Child #2

Had you told me that I would get to be the mother of 2 adopted children at any age, I probably would have thought you were crazy. After hearing from fertility doctors that the likelihood of having children naturally was so decreased I basically was trying to come to grips with the idea that I would be adopting and also that it would probably be another 5-6 years before I had any children.

But the Lord did not let me wait very long.

In fact 4 days after hearing the final verdict from the Doctor, I received a call from my cousin Julie, asking if we (Rew and I) would like to adopt a little girl. 10 months later my little Sarah joined our home at 18 months old, and I had no clue what to do with a child.

I always figured that you sorta eased yourself in... newborn--keeps you awake all night, eats, sleeps, etc. Eventually starts climbing. Instead, my first child was already quite mobile! It took me quite awhile to get used to being a mother.

We officially adopted Sarah April 9, 2009 and had her sealed May 2009.

Almost immediately after adopting on April 10th, 2009 we received a call about Sarah's half brother. One week later we also had a little boy. Several drives, court hearings, meetings, etc later....

Michael officially joins our family April 28th, 2010. Sealing to be held April 30th, 2010.