... that we had a birth family?

People told us that buying a house was stressful and crazy.

It was a piece of cake compared to everything else we had going on.

Two days after Angie had texted me, we arranged to meet this couple that was looking for a family for their child. The birth mother and I both felt an immediate connection, and we were so anxious to meet each other! Thankfully, Angie and her husband agreed to come along as well for support. We took them to dinner and talked for a few hours and got to know them and two of their sweet boys.

Jasmine and Johnny were kind, smart, and just wanted to do what was best for their family. We all decided we were going to see if we could make this adoption work, but it was very complicated. Over the next two months, we worked with two adoption agencies and an adoption lawyer to make sure we could get everything in place to make this adoption actually happen. And on top of that, I texted Jasmine every day to make sure she was okay and visited them multiple times a week. During the two and a half months before the birth, we spent a LOT of time together. We went bowling, threw the boys birthday parties, went to the doctor, went shopping, got our nails done, and ate all the food. It wasn't all pretty all of the time. It was one of the hardest and most stressful things I have ever been through in my whole life. But Matt and I tried our best to make sure they were happy and taken care of while they were here.

It seemed like it took forever, but FINALLY Jasmine's induction date came and we were going to the hospital!