve looked at recently. I’m never going to be doing the picking but the profiles I liked the best had a range of photos from childhood to present with most being in the present. Some of these are from my agency and some are from other agencies. I think it’s hilarious how different agencies have different criteria.
Doesn’t Mason have any pics at all with anyone in his family? Or friends? Or random strangers that you could say are family or friends? Hell, we’ll come for a vist and take some pics of the four of us. That way we’ll get one with friends as well.
And for you guys it’s likely not going to matter at all because you’ll match very very quickly.
You look so pretty in the hot but happy pic. I think it’s perfect.
I think there is a nice balance. Shoot, I’d pick you guys!
I think it’s a good selection. I would never have thought of including younger photos so that was interestign advice.
As for the letter, I just bought “Reaching Out” and it has some helpful tips, but I haven’t read the whole book much less started on my letter!
I have a friend whose daughter placed a baby for adoption and she chose her couple based on a rain drenched yellow slicker type photo on a nature outing. She said she just hated the studio portraits or overly posed couples. I thought that was a good tip too.
I think you want to look “real” and be yourself.
I have a feeling you two will get picked lightening fast!
I absolutly love it. I think its perfect.
~Kasey
I think the photos look great! Yes the letter is VERY hard. How do you tell someone you are good enough to take care and love their baby? How do you convey how badly you want to parent, without soundind desprate? Once you get started it will flow. Good luck
You guys are going to match in five freakin minutes. The cats! The doctors! The travel! The smiling, happy couple! The pics are way more important than the text anyway!