I am beyond excited and I am doing everything I can to be prepared to welcome a beautiful little girl in to my home. It may surprise you to hear that adoption related costs can easily total up to 35000 or more. With adoption there are expenses for nearly everything whether it be needing a passport, fingers printing,background checks and medical evaluations,psychological evaluations, and adoption education courses and homestudy. Getting your home ready for a child since this will be my first child like shoes,clothes toys, books stuff.