We are so excited to announce that we have officially paid all adoption fees to our adoption agency! It’s been a year of application fees, adoption fees, and program fees that have totaled $16,160 paid to Holt International. This total does not include our home study expenses through Catholic Charities and additional fees from USCIS, …
Hurry Up and Wait
We’ve reached another milestone! Our dossier is officially on its way to Thailand! As you might remember, our dossier was the largest package of documents we’ve had to compile thus far – it included our home study, certified copy of our marriage license, original birth certificates, doctor letters, psych evaluations, tax records, photos, among many, …
Our Christmas Wish!
We are so excited to announce that we have been formally matched with a 6 year old boy from Thailand! We can’t share his legal name or photo of his face publicly until the adoption is finalized, but we can share that his nickname is Sunny. It seems fitting since, in almost every photo we …
Ups and Downs
Our “Fear Less, Love More” t-shirt fundraiser came to a close at the end of September and man, what a success! We sold over 70 shirts and raised nearly $1,200! We also received several generous donations directly to our adoption fund! We are so grateful for everyone who decided to join our team and support …
Fear Less, Love More
We’ve been heads down the last month knocking out document requests, medical appointments, background checks (yes, one for each of the combined six states we’ve lived in), and having individual and family interviews with our social worker at Catholic Charities. Now we are finally there—our home study is complete! That gives us just enough time …
Here We Go Again!
As some of our closest friends and family know already, we originally started the adoption process in 2017, but put our adoption plan on hold when we became pregnant with our third child, A. Now that she's older, we're able to start the adoption process again! We are so excited for this journey and can't …
God Has A Plan
Big news today! We’re happy to announce that we are unexpectedly expecting BABY #3! While it’s commonplace and even easy to say, “God has a plan,” it’s harder to comprehend that His plan transcends our understanding of time. This new baby comes as a complete surprise for our family! Christine just gave away our last …
So Grateful
Our Christmas card announcement was a success! We are so grateful and blessed to have so many friends and family who reached out to us to say congratulations, sending prayers and well wishes for our adoption journey. Almost everyone was over-the-moon happy for us and, along with the excitement, we got a few repeat questions …
Our Christmas Announcement
For all of the crafty, creative people out there who do chalkboards on the reg - kudos to you! More stressful than a timed art history final. I was definitely sweating by the end of it. I'm amazed I don't have white chalkboard paint all over myself. We are getting ready for a Christmas card …
How we got here…
The decision to adopt doesn’t come quickly or easily, it doesn’t happen without challenging your brain and tugging at your heart, and it’s so hard to come to, you inevitably find yourself calling to God asking, “What am I getting myself into,” or maybe more poignantly, “What are You getting me into!?” One thing that …
