 one of the greatest things that's ever happened in our lives. But before we were able to walk out of that hospital with him, it turns out a adoption agency worker had gotten the birth mother to sign a piece of paper. Now, remember, the birth mother just said, hey, the Schweikers had adopted my little girl. You know, this is the brother. Wouldn't that be nice if they could be together? We were told we had to sign a piece of paper for $40,000.