Being led by our hearts

Hi everyone,

So, as Bobby and I kissed on Saturday and celebrated the anniversary of our first date together eleven years earlier....we also had something else to celebrate.

That's right folks, you will be seeing a new face on this blog in the next year or so, a Korean one! Bobby and I have decided to adopt a baby from Korea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am over the moon excited and we are really following our hearts and our faith on this. We have been talking about it for weeks/months now and it's just so much to take in. How will this affect us financially? How will the girls take it? How will our family react? How will having a child of a different race in our family work? Trust me, there have been many heart to heart talks, lost sleep and happy tears shed over this decision.

We truly feel that this is meant for our family. Who could deny the need of adoption in this world where so many children are left without families to love and care for them? I have always loved the idea of a bigger family, but I just never thought it possibly since I cannot have anymore biological kids. The love that this child will bring into our family cannot be measured. Our lives and hearts have already been changed so much and we only just sent the application off!

So, we ask that you pray with us, hang on with us through this crazy ride we just jumped on. Because mostly girls are adopted and we did not indicate a preference in gender, we will probably have a son about this time next year. Kyleigh and Reece are already so excited to get a little brother (Kyleigh wants him to sleep with her and Reece wants to name him nibble :-)

We sent our application out on Saturday and then we wait for the agency to contact us back. We will then start our homestudy (LOTS of paperwork, social worker visits, etc.). Once that is approved then the real hard part starts...the WAITING! We will probably wait another 3-5 months to get a child referral and then another 3-4 months before we will be able to be together as a family. That is the cliftnotes version. I will update all along how things are going!

We feel so strongly about the positive impact this adoption will have on our family and hope we are planting a seed for other positive actions to follow!

Here are some facts below:

~Every DAY 5,760 more children become orphans. Every YEAR 2,102,400 more children become orphans (in Africa alone). 143,000,000 Orphans in the world today spend an average of 10 years in an orphanage or foster home. Approximately 250,000 children are adopted annually, but…Every YEAR 14,050,000 children still grow up as orphans and AGE OUT of the system. Every DAY 38,493 children AGE OUT. Every 2.2 SECONDS, another orphan child AGES OUT with no family to belong to and no place to call home.


"It has been said that adoption is more like a marriage than a birth: two (or more) individuals, each with their own unique mix of needs, patterns and genetic history, coming together with love, hope and commitment for a joint future. You become a family not because you share the same genes, but because you share love for each other."