Wednesday, April 1, 2015

75 Months of Anticipation

I've taken down the "Waiting to Adopt" ticker from the sidebar of my blog.


My Facebook Status explains why:

After over six years of waiting to adopt again including three different agencies and nine foster children (seven of whom have come and gone), THIS WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO ADOPT TWO OF OUR FOSTER CHILDREN (siblings) who have been in our care for over a year and a half, which means, among other things, that they are no longer our foster children but simply OUR CHILDREN! And I can finally show pictures of their faces now!
"Trust God and believe in good things to come." - Jeffrey R Holland


Our recent adoption brings with it some updated stats: 9:11:2.

9 refers to the number of years we've been doing foster care.
12 refers to the number of children we've fostered.
2 refers to the number of foster children we've been able to adopt.

9 comments:

Alice Anne said...

Congratulations!

Unknown said...

Congrats !! that is so awesome

Melia said...

Congratulations!!! They are beautiful and your family is precious!!!

rebecca said...

Congratulations! What a beautiful family full of love. I'm super curious what their real names are! :)

Mary said...

rebecca- check your Facebook messages in the "other" folder :)

Carrie said...

Been following along for quite a while. So happy for your family!

Jessica said...

I am so thrilled for you! Me and my husband just got licensed to be foster parents this week. Our hope is to adopt as well!

Congratulations!!!

chicks3 said...


So happy for you. The best things in life are worth the wait.

Heidi said...

Yay! So happy for you all! You are a beautiful family. :)