It's usually cheaper if you go from foster to adopt than it is to adopt. But ik we have adopted in our family and one child took three years and we didn't get to pick the child. They chose for them and the next because she was "special needs" we got her in 6 months. This was from China. And then I have a cousin who has been trying to adopt for 6 years now and they both have spent over 30,000. I heard of you go threw foster then adopt it's about 2,000. We are doing the foster and possible adopting depending on the agency goal with the child

Adoption is usually pretty expensive depending on the agency you go through, also can depend on the age of the child you're adopting. The process is very in depth as well. We have servers family friends that adopted kids and it was quite a lengthy ordeal, but they couldn't be happier now.

i think it depends on your situation. my husband and I been thinking about too