I'm sitting in the morning quiet of Josh's parents house. Right now Isaiah is playing with his grandpa on the computer and everyone else is asleep. I'm looking out the window at their lovely pool set

The Fourth of July! I love this holiday!  As a 1st generation American,  i love proudly displaying the flag, putting out the flag bunting on the railings and wearing red, white, and blue... and FIRE

Though our birthdays may make us a few years older than other families on this wonderful website, please take a moment to reflect on this journal post. There are many wonderful benefits of being alitt

Our home study is complete and we are ready to adopt!

This evening we started decorating our Christmas Tree. This was quite the experience this year because Christina isn't old enough to remember last Christmas, and this year she is walking and exploring

When we arrived home late last night, there was snow on the ground. When snow falls, I'm still a little kid, happily caught up in the magic. We're probably a couple of weeks from true snow, but just t

We travel a great deal over the course of the year -- for example, Christmas, Easter, and the Fourth of July are always spent at far-flung locations with family -- and so we decided five years ago tha

My first journal entry on parentfinder. I'm excited to share my thoughts about this adoption and our life as we wait.   Even though our new baby hasn't found us yet, we're moving along with our prepa

  Building a relationship with our birth-mother*:  The key would be for as much communication as possible.  Of course this starts with that first phone call from an expectant mother… it is thrilling f

Today was a quiet day for me which was so nice.  I even found time to take a nap...it was so good. The city we live in is know for their great garage sales and has them going on this weekend...I am a

So yesterday we got to spend the day with our niece Kaylin who is 2 years old.  We had so much fun we took Kino(our dog) for a walk, read books, picked tomatoes out of our garden, baked some muffins,

We promise to be the best parents we can be to your child.  We promise to love your child unconditionally, forever and always. We promise to be open and honest with you always. We promise to make sur

So yesterday we thought that we would take a bike ride on some trails.  It was such a beautiful day.  So we got up went to church, had lunch, watched football and then went for our bike ride....needle

Dear Birthmother, You may have noticed that we haven't written any journal entries in quite a while.  Around the middle of August, we met with an absolutely wonderful young lady who was due with a lit

I heard this song on the radio this morning and it never gets old. It always hits me to the very core. Praying each and everyday for the little one God has for us and for the mom.  No matter what we a

We have finished painting the nursery. It's a beautiful blue. It will be a pretty and soothing color for boy or a girl. Kelly plans to paint a Jenny Lind baby bed next. It will be a sunny yellow. The

We went for a walk in our favorite park this afternoon. We fed the ducks and geese. The weather was beautiful.

We're painting the nursery tomorrow. Decorating the nursery will keep us busy as we wait to adopt.

Recently, I came across a poem that really moved me and really sums up the love we have for a child that we hope will be ours very soon . . .   We didn't give you the gift of life, but in our hearts w

Sometimes, I don't know what to write on this blog. Part of me doesn't want to reveal too much so that whoever is reading this won't think I'm crazy :). But I think I'm just going to be myself and sta

We have welcomed and adopted our new son Miles.  He was born on May 10 in Tucson.  He is amazing and beautiful.  He grows and changes every day. Parenthood is already an amazing journey.  We get less

We are one day into our family Memorial Day celebration. Sally's grandparents' house in small-town Virginia is becoming a wonderful central location for family gatherings. Mostly, we sit on a fantas

We were close to being matched...very very close.  The birthmom decided to parent.  While we were waiting to hear, I prayed for the birthmom...'cause I can only imagine her anguish in making a decisio

MIke is a great instructor looking for baby boy to adopt   We are hoping to adopt a baby soon typre

Micah and I love to celebrate every holiday we can think of. If there is a day to celebrate, you better believe that Micah and I will have friends and family over to share in the festivities. Festivit

Since we have become "waiting" parents, we have been praying for the baby that we will have the privilege of loving and raising.  There are several verses from the Bible that inspire our prayers.  One

Networking in the adoption community can give you a sense of support and, for those who are hopeful adoptive parents, can make you feel like you are "doing something" while you wait...and wait.  Techn

My best friend sent this book to me and urged me to read it. Her daughter was stillborn last year. It was devastating for her and her husband. They are doing better now and hoping to be pregnant again

Hello to anyone reading this.  This is the Kate of Todd and Kate.  I tend to be the writer in the family, so I will probably be posting the most.  But, I'm sure Todd will post an entry here and there.

We are so blessed to be matched with such a wonderful expectant mother.  We are lucky she let us to go a doctor's appointment recently we saw and heard our child's heart beating and got to tour the ho

Some people don't believe in true love. I do.   Tom and I met in college, and I thought he was the coolest guy. We were friends for 3 years before I even realized he liked me because I thought "He's t

Hi, my name is Mary. I am Nate's mother and grandmother to his nieces and nephews. Do I have my hair in a bun? Do I bake cookies and teach my granddaughters how to make doll clothes? MAYBE WHEN I GET

We met with our assessor this afternoon and our homestudy is nearly complete. They are just waiting on a couple of our references to make it official. The waiting on our references is not really a h

We are off to IHOP to celebrate.  Instead of a birthday cake we are having birthday pancakes for dinner!!!  

Five Ways to Not Go Insane While Adopting is the new article/blog at the adoption goddess.  She encouraged us to share our own ways of dealing.   1)  Talking about it.  I think at first we were embarr

Birth Mother Seeking Family for Adoption The above text is a header1 type. This will help you be found via search engines. Using heading1, heading 2 or heading 3 with key words like adoption, adopting

     Well, it seems it has been awhile since I have written anything.  Why?  One simple word: summer.  I'm sure most people see teacher and summer and think it's just been relaxing and being lazy.  I

Happy Mother's Day to anyone reading this who is a Mother.  And to those who, like me, are waiting to become mothers, Happy Mother-to-Be day! In the past, Mother's Day has been so tough on me.  I have

We both strongly agree in equality and respect as well as appreciate another's race, religion, and/or creed. There is so much beauty in different cultures. From the language to the food we can lear

I love our Friday nights. Unless we're out with friends or away, we sit down to a nice dinner, light candles, and say prayers, and then go around the table saying one thing we really love about each o

So, we announced at church that we had passed our home study and were officially in the "waiting pool" to adopt.  That was awhile ago.  Ever since, it seems that I get at least one sweet "church lady"

We have been on the adoption waiting list for about 7 months now. Praying that God gives us strength during this waiting period. We would love to be parents and share our love with a child. We know th

So my mom (Oma) likes to forward me emails. She rarely writes her own message—we save our chats for our frequent Skype talks—but forwards these feel good, have a great laugh, just for fun mails so tha

We made some new friends today.  Paul and I went over to a fellow ParentFinder couple who were just placed with their baby.  They welcomed us into their home, it felt like we have been friends for a l

Colby and I had an opportunity to have a mommy/son date tonight.  We went to get ice cream at one of our favorite places - Bruster's.  After talking about various random things, out of the blue, Colby

I am so proud to say that Joey and I have been together 17 years today! We have such a special love and I am so lucky to have such a wonderful man in my life. We are so looking forward to adding to ou

Thank you to all of our military for the freedom we have in the USA. My father was in the Vietnam War and I am so thankful for all the military that put their lives on the line for us to have freedom.

Today is a wonderful day! It is my husband's 36th birthday and the day our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified so we could have eternal life. I am so thankful for today. Happy Birthday to my wonderful hus

This weekend was Joey's little sisters birthday. Lauren turned 12 years old this year  . Lauren has decided for the last two years to have her birthday parties at our home. We did Smurfs theme this ye

We are so looking forward to a wonderful 2012! Looking back 2011 I believe we have been so blessed in life. I have to say the good far out ways the bad. We experienced a lot in 2011. Brief view at our

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I believe this has to be one of the best Christmas times we have had so far. We started a new tradition with my family. My entire family came over Christmas Ev

Heading out to the lake for some fun in the sun. Looking forward to skiing and wakeboarding with family. Grilling out this afternoon and then going to our friends home to see the fireworks. We took ou

As I make plans to honor my own mother and mother-in-law by cooking a brunch for Mother's Day this Sunday, I have to stop and think about how lucky I am to be able to celebrate Mother's Day myself.  I

Happy Easter to everyone. So thankful for today that our lord and savior Jesus Christ rose from the dead to live so that we may have eternal life. We are saying a special prayer for everyone on parent

The other night after bedtime prayers, Jack said "everyone in my class has either a brudder or a sister. It's not fair." Then we got into a long conversation about life and fairness and God's plan f

New things are on the horizon... We are getting ready to move to Florida this summer! Jerry and I have decided to move to be closer to Kiley's family; and the warmer weather. We are excited about the

We have been getting a few opportunities to put our profile out there to meet possible new additions to our family. It is exciting and nerve racking at the same time. It is hard to have your heart on

It's just 2 days before Spring Break, so Jack's teacher asked the parents if we all wanted to go see The Lorax as a class. Jack asked Kevin and me if we could ALL go, so we did! Jack was so happy, '

I’ve often been told that I shouldn’t openly gush about our puppies. Not unless the one I’m gushing to has their own pup to gush about as well. I never really listened to this advise and from what I’v

OK, so this might be a little of the bookseller in me, but I can't possibly let this day, the anniversary of Theodore Seuss Geisel's birth date, go by without a shout!   Who hasn't been influenced by

We are so exicted to say that are best friends are expecting a baby in September. Our friends have one child who will start school in August of this year. After 6 pregnancy test and a doctor's visit i

Today, Jack's school was unexpectedly dismissed at 12:30 due to weather.  I was at work, as was Kevin.  I was ready to tell my boss "gotta go!" when a friend texted me to ask if I needed her to pick u

It was a fantastic weekend in Florida - we had great friends over for dinner on Friday, shopped with my sister-in-law Saturday morning while Troy went fishing with my brother, and we visited the famil

We have heard the same question for about 2 weeks now... "Is school over yet?" Natalie, although she does enjoy school, is very ready for summer break to begin. I don't blame her! School will official

As a birthday present, one of Jack's friends took us to the Perot Museum in Dallas.  We had never been before, but I had heard good things about it.  Boy was it cool!!!   First the kids played in the

While we wait for another child to join our family, I spoke to my birthmother and wanted to get some insight on some of the feelings that she was going through.  I know what it is like to be a child w

It seems forever since we've been able to add a journal entry. We've been in our new community for about three months. Josh is loving his new job. We are in the process of purchasing a new home. We ho

I helped out at Clara's school Fun Day today.  It was a blast.  I was running the duck toss game.  Some of the boys really have an arm!  Gave out tons of prizes no matter how far back they had to stan

Had a nice weekend and saw both mom and mother-in-law, but I do look forward to being able to celebrate as a mom as well as a daughter hopefully soon.

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Enjoyed a little college reunion with friends this weekend.  We enjoyed tailgating and a baseball game...even though the home team lost it was still a good day.

Spend the day boating and fishing at a lake near Baltimore. Even though we didn't catch anything save for the occasion aquatic plants, we enjoyed the beautiful scenery, the quiet, and the wonderful we

Jack was supposed to have his Field Day yesterday, but it was postponed due to weather.  I had signed up to volunteer for 4 hours, but now that it got moved to Monday (and it's too late to get the day

I dropped off my daughter at school like any other morning.  My son in the backseat, whom was facsinated with a newspaper insert that he called his "map", was chattering away.  I turned onto a busy st

A family friend (who actually was the flowergirl at our wedding) is having her baby today! I'm so excited for her ~  and disappointed at the same time. We just can't wait to be parents again ourselves

Living in the Washington DC area is awesome, there's just so much to do.  So many things we can't wait to share with our little ones.  Recently we decided that now the weather was getting warm, it w

After. Little more snow tonight, it looks like we may finally get a start at Spring this weekend! It is supposed to be in the 60's on Friday and 70's on Saturday. Mary so wants to start working outs

We woke up to snowflakes this morning. Yes, really...in April! You just never know the weather in Kansas! Today has been a very busy day but I wanted to make sure to log in. We have noticed many 'Gues

I'm looking forward to when I am able to play a new lullaby hymns CD for my child.  I hope he or she may grow to like music too.

Although we have yet to have a baby girl placed with us, four sets of our friends are now knee deep in diapers and burp cloths -- and we are so excited for them! Two sets of our friends have had adopt

Sooooooo excited about Jack's upcoming party.  It's a swim party, so I decorated a swim noodle for each guest, and we have approximately 20 kids coming.   Jack is into dragons, so Kevin and I are maki

Recently we attended our first opening day of baseball.  We are big fans of the Kansas City Royals and each year we try to attend several games. Opening Day is special, and this year was amazing.  The

Hello! Not too terribly much going on today. I did however get to have lunch with my best friend today ~ Yay! She was off of work and on her vacation break, and we were craving some cheese dip.   If

We met with Layton's birthfamily at the park this weekend to celebrate his Birthday!  Happy Birthday Bubba, we love you!

This weekend we enjoyed having Mom over for her birthday Saturday and going to my nephew's band concert Sunday.

This weekend was gorgeous! It was nice to finally see the sun out and go a day without a jacket. i had been itching for a project to work on around the house to keep my mind busy so a weekend like thi

While on this adoption journey Tim and I have had countless curious people ask us about every aspect of adoption! From: Q: Why are we adopting; to what do we hope for? A. To build our precious family

Poem - ‘Legacy of an Adopted Child’ (Author Unknown)(this poem was in Dear Abby in last week’s San Francisco Chronicle). Once there were two women Who never knew each other. One you do not rem

Holy cow!  I don't know if we will be able to keep up with all the events this month... We had a bday party today, and we have another one tomorrow.  Kevin's birthday is this week, there's another par

We had such a great time Sunday visiting the zoo with our family! Tim and I love animals and some of my favorite childhood memories are of visiting the zoo in Memphis with my grandparents, mom, dad, b

I enjoyed dinner with my sister and brother-in-law last night and some play time with my youngest niece and nephew.

Hello cyberworld ~ We are looking for our birthmother...obviously right?  I'm not sure if SHE knows but we think and pray about her everyday. We often talk about what she would look like, what her li

I'm proud of Ethan for spending yesterday at a state budget hearing waiting for his chance to speak up in support of retaining medical services for the consumers he helps serve.

This weekend, Pat's oldest nephew gets confirmed and Pat will be helping him on this journey as his sponsor.  It has been exciting to watch his nephew grow into the young man he is and it is hard to b

This weekend, Pat's oldest nephew gets confirmed and Pat will be helping him on this journey as his sponsor.  It has been exciting to watch his nephew grow into the young man he is and it is hard to b

One of our favorite memories in our wait to adopt was from my niece.  She had a friend over and pointed out her aunts/uncles in our family picture.  She pointed out her aunt & uncle who were expec

We went for an evening stroll together to end a great weekend and to enjoy the beautiful weather.

We enjoyed a wonderful Easter weekend with family and friends.  The kiddos got to hunt Easter eggs all weekend!  Mom and Dad enjoyed all of the candy! 

We sort of had another Spring Break this week due to unused snow days (mon-tue) and the teachers being in a meeting (wed-fri)!  So, we made the most of our time by meeting friends at the park on Monda