It feels so surreal to even type this but we are DAYS away from meeting our hopeful son. We are officially in waiting-for-baby mode! After a few minor scares that his mom could go into labor early, we made the decision to travel this past weekend, a couple weeks earlier than expected. We’re now settled […]
Adoption Update 10/6/20 – We Believe We’ve Found Our Son!
If you’ve been following our adoption journey, you know that we recently had a “failed match“. In May we matched with a mother and were building a solid relationship with her. We went out to meet her after about a month of talking and getting to know each other. We even had the opportunity to […]
Adoption Update 8/6/20 – The Adventure Continues (the update we’d hoped we’d never have to give)
To be honest, we’ve been putting this update off because it’s not an easy one. So, we’ll keep this one short and sweet. You can watch the Facebook live video we did and/or read below. Failed Match The headline says it all…we are no longer considering ourselves matched. Almost exactly three months ago, we […]
Adoption Update 6/12/20 – We’re in LOVE (but this still easn’t easy!)
In our last adoption update, we shared that we matched with an expectant mother and were flying out to meet her and go to her next ultrasound appointment. Many of you have been anxious to hear how it went and we’ll start by assuring you that it went AMAZINGLY well. We ARE in love already…with […]
Adoption Update 5/29 – WE MATCHED!!!
This has been the update we’ve been waiting to give since we started the adoption process! It feels surreal to even type it. We are officially matched with an expectant mother!! We’ve been building a relationship with her over the past three weeks and have starting taking the steps to make an adoption plan. But […]
Adoption Update 3/31/20 – An Emotional Roller Coaster
Where, oh where do we begin? It’s been a month since we got home study approved and it’s been a month filled with highs and lows, hence the name of this update. The Lows I hate to really call them lows. They’ve actually been “lessons learned” for us. We knew this process wouldn’t be a […]
Adoption Update 2/25/20 – Home study approved…and now, we wait!
This is the update we’ve been waiting over 3 months to give! WE ARE OFFICIALLY HOME STUDY APPROVED!!! While we’ve already been presented with a few adoption situations through our consultant for about a month, we’ve been waiting for the finalization of our home study. There was some complications that delayed it a bit so […]