First trip to the Doctors

Chris & I made a whirlwind trip to New Castle to pick up Tiffany and bring her to live with us until she delivers in February. Call me a control freak but the prenatal piece is critical and I want to make sure she has the best care and has the ability to do everything she is supposed to. She is highly compliant and an absolute joy to be around.

We just got back from our first trip to the doctors. We selected "the best OB/GYN in the world" according to my friend Tahira (she is a doctors wife and extremely particular about physician services!) This visit was paperwork heavy - not very fun - but very necessary. Tiffany has already gained 5 lbs - she now weighs a whopping 103 lbs. If she wasn't so precious, I'd smack her! We came home with a stack of prenatal vitamins, literature and an appointment for a prenatal class as well as our next appointment when we expect to hear the heartbeat. That will be awesome! We got their latest appointment on Friday, August 8th in hope that Chris would be home from his trip to Texas (I want him to hear the heartbeat!) But alas, he will arrive 3 hours late. Oh well . . .

Tiffany's head is in a great place. Her spirit is high and she is very focused and excited about the adoption. She has given me permission to publish her picture on this site. Stay tuned to see the beautiful features our baby is going to be blessed with.

About Us

Chris and I were married at on July 2, 2006, and our marriage has truly been the blessings of our lives. Our union is made more precious by the fact that it nearly did not happen. Although we were crazy-mad in love, Chris' decision to marry me would almost certainly mean he would never know the joys of being a father as I am unable to have children. This was the one insurmountable issue for Chris as he had always envisioned having his own family - and the things he would do with his children.

Our attempted separation was a heart wrenching time in both of our lives as for 5 months we tried to forget how good we are together. After gallons of tears, hours of legitimizing and countless failed attempts to say goodbye, it came down to this simple fact. We trust God, and He promised that He would give us “the desires of our heart". If it was meant to be, it would be. As if He needed our help, we tried to help God along and began to research our options - contacting countless adoptions agencies, international as well as domestic. We looked into In vitro fertilization, surrogacy and even networked with medical professionals who might have clients who may want to put their baby up for adoption. We kept coming up with the same two roadblocks – time and money – time being our worst enemy. As of Mother’s Day this year, we resigned ourselves to the realization that we might just be destined to spend the rest of our lives childless.

It never fails. When you fully surrender, you get out of God’s way and He drops a miracle right in your lap! On Wednesday, July 9, 2008, I received a phone call from my sister Marlea informing me that our beautiful niece Tiffany was 7 weeks pregnant and has decided not to keep the baby. (She has a plan for her life and this was an unexpected surprise.) Further, she wanted Uncle Chris and Aunt Marjorie to consider adopting the baby. CONSIDER IT????!!! OUR FEET HAVEN’T TOUCHED THE GROUND YET!!! Tiffany is a gift from God and she is giving us a gift from God! No one – as long as I live will ever give a greater gift than this. We are truly overwhelmed. God does give you the desires of your heart!