ADOPTION

As you can see I have been busy updating all the fun we have had in the last few weeks. But this post is one I have been waiting to write for months now! Erick and I are finally :OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL: ! We are certified to :ADOPT: and our profile is up on :PARENTPROFILES.COM: ! We both can hardly believe the : PROMPTINGS : FEELINGS : PRAYERS : AND MIRACLES : that have brought us to this point.

I am usually all about the pics on my blog and very rarely do I stop and write my feelings or journal about an event. But my heart is full and I couldn't pass up the opportunity.

Since Erick and I got married we knew we would most likely never bare our own children. From the beginning we were so excited about adoption and knew it would be part of our lives. Because getting pregnant is one of the best treatments for endometriosis, which I have severely, we pursued fertility treatments. Long story short, after lots and lots of prayers and miracles, Cooper came to us through InVitro. We felt so blessed to have a child and love him more than anything! He has been the joy of our lives!

When I was about 4 months pregnant Erick and I both had very personal and amazing feelings about adoption. We discussed that we hadn't even had Cooper yet, but could not deny the feelings that we needed to start the adoption process NOW. So we did! We got all our paperwork done pronto, and received the go ahead through LDS Family Services that after Cooper was born, we could post our profile on parentprofiles.com.

So today we are official! We are so excited we can hardly stand it. We can't wait for our little family to grow and even more so are just waiting to see what the Lord has in store for us.

Something very special and not something we have told many people, is that after we found out we were prego, we ended up back in the doctor's office worried we were miscarrying. Come to find out that we had been pregnant with twins. That day, almost a year ago, we lost one of our little babies, but were fortunate enough to keep Cooper. We can't help but feel there is a sweet little spirit trying to get to our family. One way or another we know it will work out!

The Lord has shown His Hand in our lives so many times. We have seen many miracles! Miracles when Erick was injured in Iraq and lost his foot, miracles with my health, miracles getting pregnant, and miracles getting Cooper here healthy and strong. We have no doubt that ADOPTION will be yet another miracle in our lives.

We'll keep you posted! And we invite you to help us spread the word and share with friends and family our excitement about going forth with adoption.