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Many of you already know we are going to adopt a baby girl very soon. \u00a0I can’t express the emotions we have gone through the last year. \u00a0It has been a roller coaster for sure. \u00a0I thought at the start of the process that it wouldn’t be like others had described with the crazy ups and downs. \u00a0 Well I was very wrong. \u00a0Not that it is a bad thing. \u00a0I have learned so much and have grown so much this last year. \u00a0I have met some amazing new friends in the adoption world and have got great support from them. \u00a0I have also met one of my best friends, our birthmom, Lauren.<\/p>\n

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I felt very strongly during our classes we took over a year ago that our birthmom and I would become very close friends. \u00a0I am so glad that has come true. \u00a0I can’t imagine my life without this girl in it now! \u00a0She found our family profile on LDS Family Services, It’s About Love.<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0We found out soon after that we were actually related! \u00a0We share the same 4th great grandfather back in Scotland. \u00a0I always joke with her that she looks more like my husband’s sister than my cousin (because they really do look a lot alike!) and that it isn’t fair because we should look more alike! \u00a0We do have the pale, freckled skin {thanks to our Scottish genes}, so I guess that is something! \u00a0This situation has always felt good. \u00a0It was so nice to have that feeling, even though the first time we met them I didn’t sleep very much the night before and literally almost threw up on the way to meet Matt and Lauren-I was so nervous! \u00a0These pictures are from the first day we met them. \u00a0After meeting at the agency we went to Cafe Rio. \u00a0Maybe this is where Lauren’s love of Mexican started! \u00a0She has craved it so much this pregnancy!!!<\/p>\n

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Just last week we met again at the agency and then went to Cafe Rio again after! \u00a0It was a totally different feeling this time. \u00a0 We weren’t nervous and Lauren and I just ate our food (we were so hungry!) while the boys talked about football (I mean about “their” team, the Eagles) and we didn’t even care. \u00a0These two are just amazing. \u00a0I am so grateful for them every single day.<\/p>\n

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After we ate I took a few shots of them in the parking lot. \u00a0They needed to get to work and so I found a patch of tall wheat looking grasses and we just shot right there!<\/p>\n

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I can’t believe we are all going to meet this baby girl so soon. \u00a0She is very much wanted and loved already by all of us! \u00a0I am so grateful we get to do an open adoption. \u00a0For our situation it will be really good for all of us. \u00a0I love this quote from a birthmother that was quoted on therhouse.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

“I think open adoption is special because it really is about the combined love of everyone involved coming together for one child. You have different people, coming together who often are different ages, maybe from different areas, and different walks of life, who try to put those thoughts aside and focus on what has brought them together; the shared love of one child.”<\/em><\/p>\n

I love that because that is how I really feel. \u00a0I love that we are such good friends. \u00a0I love that we can be open with each other about how we feel. \u00a0I love that we all love this baby and want the best for her. \u00a0I love open adoption \ud83d\ude00<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Meet some of my other friends who are hoping to adopt below:<\/span><\/p>\n

Tara and Sam<\/a><\/p>\n

Katie and Eric<\/a><\/p>\n

I can’t wait to find out the story behind these two families upcoming adoptions! \u00a0They are both such amazing families and whoever gets to be a part of them is very lucky!!<\/p>\n

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Now go and check out some more pictures from my trip to Vegas for WPPI with my friend Erin at Erin Summerill Photography<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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