I’m 34 years old and married to the rock star/computer geek (who recently turned into a youth pastor) of my dreams. We’ve been married for 12 years and we live in the Washington DC area. I am a proud adoptive mom to “Max” (our spirited and funny 6 year old boy) and “Mini” (our sweet baby girl born on February 16, 2008). Nope, those aren’t their real names but Max’s motto is “go big or go home” and Mini is just that, little. I guess you could say the nicknames fit perfectly at this stage in life.
We have built our family through open adoption and God has given us quite a story to share about trusting in His timing. We waited only three weeks for Max but almost three years for Mini.
In 2007, the year that I started this blog, we experienced devastating losses when two different adoption plans fell through. Blogging through the healing process was a blessing I never expected. In addition to the love and support of my real-life friends and family I now had new blogging friends who jumped right in to offer kindness and prayers. This is what got me through one of the hardest times of waiting I’ve ever experienced.
And that’s what makes sharing about Mini’s adoption all the more sweet. I love having the chance to blog all about it!
If you’re interested in reading some more about her adoption, click here to read about when her birth parents chose us and here for a post I wrote on the emotional day we brought her home from the hospital.
Thanks for reading! Be sure to introduce yourself sometime by leaving a comment or sending me an email (click on Email Me) so that we can get to know each other.
Sincerely,
Anna
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Hey my dear cousin.CONGRATS on the beautiful baby girl thats just what this family needed is girls lol.Joshua and I havent found out what we are having yet but we are finding out in June. I sure wish we could see lil mini at Christmas BUT we are going to california for the kids very first christmas with joshuas family but next year there will be two 1 year olds and a 3 year olds wow.Well congrats again . love you guys
Anna,
I’m discovering why Amber is so fond of you. What a nice sense of humor you possess, and great perspective about things. God is SO good to us. You are VERY blessed twice, I see. I just can’t believe you were here in Colorado and I didn’t know it! We live just 40 min from the airport! If you ever make it back, we would be delighted to have you all! Thanks for sharing.
Hi. Adoptive mama of two here, also in open adoptions (well, one is more open than the other).
Off to read your other links. Happy Valentine’s Day!