Adoption Journey

Thank you so much for following our Adoption Journey & Helping us find our little Miracle! We will keep this page updated with our Adoption Journey!

November 30th-January 19th- After receiving the bad news from our Fertility specialist, Chad and I were in the mourning process. We both felt helpless and terrible. I felt helpless because it was my fault that we couldn't have children and Chad felt terrible because he knew the guilt that I felt and didn't know how to help me.  Chad and I knew that we just needed to keep praying! Every night when we would say our prayers, we asked Heavenly Father to guide us to what we needed to do. After mourning for 51 days with the news of not being able to get pregnant, Chad and I decided it was time to do something about it! On Saturday, January 19th something in both of us changed....We got our Answer- WE NEED TO ADOPT!!!!

Saturday, January 19th- Adoption Journey Begins!

Monday, January 21st- Contacted LDS Adoption Services & Utah Foster Care

Monday, January 28^th- Launched our Adoption Blog! YAHOO!!!!

Wednesday, January 30^th- Meeting with LDS Adoption services.

Monday, February 4^th- Home Visit with Utah Foster Care.

Monday, February 11th- We were supposed to go to our Adoption Orientation today but unfortunately we were told that we would have to wait until February 22nd because we are supposed to go through the West Valley office not the Sandy Office.

February 22nd- Adoption Orientation!!! YAY!!!  Turned in our Adoption Paper work and we now have to wait for a Case Manager to be assigned to us! So Excited!

 

February 24th- Chad and I were just getting ready to leave our house when I had a feeling that I needed to post our Adoption Blog link on my Facebook page. One of my dear friends, Shana with Starlit Photography, asked if she could share our blog on her Photography page. We were so excited she would ask and within moments of responding to her message she posted a sweet message about us and the link to our Adoption blog on her photography page. Around 10:00 p.m. I received the most amazing message from her. The message read, "Rebecca!!!!! Someone just emailed me telling me they know someone who is looking for a family to place their unborn child with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Chad and I immediately burst into tears...WE WERE SOOO EXCITED & our hearts were full of hope! We quickly emailed Shana back and she gave us the contact info of the birth mother’s family friend who had told her about us. We emailed her that evening and she responded right away. She told us that she would call us the following day and also talk to the birth mother about us.

February 25^th- The family friend contacted us and informed us that the birthmother would like to meet us on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at the Olive Garden. Chad and I counted down the days and were soooooooooo incredibly excited to meet our potential birth mother. We practiced asking each other questions, debated on bringing flowers or making a book…. We were just so nervous and wanted the day to go perfectly!

 

 March 2^nd- Hooray! The big day was finally here! Chad and I decided to bring flowers and a card expressing our gratitude to her for meeting us. While Chad and I were driving we heard the same song that we heard on November 30^th, the day we were told by the doctors that I had a 2% Chance of having a baby. Tears filled our eyes as we remembered that day when our hearts broke. But at this time, our hearts were full of joy and hope with the feeling that we could be meeting our birthmother and she could be pregnant with our child.  As we walked into the Olive Garden we had a peaceful feeling and knew that we had to have faith! We were taken to a booth where they were seated. If you ever want to try something crazy in your life, have dinner with complete strangers :)  As the family friend introduced us to the birth mother we knew she was special and was a very strong person. She was making the hardest choice in her life, placing her child for adoption.  She told us that she was due at the end of July and was going to find out what she was having on March 21st! We were so excited when she invited Chad and I to attend the Doctor’s Appointment with her! She also informed us that there was another couple in the picture and that she would be meeting with them in the next couple of weeks.  

That one hour we had to get to know our potential birth mother, her mother, the family friend who told her about us and the daughter of the family friend was something that we will cherish for the rest of our lives. Chad and I left with so much hope and dreamed that she would choose us! We continued emailing back and forth with her over the next few weeks. We were counting down the days until we got to attend her Doctor’s Appointment to find out what she was having. A few days before her Doctor’s apt. she told us that we could not attend the appointment because her Doctor had cancelled her regular appointment, but her and her mom were still going to the 2-D fetal Ultrasound appointment.  She told us that would let us know what she was having after the appointment. Our hearts were broken and at that moment we felt our dreams slipping away.

March 22^nd- We received an email from the birth mother letting us know the she was having a BOY!!!! Chad and I were so overcome with joy that this could be our Son!  We started talking about getting ready and becoming prepared to bring a baby into our lives.

April 9^th- We received devastating news. The birth mother emailed us and informed us that she had met a 3^rd couple and decided to place her baby with them.  Our hearts were broken and we felt the same pain that we did on September 18^th, 2009 when Rebecca had a miscarriage.  It felt like we had lost another child. The dreams of being parents had once again faded and we decided to get on our knees and pray for answers. We both had the overwhelming feeling that our little Miracle was still out there and that one day we will find them!