Our adoption journey, shared with openness and care for those seeking understanding, companionship, or hope along a similar path.
When God Answers Prayers…
Now that the dust has settled a little, I thought I’d take the opportunity to write out a little more of how we got to where we were since it was a little bit of a whirlwind. We’re still eager to see how God will continue to write this story, but the journey so far…
Keep readingWe are headed home with baby.
Meet Elizabeth Grace, we think she’s pretty special. There was a nice nurse who allowed the hospital’s COVID-19 restrictions to be relaxed slightly.. so we were allowed to come up to the floor and had a private waiting room where we could all be together to say “hello” and “good bye”. It was a nice…
Keep readingMade it to the hospital
Just got to the hospital and received word that consents have been signed by birth mom. Just waiting to hear when they head downstairs!! Next post should *hopefully* be with pictures. It probably won’t come until later this afternoon, as we will be spending some time with birth mom.
Keep readingWe are on the road!
We are on the road to the hospital. We will meet our caseworker in the parking lot around 12:00 to give her our car seat. From there who knows how long we will wait and what the discharge process will look like. I’ll keep you posted!
Keep readingWe got a good nights sleep!
I know many of you were praying last night that we’d be able to get a good nights sleep. And we did! The previous two nights I was up all night tossing and turning in anticipation, but I was able to get a solid night of sleep last night. Bring on the sleepless nights!
Keep readingWe met the baby! (Over Zoom)
Oh COVID-19 and how strange the world has gotten… This afternoon we had the chance to talk to birth mom and meet the baby over a zoom call. It was equal parts wonderful, weird, and lovely. Baby girl was born June 5, 2020 at 1:42pm weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces and measuring 20 inches long.…
Keep readingShe’s being discharged tomorrow!
Just got word from the agency that birth mom will be discharged tomorrow. So hopefully tomorrow is the day we get to meet!
Keep readingBaby girl is here!
…. and that’s all I know. So don’t ask for more details, because I don’t have them. lol Tomorrow we should find out if they will be discharged tomorrow or Sunday. So now we wait.
Keep readingShe’s in labor!
We just received news that our expectant mother’s water broke this morning and she has begun having contractions. Please pray for a safe labor and delivery. This blog will be a good source of information, as I plan to update it as updates come in. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we won’t be able to head…
Keep readingWe’ve been matched! (again)
I’m excited that I can finally share some news… we have officially been matched for the second time. The expectant mother is due with a baby girl on June 15 (you read that right, 1.5 weeks from the time of writing this blog) The timeline of how this all went down… April 29: Our first…
Keep readingOur Adoption Failed.
Today at 3:30 we received the news from our adoption agency that our expectant mother had officially withdrawn from our adoption plan. We just experienced a disrupted adoption. The following is my real and raw feelings in the heat of the moment. I make no guarantees that they are feelings I will hold tomorrow, or…
Keep readingCOVID-19 and the jumbled mess that is my brain…
The last blog post I wrote was answering a few common questions about open adoption… and boy has a lot changed in life since then! When I was writing that blog post the chatter and buzz surrounding the “Coronavirus” (I use it in air quotes.. because honestly, that’s how I felt at that time) was…
Keep readingOpen Adoption
A lot of the questions we get about our adoption centers around the topic of “Open Adoption”. If it’s not “Why Open Adoption? it’s “What exactly is an open adoption?” I get it.. I didn’t know really what an open adoption was until we started on this journey other than some awareness of it from…
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It’s a…. Gender reveal!
I’ve gotten a bit behind on blog posts and there is really no explanation or excuse for it. BUT we’ve known the gender of the baby we’re matched with for a month now, so it’s about time to share it! In my last post I shared some struggles I’d been dealing with and processing. Mainly…
Keep readingWhen you have no control…
“I think this is just part of your personality Amanda… You like to plan, and we’ve been able to plan and pull off a lot of things really well. When we were trying to get pregnant we had no control, and that was hard. We don’t have any control over this either.” ^ Something my…
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Growing A to Z 