Finally an Adoption Update...

I haven't posted much about our adoption contacts because every time I almost post something - something else comes up and I never get around to it. So here goes...

Since getting our adoption approval in November Isaiah and I have been lucky enough to have 3 adoption "nibbles" as we like to call them.

In December a sweet birth mom started emailing us. She found our profile on itsaboutlove.org and was interesting in getting to know us better. We emailed back and forth everyday for about 3 weeks and then...nothing. One day she stopped emailing us and didn't return any of the emails we sent her. We realized getting to know a birth mom is like dating again (in a weird sort of way) and we just got dumped :) LOL. She was an amazing women with a hard choice. We're not sure if she decided to place her baby for adoption or not but either way we wish her nothing but the best. We're grateful for her emails because it's exciting to have any contact with a birth mom early in the process that it made the first few months in adoption land eventful.

Our next nibble came in February. We got a call one morning from our case worker. A baby boy had been born prematurely the night before and they needed to place the baby in the next 48 hours. The little boy was born at 26 weeks and only weighed 1.5 lbs. We went to the NICU to see him and he was the smallest person we had ever seen! The nurses were amazing and gave us a realistic idea of what we could expect if we adopted him. Since he was extremely premature he would likely have some special needs.

Isaiah and I left the hospital and did a lot of praying. I think we both wanted to give this little guy a home so badly that we didn't really listen to the uneasy feelings we felt when we prayed. About an hour before we were supposed to sign the adoption papers we received a call from our case worker. She said the nurses had done an MRI on the baby's brain and had found level 2 bleeding. Isaiah and I were crushed. We looked online and found out babies that small regularly had severe bleeding in their brain and that level 2 could quickly progress to level 3 which is normally fatal. We hung up with the case worker and prayed again. We realized that as much as we wanted to have this baby in our home our Father in Heaven had different plans for him. The hardest thing we have ever had to do was call our case worker and tell them we couldn't adopt this baby.

While this experience was so difficult I am so grateful we went through it together. It taught me how to sincerely pray and receive answers, it brought Isaiah and I closer together, and it taught me how precious life is and that our Father in Heaven has a plan for all his children. Unfortunately because of HIPAA laws we may never know how the little baby is doing but we hope his is well and that he found the family that he needed to go to.


Our last adoption nibble came a few weeks ago also from itsaboutlove.og. The birth mom asked us a few questions but didn't give us any information about herself. Our case worker called a few days later to get some more information about us for her. We still don't know anything about the birth mom so we'll see if anything comes of it.

We've found a pattern in our birth mom contacts. It seems like they come every other month so I'm expecting our next contact will be around June :) We'll see. Although the adoption world is full of crazy emotional highs and lows I am sooooo grateful that Isaiah and I have the blessing of starting our family this way. Through adoption I've learned that every child deserves a loving home, that our Father in Heaven loves ALL his children and that life is precious. .I am very blessed to have an amazing husband who is just as excited as I am to adopt.

We are grateful for everyone who has kept us in their prays and who has told someone they know that we are adopting. One - third of all adoptions come through referral so we really are grateful for everyone's help.

Hooray, It's a Boy!

Just a quick shout out to my newest little man Wyatt. Isaiah's brother Jeremiah and his sweet wife Leslie had a baby boy on April 23rd. We have 2 nieces already so we are all excited to welcome our first nephew.


Makayla checking out her new little brother.

The proud Aunt and Uncle.

Good Bye Old Computer

My old computer was running so slow, it took about 15 minutes just to check my email (no joke). Finally the other day I realized -maybe I should buy a new one! Once we got looking at it we realized it only had a 200GB hard drive and 1GB of memory (my iPod has 80GB, LOL). No wonder it was so slow.

We checked out a few stores then wandered down to the good ol' Costco. When I saw her it was love at first sight. 5GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive. Not to mention she is just beautiful....


I can now put ALL of my digital scrapbook files on the computer, not to mention run them while listening to a CD. It's amazing. Hallelujah for technology.

Spring has brought me such a nice surprise!

Breaking in the Harley

Last weekend we went on an overnight motorcycle trip. It was Isaiah's first trip on his new Harley. Even though it was FREEZING COLD I thoroughly enjoyed myself.


We stopped in Bryce Canyon and walked the Bryce Point. The View was AMAZING!

Our biker gang are Isaiah's coworkers. Jubal (far left) and Chris (to the right of me) are single if there are any interested ladies :)
After Bryce we road through the Escalante Staircase on the most scenic highway in Utah. The views were absolutely stunning. You could seriously see forever. We stopped to get a few pictures of the boys and their bikes. I didn't post them but they had me take about ten different pictures so we could get the bikes from every angle. Boys and their bikes :)

Aren't we the cutest biker couple ever?

Before the trip Isaiah bought us some Harley Davidson boots. With the boots and our Leather chaps we're definitely riding in style.

There was a HUGE crow behind us on a tree. It looks like it is standing on Chris' head.

Just enjoying the view.

It's so amazing the see the world on the back of a motorcycle. I'm always impressed at the diversity in landscaping that the Lord created. We really are soooo lucky to live in Utah and have so many national parks within a few hours drive...or ride!

Isaiah more Prince or RM?

People are always telling Isaiah he looks like Prince William. I was going through some of our wedding pictures last night and saw this one. When I saw it I thought WOW, he really does! I always knew he was my prince charming :)

What do you think? Can you see the royal resemblance?

Isaiah says at work people come up to him and tell him he looks like that guy from the RM. I'm assuming they are talking about Kirby Heyborne. The resemblance isn't as striking but I guess it's there...

So I thought this would be a fun poll. Do you think Isaiah looks more like Prince William or Kirby Heyborne. Be sure to vote and leave a comment too!

i {heart} homework

The title says it all...who doesn't {heart} homework? My two classes this semester have been pretty manageable...Read this book, write that paper, post this discussion, do this group project, etc. etc. I'm midway through the semester but I am starting to lose my steam!

I look like this most nights - after spending 8 hours on a computer at work I come home and spend hours on the computer doing homework (or pretending to do homework and just looking at everyone's blogs)....



And my piles of homework feel like this....(even though they really are much smaller in reality)

The worst part if one of my professors accidentally listed Spring Break as next week but it is really the week after (so much disappointment)! The good news is I am halfway through the semester. I'm tired of cold weather but if it is any consolation to anyone at least it's cold weather and I'm stuck inside doing homework and not beautiful warm spring weather outside and I'm stuck inside doing homework!

Isaiah is also getting anxious for warm weather. He sold his Honda Shadow last month and bought a HARLEY DAVIDSON!! We're both ready for it to warm up so we can go for a ride and feel the wind blow through our helmets (safety first of course). Once it warms up and his bike comes out of the garage I'll be posting some pictures. It's a pretty sweet bike :)