21.   In its own way, adopting a baby is as complicated and difficult as having one of your own.

22.   Initially, a California woman had planned to adopt baby K.

23.   Lane adopted the baby, a stroke of luck for young Richard.

24.   Kretschmar and her husband, Don, adopted a baby from Beijing earlier this year.

25.   Most women and their families wrestle with their consciences, finances and egos when facing the prospects of returning to work after having or adopting a baby.

26.   My wife and I want very much to adopt a baby.

27.   Rather than disowning her, he decided to adopt the baby.

28.   She had no means of support and begged Emma, a worker in a halfway house for troubled teens, to adopt her baby.

29.   Scott and Kim Tucker of Leawood made the trip to adopt a baby and enjoy some vacation time.

30.   So you, Melissa, will adopt the baby after the birth?