Tonight I felt like I needed to post something I wrote about in one of my adoption groups recently. It is about the term “gave up a child for adoption” that I wish would never be used. I wish that people would use the term, “placed a child for adoption”.…
Since we adopted, I have had the opportunity to become friends with so many people that are connected to adoption. I want to honor them today and help share their voice about how adoption has touched their lives and what adoption means to them. Here are just a few faces…
I am still pretty new to the adoption world and I found out this week that November is Adoption Awareness Month. Kind of perfect timing since I have been posting so much about our adoption 😀 Well today I am posting about one of the best days of my life.…
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…
**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…
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…
