Big News!

Chris and I are looking to adopt! We have been researching and learning the terminology involved with adoption for the last several months. We are excited and getting closer to making a decision on what type of adoption will work best for us.

Our First Step
We first met with an agency that primarily deals with domestic adoption. That company laid out six different adoption plans, that at the time seemed very overwhelming. After leaving, we thought we had narrowed our adoption down to an international adoption focusing in Asia.

Our Next Step
We met with an international agency recommended by our dear friend. Immediately, we felt a connection with the woman who would be our case worker and administer our home study. We knew without a doubt, that no question was a "stupid question" and that she would be walking us through every step of the way. Things were going great!

Then, when we started sharing more information (specifically about our medical histories) the brakes were put on. China quickly got crossed off the list. (At this time, China has more regulations and requirements than any other country.) The representative from the company, Nikki, did not want us to leave discouraged and promised she would look into other countries and find which would work for us.

Chris and I left reconsidering all the adoption options presented to us by the first company. It was suggested that the easiest way for us to adopt would be to do so domestically. One thing Chris and I have already learned through this process, is to not go into adoption with any specific decisions predetermined in our minds. Everything we have counted on or thought we knew has been flipped upside down and inside out.

Where We Are Now
Nikki, did end up coming through for us. She researched and called friends all the while knowing we would not be able to sign with her agency. (Talk about someone who does her job for the right reasons! No wonder we instantly knew she would be great.) She talked with one friend in particular that said Bulgaria we be a perfect match if we were still interested in an international adoption.

While waiting for this news, we prepared ourselves that a domestic adoption would be the path we take. Now we have more research to do, but our decisions are becoming more defined and each step gets us closer to meeting our child.

With domestic adoptions, one way of doing it is spreading the news to everyone we know in hopes that there is possibility of someone knowing someone that is wanting to give there newborn/child up for adoption. We are asking all friends to keep us in their prayers and spread our news.

Continue to visit our blog for updates as we move forward. Thank you all for your support!

Blessings,
Chris and Sara