Adoption has always been something Adam and I have been open to. We talked about the possibility when we were dating, before we knew the fertility struggle we would face. Even though letting go of our oringal 'plan' to conceive and carry our kids has been very difficult, it was a fairly easy decision to choose adoption. We were excited to begin our journey and a little bit nervous about the path ahead. The world of adoption is vast, complicated and unpredictable. Just figuring out what avenues to take was quite challenging. Very little is clear-cut and it's ALL so very personal leaving you so very vulnerable.
We ultimately wanted to take the path of domestic adoption mostly because we desired for our first child to be a newborn. We had looked at agency's here and there, but really been dragging our feet with choosing. We weren't moving forward so God moved for us... our agency choose us, sounds odd I know! Long story short, we were approach by a birth mom that was already talking with our agency. After she had a change of heart we stayed with the agency. We really feel God picked this agency for us. We love our case worker and everyone at Lifeline.
We navigated our way through all the paperwork, interviews, background checks, counseling, autobiographies, parenting philosophies, family profile and all the other stuff our homestudy required. We were approved on May 28, 2015. We turned in our adoption profile book - the last step of the process before we became 'paper pregnant.'
So there you have it.... a little bit more of our story, one piece at a time, one step at a time.
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