The beginning of our Adoption Journey

I remember as a child having all of my baby dolls and playing "mommy". Feeding them their bottles and singing them a lullaby while rocking them to sleep. Even then I knew I always wanted to be a mommy.

Fast forward to my teen years babysittting and working in the nursery at the church where my Dad was the pastor. People walked into the church and handed their babies to me because I loved chubby rosy baby cheeks and their adorable toothless grins and drool covered chins.

Kevin and I met and fell in love fast. We were soulmates. We just fit together so perfectly. He is my best friend and the love of my life. While we were dating we had the talk about children and how we wanted a family.We discussed our desire to have a couple children of our own and then start fostering kids and even adopting when possible.

We got married March 10th, 2007 on a cold rainy day and had a relaxing honeymoon in the gorgeous Smokey Mountains of Gatlinburg, Tennesee. We decided a couple months later to not start "trying" to get pregnant but just let it happen naturally as to not have any pressure involved. We just went about our regular business and life went on. 

Well two years fly by and nothing is happening so I made the appointment with the specialist and got the news. I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) which is the most common cause of infertility. Many tests and ultrasounds revealed 7 cysts on my ovaries and anovulatory cycles. 

Later on I went to the Emergency room with horrible abdominal pain and a fever and discovered one of my cysts had burst and during that stint in the hospital discovered I had uterine fibroids, another fertility roadblock.

I went to a specialist and he laid out my options the potential costs and risks. Kevin and I make enough money to pay our bills and lead a decent life we are in no way wealthy nor do we have endless supplies of money to drop on fertility treatments with 25% chance of successand if we were to get pregnant in the 25% window I would only have a 40% chance of being able to sustain the pregnancy. I am going to put it bluntly: Those odds Suck!

So that brings us to today, adoption, and our journey to parenthood. We are so excited and so ready! A lifetime of waiting and preparing to be the awesome parents we always dreamed we could be. Please help us on our journey by making a donation using the link to PayPal it is secure and the funds go to a special bank account designated just for adoption expense use. Click to donate to our Adoption Fund!