Expanding Our Family… What’s Next for Us

Happy Monday Friends!

If you’ve been following me for awhile, you’ve heard a little bit about my family. I have parents, a grandma, aunts and uncles, friends who are like siblings, a faithful husband, a little fur baby named Rocky, angel babies and many other family members up in Heaven.

I am 25 and my husband is 24. I graduated with a Bachelors degree in Child and Family Development, and he is graduating with his Bachelors this semester. We don’t have a ton of debt, but a fair amount we’d like to pay off in a decent amount of time. I work full time as a teacher, and my husband works in politics. This is our life. This is our family, so that begs the question… “What’s next for us?”

In the last two years we have had two miscarriages, pursued a trying to concieve journey and dealt with numerous health problems. However, that hasn’t stopped us from chasing what we truly want… and that is to expand our family and raise children.

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Charles and I have had numerous discussions about TTC, IVF, surrogacy, adoption and the possibility of living a child free life. The conversations have sometimes been productive, but in other ways been very draining. Having all of our options on the table, made us realize what option would be best for us at this stage in life. We have decided to pursue adoption.

Our 2 Year Plan

• Start planning and prepping for adoption while also no longer preventing and or accepting if a healthy pregnancy happens.
• Begin praying, researching, and discussing adoption, and what form of adoption we wish to pursue.
• Begin paying off debts, saving and fundraising for adoption costs.
• Move to a two bedroom apartment, town house or home more suitable for a child.
• Pick an adoption agency
• Complete a home study.
• Begin working with an agency, and have faith that we will be matched with the child that we are meant to have. ❤️

So this is our plan. As of right now we are on step one. It is not going to be easy and not something we are taking lightly. We both have a huge heart for adoption and honestly are open to whatever the Lord has in store.

We would both truly love everyone’s thoughts and prayers as we begin this long journey of preparing for parenthood as we pursue the option of adoption.