Arden and Wendy
We'd like to thank Home At Last in helping us achieve our dream of starting a family. The first time we walked into your office we met Amy; she was so positive and supportive we knew that we had found the agency we wanted to work with. Your staff was supportive and helpful all through the Home Study process, be we were most impressed with the assistance. guidance and direction as we neared the actual adoption when it was needed the most. We cannot thank you enough!

Jon and Joanne
What a very special Thanksgiving we had this year celebrating with our one-week old daughter. We will forever be thankful to Dr. Rachel and her incredible team at Home At Last Adoption Agency for helping make our dream of parenting a child come true. We know our daughter’s birthparents received caring support and we were grateful for the opportunity to meet them and spend time with them.

Everyone at Home At Last was so helpful during our adoption journey and they made us feel right at home in Cocoa Beach. We’ll look forward to a return visit when out daughter is older. Thank you all for your commitment to birthparents and adoptive families! We’re glad to be part of the extended Home At Last family.

Andrew and Teresa
The first phone call we placed to Home At Last was so pleasant and encouraging. We knew from that moment on that our dreams were going to come true. They were very helpful and informative through out all the paperwork, home study, visitations, and finalization. We were surprised how smoothly and quickly the adoption of our daughter was. The day Dr. Rachel called to tell us we had a baby was amazing and when she placed her in our arms we melted.

Home At Last is not just and adoption agency, they are a support group an information source, a friendly face, and the people who made our dreams come true. We are forever grateful!

Kim, Sam and Adam
Thank you so much for making my 1st Mother's Day a wonderful reality! You'll never know how much all your hard work is appreciated by those of us who have longed to be parents for such a long time. We've recommended you to countless couples we've come into contact with and will continue to do so. Keep up the good work and give our love to everyone.

Charlotte and Dan
My husband and I had been in the “process of adoption” for 3 years before we were put in contact with Dr. Rachel and the Home At Last Adoption Agency. In retrospect, the name of the agency has a particular meaning to us. At last we had found an agency that was actively committed to putting families together in the most advantageous fashion for both the adoptive parents and the child, and within the most expedient time frame.

One of the biggest differences we found with Home At Last over other agencies was the high quality of expertise among all of the staff. They all have had formal education along with practical application within their field for many years in regard to child development, nutrition, and the policies and procedures involved in adoption that can easily become agencies we have been involved with and Home At Last is the accessibility of Dr. Rachel and the staff. Many times we have tied to contact people from other agencies and only been able to leave messages. Sometimes the calls were returned with in a reasonable time frame and sometimes they were not returned at all.

Dr. Rachel and every one of her staff clearly are committed to placing children into homes that they feel will be the most beneficial for the child. They sincerely have the best interest of the child at the forefront of their endeavors. They are supportive and patient and they love what they do. It is not a job for them. It seems to be a calling. They are sensitive to the difficulty that parents face during the wait and are eager to keep you abreast of the developments within your particular situation.

Home At Last is also an inclusive agency rather than exclusive one, in that they adopt children to viable families with many different religious affiliations. This situation is not always the case with other adoptive agencies.

We thank God every day for the beautiful child that has completed our family and highly recommend Home At Last. If family and the needs of the child are at the forefront of our desires, you could not affiliate yourselves with a better group of people.

Garret and Heather
It was three years ago, October 15, 2000, when we got the call that changed our lives. It was from Doctor Rachel, a woman whom we’d never met and only heard about, but who would make our lives complete. We had never even talked to her on the phone before that night. It was 10:00 pm. My husband and I were both asleep. We scarcely understood the words, “I have a little girl for you.”

Chuck and Pam
We just want to say what a pleasure it has been working with Home At Last Adoption Agency. They helped us realize our dream of becoming parents. They worked with us through the entire process, making everything as easy as possible. Everyone we met treated us very professionally and answered any questions we had. We had heard how hard adopting a child was and how long the wait was. This has not been our experience with Home At Last. We were very surprised when we got the phone call to say our son had been born and we could bring him home that day. The agency has continued to stay in touch, answering our questions and sharing in our excitement. We have already recommended them to several people in the area and will continue to do so.

Kirsten and Daniel
From our initial contact with Home At Last, it was clear that we were dealing with a very special group of people. They went above and beyond the call of duty. From the frequent check-in calls and e-mails to the helpful information and guidance, they were a source of encouragement and comfort. We were also struck by the kindness; care and support provided to our baby’s birth parents. We will continue to sing your praises and recommend you to anyone we meet who may be considering adoption.

Kristin and Rob
Before we adopted our 3-year old, we spent four days getting to know him and his birthmother. During this time, everyone at Home At Last was available to answer questions or listen to our concerns. They made sure the match was right for the birthmother as well as our family. Their caring and concern made the transition go much smoother. We feel blessed to have worked with such a special people at Home At Last and know we will keep in touch.

Ryan and Kathryn
The experience we had with Home At Last was phenomenal in every way! From the very beginning we felt we were dealing with loving, caring individuals - not just employees of a company. Dr. Rachel Fornes and everyone at Home At Last were truly excited to help us through the adoption "journey". They were professional at all times, yet remained sensitive to our individual needs and requests. They made what we thought was going to be a long, complicated and at times scary process, very simple, basic and joyful and kept us informed every step of the way. We were never made to feel that this was just another "business transaction"; rather, we were befriended by Dr. Rachel and everyone at Home At Last and now consider them to be an extension or our very own family!

We will be forever grateful to Home At Last for their help in placing our beautiful son with us.It's a dream come true! We highly recommend Home At Last to anyone wishing to adopt or to anyone just thinking about adopting. In fact in a couple of years we hope to return to Home At Last to adopt our second child!

Mike & Michelle
Dear Dr. Rachel and the entire staff an Home At last,

We have longed to be parents for such a long time and there aren’t words to express our gratitude in your helping us to achieve our dream of beginning a family. We have never met such a group of supportive and caring women and we can’t imagine having gone through this journey without the guidance of Home At Last. Our time spent in Florida has been both emotional and amazing and we cannot wait to bring our child home to meet his anxiously awaiting extended family. We will highly recommend Home At Last to anyone of our family and friend who are considering taking the journey into adoption.

Thank you so much for all that you have done for our new family and thank you for making my 1st Mother’s Day a reality!

Tim and Hanna
When the call came and we had to be in Florida suddenly, it was a trip full of excitement, anxiety, and uncertainty. Once we arrived at HAL however, Dr. Rachel and her staff eased our anxiety and walked us through the whole process, described what to expect, and helped us settle in like we were one of their family members. The outcome of our trip turned out to be much better than expected. Not only did we come home with a beautiful baby boy in record time, but also the experience we had was extremely memorable and outstanding. Dr. Rachel took it personally to make our room and board the least concern. We stayed in a wonderful villa equipped with everything we needed and had all the baby’s furniture and gadgets available for us. The staff at HAL was superb, super friendly and helpful, especially Sherry and Amy who worked with the Birthmother and processed our paperwork tirelessly. What impressed us the most is their passion for Birthmother, baby, and Adoptive parents. HAL is a small outfit where everyone seems to love what they’re doing. We love them and grateful to their attentions in all of our adoptive personal matters. Thanks with all our heart!! We’re definitely coming back to HAL next time we are adopting…..

Don and Tammy
Thanks to Home At Last and Dr. Rachel, we have a child that is meant to be a part of our family. Our son is doing wonderfully and amazes us every day. We are so grateful for the expertise and guidance provided by Home At Last. We are so impressed by the professionalism of everybody at the agency. You can tell that they all truly care about the children and families.

We highly recommend, and in fact we have recommended, Home At Last if you are planning on seeking a child to adopt. This is the second child we have been blessed with through Home At Last and are planning to adopt a third child. We are truly happy and would not hesitate to utilize them again to add to our family.

Patrick And Derrian
I have to start by saying the last year of our life has been the most amazing and exciting journey. We called Home At Last in February 2006 when we decided that adopting a baby would be a wonderful blessing to our lives. We met at a comfortable informal meeting at the office with Dr. Rachel and staff member Cheryl Walls. They made us feel welcome and excited about starting a family. We left the office with enthusiasm to start our home study and get the ball rolling.

Our home study was finally complete on a Wednesday in June and I will never forget that day because we got the call around 8:30 in the morning from Cheryl that it was complete and that our profile will now be shown. The same day at 4:30, Dr. Rachel called us with a match. How fast and wonderful is that!! The birth mother we matched with was a very sweet young girl trying to do the right thing in her life. Her baby was due in August and at that time, she decided to keep her little boy. Well now, here is where our journey became unbelievably amazing. The entire office staff of Home At Last shared our disappointment and sadness. They checked on us right away and asked if there was anything they could do and let us know they were there if we needed them.

Well, a few days later, Dr. Rachel called us again and asked if we would be interested in meeting a wonderful girl who would like to meet us. Again we met at the office of Home At Last and fell in love right away with our birth mother. Our birth mother is the most amazing, selfless, strong woman. She knew what she wanted in adoptive parents and thankfully, we were it. Therefore, over the next five months we had a connection with Home At Last and our birth mother. The staff of Home At Last as well as Dr. Rachel frequently called and checked on us and set up times to visit with our birth mother. They also prepared us for what we should expect and what will happen when the time comes to get that phone call. Well we finally got that call at 2:30 in the morning in January 2007. We got to the hospital at 3:30 and our beautiful bundle of joy was born shortly after that. Dr. Rachel was there and just as excited as we were to see him and hold him. I think she fell in love with this little boy as much as we did. That did not surprise me though as that is just how Dr. Rachel is.

It has been almost three months and Home At Last still calls and makes sure we are doing well. We know if we ever needed anything, they would be there for us. As for our birth mother... We will have a love for her forever for giving us a gift of love.

Tom and Allison
We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to you and your staff. From the time of our first visit we found your team to be compassionate, courteous, and professional. Your skill of balancing the needs of the birthmother and child with the anxieties of prospective parents is far above other options that we had researched. Above all, our experience with the first meeting of the birthmother, the time in the hospital with her and then our adopted son was well above our expectations. Our experience was one that we anticipate telling our son one day. Thank you for being a part of adding a true gift from God to our home.

David and Caroline
Dr. Rachel and her staff at Home at Last truly made us feel like part of their family during the adoption process. They were not only interested in placing a child but also getting to know us personally.

Our journey with Home at Last Adoption Agency started in September 2006 when we attended a class the agency was hosting to prospective adoptive parents. Before attending the class we were unsure of the adoption process and had many questions to ask. Dr. Rachel and her staff were very patient and accommodating in answering all our questions and putting our nerves at ease. By assisting us with all our questions made us realize we were ready to adopt a child.

We started the process of adoption in October 2006 when we began to complete all the paperwork involved in the adoption process. Though there are many pages to complete, we appreciated the thoroughness of this process and the questions that were asked. As a couple it made us grow closer together through our discussions we encountered during this time.

Once we completed our home visits and family profile we were truly excited about becoming parents. All we could think about during this time was about the family we were about to become. Even during this time, Dr. Rachel and her staff were available to continually answer any questions we had or to reassure us that "It would happen".

When we received the call from Dr. Rachel about a baby at the hospital our hearts grew with joy. We were so excited we didn't know what to do. Two days later we saw our little girl and by the end of the day we were bringing her home.

We will be forever grateful to Dr. Rachel and the staff at Home at Last Adoption for making our dream come true. Though the adoption journey can be a long process, the staff at Home at Last was by our side every step of the way. We would give them our highest recommendations and have already recommended Home at Last to friends that we know are considering the adoption journey. In a couple of years, if we decide to add to our family we will also use them again.

Dan & Trish
We find ourselves here in the New Year of 2008 realizing all of our dreams for beginning our family have come true. We adopted our first child, a son, in January. We are parents now and what a wonderful change in our lives we are experiencing. We had gone through seven years of infertility treatments without the desired outcome and we look back and realize that we most definitely had a misconception about how anxious the adoption process would be. So much of what helped us to have such a good experience is how true of heart everyone at Home At Last Adoption Agency is. They all truly want the best for all who are a part of the adoption process. We finished our home study in December and one month later I am at the hospital seeing our son come into the world. It's been a beautiful experience. We are humbled be this precious gift and forever thankful to the birth parents and to the agency for finally having our child Home At Last. We will recommend your agency to anyone we meet who has any notion of adopting as well as anyone we hear of who wishes to place a child through an agency. We hope to continue to add to our family through this wonderful organization.

Valerie & David
A year and half ago my husband and I signed up with a private adoption attorney at a well known agency. We did not have a good experience with the attorney. She never returned our calls and we never received any information from her. After zero activity for 9 months we decided to sign up with an adoption agency. In retrospect, we probably should have signed up with an agency to begin with.

We chose Home at Last Adoption Agency. We were very pleased with the open communication. Immediately we began working with a birthmother. After working with the birthmother for 2 months, she chose another couple. We were disappointed that we were not chosen and even considered stopping the adoption process. The Home at Last staff called to see how we were doing and told us not to give up hope and that the right baby would come along.

Then 1 week later Dr Rachel calls us at noon and says “we might have a baby for you!” Four hours later we received a call to come and get the baby! We were elated and in a state of shock. It was love at first site when we saw Christopher. He slept in laundry basket the first night because we didn’t have time to prepare; we were an instant family in 4 hours! We thank God every day for this beautiful child. Christopher is a joy.

We are probably a unique case. Most couples wait for years before they actually receive a child. All of this took place in less than 3 months – amazing!

It was truly a pleasure working with Home at Last Adoption Agency. We would do it again. Dr. Rachel and the staff were wonderful to work with. They still call us periodically to see how our family is doing.

Kevin and Carol
We originally started out working with a private adoption attorney, but it just didn’t feel right. We found out about Home At Last and followed our instincts to go with them. What impressed us the most was that they were highly professional as well as warm and friendly. They considered our feelings and those of the birthmother.

As a mother having had 3 children prior to adopting, I want to say that there is no difference in how you bond with your child. When Dr. Rachel placed our beautiful son in my arms, I had the identical feeling as when I gave birth to my other children. We are so happy that we followed our instincts and decided to go with Home At Last.

Brian and Kira
Adoption is an unbelievable miracle. There is not a day that passes that I don’t think about how truly blessed we are to have our son in our lives. The love that you experience when someone places that child in your arms is truly magical. After countless years of dreaming of becoming a mother, to be given an opportunity to truly and unconditionally love a child, is a gift beyond words. As Zachary’s mom, everyday I can’t help but think “Why me? Why am I so blessed to have this wonderful little miracle in my life?” To be a mother is an incredible experience that happened in my family through adoption. Home At Last fills a need in this community and other communities would wide to help build families so that children will know that they are indeed home and every child deserves a home.

I really don’t recall a time when I didn’t want to become a mother; motherhood was always apart of my dreams. For me, that journey had its twists and turns including several devastating miscarriages. Thus began my painstaking infertility trials and tribulations. A year or two later, I gave a baby shower for my cousin. I was so excited that she was going to have a baby, but suddenly realized, once again, how something was missing from my life. It was that night that I prayed for a child and with in 30 days, thanks to Home At Last, our prayers had been answered. We had a gift from God that would change our lives forever.

I can never say enough about how supportive Home At Last has been throughout the entire process. Their staff was very efficient in handling our paperwork and getting the perfect child placed in our home. Home At Last was also particularly helpful in preparing us for the home stuff and helping us to seek legal representation to expedite the process. So often you hear stories about adoptive families and how wonderful everything is for them as they joyously celebrate their new arrival. I can’t tell you how much love, gifts and support we have gotten from our church, my husband’s job, civic organizations, friends and family. However, it’s the birth mother, who is in most cases making the most difficult decision of her entire life, who soon becomes a forgotten memory, but Home At Last treats birth mothers with the respect and dignity that they richly deserve. In meeting my son’s birth mother through our adoption process, I watched Home At Last purchase clothing to build up her self esteem during the last days of a nine month pregnancy, find her a possible vocation, help her find a place to call home and assist her in the long journey of finding complete peace with her decision.

In closing, words cannot express the pure joy and unconditional happiness that Zachary has brought into our lives. From the everyday smiles and giggles to his very first words, having Zachary has truly been a dream come true. And nothing could ever fill my heart as much as hearing him say “Hi Mommy” in his sweet little angelic voice. Now, there is not a night that goes by that I don’t look at him as he sleeps so peaceful and say to myself, “We are truly home at last!”