Our adoption just got updated to Travel Planned Posted about over 4 years ago

Hello all!  We are SOOO thrilled to announce that we are flying tomorrow to Burkina Faso to finally meet our girls!  As you know, we were matched with twin girls in Aug/Sept of 2018 and it's been quite the process to get everything finalized. However, we finally got the green light and had less than a week to pack and prepare to fly to West Africa for 2.5 weeks. We have 15 days that we're requi...

Waiting, waiting, waiting... Posted about almost 5 years ago

I sincerely apologize for the length of time it's taken to post an update. This time post-referral has been an emotional rollercoaster of wading through political and governmental red tape. Nonetheless, we continue to make progress and hope that the # of months to go is rapidly diminishing. Here's a quick wrap-up of the steps we've completed to-date: June 2016 - We began researching adoption se...

Our adoption just got updated to Child Identified Posted about over 5 years ago

We've been matched with twins! 

Exciting news ... we've been matched! Posted about over 5 years ago

Hello everyone,We are reaching out with exciting news. We have been matched with twin girls! As you could imagine, we are beyond thrilled to be at this stage in our journey. We would like to extend our gratitude to each and every one of you for your thoughts, prayers, and support along the way. It was because of that support that we were able to start this process when we did, which le...

Dossier in country and waiting Posted about about 6 years ago

A big thank you to everyone who has expressed their joy and excitement with us as we continue through this process.  In mid-December, we got our dossier approved in country and we are now two months on the waiting list. There is still a lot of the process to still go through but we are happy to have made it through that hurtle and are trying to enjoy this time (despite the fact that I find myse...

And we're off! Posted about almost 7 years ago

We are overwhelmed with the support we have received from family and friends! It's allowed us to pursue our dream of adoption and we are thrilled to announce that we have our first payment on the way and will begin our home study process shortly after. This process will take 2-3 months, based upon our understanding, and will involve working with both our main agency, MLJ Adoptions, and our in-s...

Hello All! Posted about about 7 years ago

Thank you to everyone who has shared their love and support with us.  After only a week, we are now only $3000 away from being able to begin the adoption process!  We are so appreciative to everyone who is sharing in our dream of adopting!  Thank you!