Yesterday we finalized our adoption of Alayna. With our adoption what that meant was that our agency no longer had legal custody of her, but we did. I’ve had a few people ask me if Lauren could change her mind in the six months, and in Utah, as soon as…
Our first week home was a roller coaster of emotions. We had the most perfect little girl to take care of and love and snuggle all day–and that little girl just happened to look like her birth mom’s twin. It was hard to not think of Lauren every time I…
**This morning I realized it has been exactly 6 months since placement, so I am posting two posts today. I also realized I missed Alayna turning six months on Sunday!!! I think I have too much going on this week 😀 ** This is the post I have been dreading…
I decided I wanted to write about our adoption story every day for about a week. I am doing this to try to preserve the memories I have because I know I will forget so many details later and I really want to remember them for Alayna some day. I…
I got a text from Lauren at 8:35 am on April 27th saying, “So contractions started at about ten last night and haven’t stopped!” I called her and told her we needed to head to the hospital. She was worried they would send her home and I called my nurse…
The first time we met Lauren and Matt was on December 6th. We had been texting and emailing before that, but hadn’t talked on the phone. We were both so nervous…like pretty much from the text that Lauren asked us if we could meet I don’t think I slept or…
