Family ties {adoption}

In five days we get to finalize our adoption.  I want to share a little more about our adoption story over the next few days and also honor the two people that made it possible for Alayna to be part of our family, her birthparents, Lauren and Matt.  This story…

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Happy Birthmother’s Day!

Happy Birthmother’s Day to all of the amazing and selfless Birthmother’s out there, especially the one that made me a mother to our daughter, our birthmother, Lauren. 😀 Many people don’t know that there is a day honoring Birthmother’s so I wanted to do a post about it.  If you…

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Meeting Alayna

On Sunday we took our boys to the hospital to meet baby Alayna.  It was an amazing, spiritual experience and it was just so wonderful to have our whole family together-including Matt and Lauren.  They are part of our family forever 😀   My friend Davey Orgill from Pointe Digital came…

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The cutest baby girl I’ve ever seen

Meet Alayna Lauren.  She is pretty  much the most beautiful baby girl I’ve ever seen.  I may be a little biased, but isn’t she gorgeous!?  She looks just like her mommy Lauren.  More pictures to come and more about our amazing journey of adoption. Now  head on over to my…

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Our adoption {FAQ’s}

So I thought I would write a little about OUR adoption.  I know that everyone’s situation is totally different.  Everyone does things in different ways, but I am just going to answer some questions that most people ask me about OUR adoption. 1.  “Is it an Open Adoption?  What does…

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Adoption {love}

Many of you already know we are going to adopt a baby girl very soon.  I can’t express the emotions we have gone through the last year.  It has been a roller coaster for sure.  I thought at the start of the process that it wouldn’t be like others had…

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