OUR ADOPTION STORY

In April of 2008 we were excited to find out that we'd been selected by a birth mother to adopt her eight-month old son. At first we panicked a little. You’d think after waiting for thirteen years, we’d be ready to be parents at anytime, but we were scared. We took the decision to the Lord and were given a firm answer that this baby was meant to be part of our family. Our fears subsided and we moved on to our next challenge…preparing our home. Knowing that we only had a week before we flew out, we visited Babies R Us and were completely overwhelmed. We decided that we’d have to meet the baby first to even know what he needed. We quickly packed and excitedly flew to Delaware where we met and fell in love with Zackary. We also met Zack’s birth mother and were very impressed with her faith in the Lord and her strength of character.

     After ten days of waiting for paper work to go through, we brought him home and introduced him to our families. Everyone fell in love with him especially his grandma's and grandpa's. We keep in touch with his Birthmother through pictures and e-mail.
     Zackary officially became a member of our family in October of 2008. As we look back at this process, we see the hand of the Lord in every aspect. Our lives have changed one hundred percent and we feel so blessed to have him in our family.
                                                   

            In August of 2009 we were in the process of completing paperwork for our next adoption when an opportunity arose to adopt a three month old through a different agency.  We jumped and finished applications, home study and everything in a week.  That adoption fell through but the next day the caseworker called to ask if we would take a baby girl that would be born that week.  We were overjoyed.  Madelynn's birth mother was flown in on Sunday and delivered on Wednesday.  We got to meet Madelynn and her birth mother that day.  We were so happy to have her join our family.  Everything went so fast but worked out perfectly and now we have a beautiful daughter.