The Miracle of Adoption

"An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin or an act of God"

"Miracles are spontaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves"

"A miracle is an unexpected event"

"One that excites admiring awe"

"An event attributed to divine intervention"

The above are all defintions of "miracles" that I found online. All, alude to, but don't directly state, the importance of faith. But faith is a huge necessity in the recognizing of a miracle. You must have faith in order to believe that miracles are possible.....that things outside your control can yield the greatest results. You must be willing to let go in order to receive miracles in your life. You must realize that some things are unexpected and totally out of your control. You are not suppose to completely understand miracles. You only have to believe and and be open to them in order to accept them.

I can't think of a better word to describe adoption. A miracle. And I believe in miracles. I believe in the miracle of adoption.

Adoption is AWESOME

Not that I didn't already know that, but today was a reminder of how awesome it is. I just found out that friends we met thru our adoption agency got a call that a baby boy was born on Tues and 24 hours later they were holding their new son. It doesn't get much better than that! One day you can be sitting, wondering when your baby will find you, when a birthmom will chose you, hoping and praying for your time to come - and then the very next day you could get the call that changes your whole life. And before you know it, you are holding your new baby! How awesome is that?!

Reading about their sudden journey to their son brought back so many similar memories of when we found out about our son, Alex. Once we got the call about him being born, the rest all happened so quickly. It was so wonderful to become parents that way - no better surprise!

I can't wait to see how our journey to our next baby unfolds. When will we get "the call"? Where will we be when we find out we are chosen? Will our baby already have been born? Or will we get matched with a expectant mom and get to participate in her pregnancy or even childbirth? Will our next baby be another son, or a daughter? What color hair and eyes will he/she have? Will he/she be teeny like Alex was or a chunker baby?

So many questions we can not answer yet. But someday we will be able to answer these questions and so many more. Someday we will be able to tell our next child his/her adoption story, just like we plan to do with Alex.

Exciting times.

Part of the reason I am writing this now is so when we are in the official wait if there are days that I am feeling down, feeling as if I just can't wait another day, I can read this post back and be reminded that our baby could be growing inside his/her birthmom's belly RIGHT NOW. Or that the next day we could get "the call" and meet our baby then. How ever it happens, it will be wonderful. And no matter when it happens, each day we are closer and closer to meeting him/her.

I love adoption.

The 1st step in our next journey

It sorta seems strange to start this new blog. Strange, but exciting too. Our first blog (wewant2adopt.blogspot.com) was started as we begun the adoption process in Feb 2008 for our 1st child. That process could not have gone more smoothly. And as those of you who have followed that blog (and still do!) all know, we were matched and brought home our son, Alexander (Alex/AJ) in July 2008. We got the call about his birth the day after he was born and after speaking with his birthmom, K, she asked us to be his parents. We had the chance to meet K and her mom at the hospital on the day we brought Alex home. It was such an emotional experience for us all....moments that will forever be held in our hearts as beyond special. We have a semi-open adoption with K and keep in contact via letters/cards/pictures and texts. K has told us multiple times how she feels that Alex was destined to be our son, and how happy she is with her decision to place him with us. We will be forever grateful to K for her decision and love her as an extended member of our family.

During our many conversations with K we shared that we would eventually adopt again. We talked about our relationships with our siblings and how Jason and I both really want Alex to have at least one brother or sister to grow up with. Plus, we have just LOVED everything about being parents and look forward to experiencing that with another baby.

So here we are.

Yesterday we sent in our registration paperwork to Adoption STAR - the same agency we worked with for Alex's adoption. Next we just have to complete the homestudy process. And create another profile, too. We don't plan on being homestudy ready until about April 2010. Then the official wait will begin.

This time around we are considering working with both STAR and a private attorney simultaneously. We figured that this might open up more doors for us. We know that a lot of birthparents or expectant birth parents like to place their babies with a couple who doesn't already have a child. Since we have Alex, we know this might be seen as a "negative" to some looking to place. However, we see the fact that we have already been through the process, and have had a successful adoption (AND have a WONDERFUL son as a result) as a positive! We are so very proud and value our experience and the way our family has come to be. And we look forward to experiencing this new journey.

Over the next few months we will be completing the homestudy update process. Part of that process involves creating a new profile to show to birthparents and expectant parents who are considering adoption as an option. As soon as we get that completed we will post it here for you all to view as well.

We know, just like with Alex, that the right baby will find us. Adoption is such a miracle and we look forward to expanding our family and seeing Alex be a big brother!

Wish us luck! And if you know of anyone who is considering adoption, please think of us and feel free to contact us at wewant2adopt@yahoo.com.

Thanks for your continued love, friendship and support,
Alison, Jason & Alex