Our Journey Thus Far...

Our journey began a few years ago. When Keith and I first met we knew it was unlikely we would be able to conceive naturally. So we tried and it never took, so we decided that we would go ahead and shoot for adoption. Growing up we were exposed to adoption so when natural conception was an option, Adoption was natural.

In 2010 we decided to start saving up for an adoption, and in the early Spring of 2011 we got our first taste of the reality of adoption. We were introduced to a young lady that was about to begin college and as far as we knew was completely committed to providing a family for her baby through adoption. We really thought this was it and we began making preparations. Unfortunately the birth mother was not as eager about adoption as she had led of to believe and so she ended up choosing another lady, but in the end she decided to raise the baby. We were so happy for her, but at the same time we were a bit devastated. That's the road of adoption, it has many peaks, and many, many dips. So we continued saving and searched out an Adoption Agency that could help us a long the road and hopefully guard us a little too.

We finally found Building Blocks Adoption Service, Inc. They are located in Medina, Ohio and they have a wonderful staff that have been very helpful, positive, knowledgeable, and understanding. We moved through the preliminary stages rather quickly as I was able to some how find all the documents and get a lot of the leg work done during the day while Keith was working. Then we began our Home Study process in Late July 2011 and finished up in September 2011. The Home Study process was not as difficult as I imagined. Our caseworkers/Social Worker was wonderful and understanding. She answered all our many questions and did so cautiously, letting us know the truth and facts about what we were getting into. Which is honestly what we needed. Reality is always better than hopes leaned on high expectations.

By the end of October we had all the paper work in place and our caseworkers was able to write and file our official home study report. We were just approved for a Domestic Newborn Adoption two weeks ago and we've been working to find our birth mother. The difficult part has now begun, the waiting and hoping.