Our Story

Our adoption journey officially began in February 2014. Adoption was this idea that had always been in the back of our minds since we married in 2006, but it was one that just sat on the back of the shelf, collecting dust, and taking a backseat to all of the other things going on in our lives. We had just welcomed our second child, our son, in March of 2013 and we were DONE. No more kids. No way! No how! But ya know what? That simply wasn’t a decision that I got to make.

January of 2014, I began to casually follow another couple’s adoption journey. They were adopting a little girl from India. Late one night, I was scrolling through all the photos taken at her orphanage and the eyes of a precious boy grabbed me and pulled me in, never to return.  I felt a calling like never before. This was honestly pretty terrifying to me. Like I said, I was done. NO more kids! We had discussed adoption in the past, but never seriously. We couldn’t adopt. We already had two children!  Besides, adoption is expensive! We couldn’t afford to adopt.

Over the course of the next two weeks, we researched adoption, we researched countries open for adoption, we researched agencies. All roads led right back to India. We had a daughter in India. But there was a catch…international adoptions from India were special needs only. We had a tough decision to make and said yes. Yes to adoption, yes to special needs, and yes to God’s will for our lives. It’s amazing to me how God can strategically orchestrate our lives to encounter certain people, obstacles, and experiences to lead us the way He wishes us to go. That’s exactly what happened with us. We even had a random mattress salesman start talking to us about adopting his son…out of nowhere! Clearly not pertaining to mattresses! J This was what we were supposed to do.  It was abundantly clear.

We began in February with Children of the World in Fairhope, AL to pursue a match with a girl, age 1-3.  Our timeline is posted on the blog so you can follow our progress. Every step is one step closer to holding our baby, so every step is to be celebrated. Thanks for traveling with us

Abby