This is a LONG overdue post! But, I have good intentions, I want to get back to blogging, I have so many things that we want to remember. I decided that now was a good time.
So, a little story. On October 11, 2013, we will celebrate Adoption Day, one year that we have officially been a family. I wanted to document some of what has happened to bring us to this point.
From the time that Bret and I were married, we knew we wanted to be parents, we were excited at the prospect, and for many years, we hoped, waited and longed for that time. In waiting, we went on many adventures, and made plenty of memories, but we kept waiting to add children to those memories. In January 2011, we decided to contact Family Connections Christian Adoptions, and attend an adoption class to see if we would like to pursue adoption through that agency. We went to the first class, and the Manager who conducted that class was wonderful. She was speaking of another couple who had adopted and was asking them how things were going, the adoptive mother said "I know that these are the children that God intended me to have". I knew at that moment that this is the agency that we were going to use to find our children. We submitted A LOT of paperwork, went to the doctor, the Sheriff's Department (fingerprints), blood draws, and found loving people who said nice things about us. We then had to make sure our house looked perfect and in June, our Homestudy was complete. We then waited, and waited for a phone call to tell us about our children. We had a first phone call about 2 children, but didn't feel right about it. We then had a phone call about 2 little boys, and we were very interested, but that didn't pan out. We had planned a 10 year Anniversary trip to Hawaii and had a great time, all the while wondering about our family. We came home from our trip, and on September 16, 2011 (9 months from our first class) received a phone call asking if we were interested in a 2 1/2 year old, a 1 1/2 year old and a month old. With fear in our hearts, but also a great sense of feeling like this was right, we said YES. On September 27, 2011, we met the children, and immediately fell in love. We knew these were our babies, and they were to come home with us. On September 28, 2011 (12 years from the day that Bret and I started dating) we called and said we would like to begin the adoption process to make these children ours. We had a few visits, and an overnight visit during that time and then on October 15, 2011, we brought them home for good. On 10/11/12, we Finalized our adoption to make the Haney Family legal.
I created a video to show highlights from that first year. As I look back on these memories, and how our family came to be, it makes my heart happy to know that we are complete.
