Both of our sons came home at the beginning of December, so I was WAY too overwhelmed to do anything other than a photo New Years card. I think they went out at the end of January...
We just sent out announcements and we do not finalize until March or April. I did not want to show up at holiday functions with a toddler and have questions. Plus her name is hard for people for different reasons and I wanted it to be understood what to call her. DD is a open private IA adoption with the extended family.
Re: Birth/Placement Announcements
We're sending them out as soon as the TPR is signed!
I'm having one made online. https://polkadotbumblebee.com/Girl.html
If you go to the girl announcements and then go to page 8, it's the one called "Sophia1".
I haven't seen them in person yet, but the digital proof looked great!
We were foster/kinship adoption so we waited until finalization. I posted a pic of my homemade announcements here:
https://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/18213177.aspx