Our family is growing! We're just not sure when!

As most of you know Mason and I have been trying to
grow our little family for almost 3 years now. We have been through so much; Infertility treatments, doctor's appointments, medications, tests, procedures, 2 miscarriages and an emergency surgery, plus numerous other emotional and physical trials. After a lot of thought and prayer we finally came to the decision that ADOPTION is our next step! We are so excited to finally be on this journey and can not wait to grow our family through adoption. We have both had some amazing experiences over the last few months and we know, without a doubt, that there is a perfect little baby out there waiting for us!

Here are our answers to some of the questions that we have been asked by all of the people we have shared our exciting news with! 

Are we using an agency?

Nope! Not yet at least. We have chosen to do a domestic (state-side), private adoption. This means that we will be adopting a child within the United States, and instead of paying to go through an agency we are going to be sharing our story through social media and online profiles, as well as word of mouth, to try and find our perfect match!

Where are we in the process?

Mason and I made this decision clear back in October! After a lot of prayer, studying, fasting and a few trips to the temple, we knew that this was our next step! In October, after we had made that decision, we met with a counselor from LDS Family Services. Unfortunately, LDS family services doesn't facilitate adoptions anymore. They now work with birth moms to help them find the perfect family to adopt their child out to. They do that by hosting a website called itsaboutlove.org where potential adoptive parents, (like me and Mason,) post a profile with information, links to their blog, videos and pictures. LDS Family Services then directs birth moms to that website in order to help them find the perfect family to place their child with. In order to get our profile posted on "itsaboutlove" we first had to complete a "home study." This has been a long process with A LOT of paper work, A LOT of questions and a few interviews as well as a home inspection. We began our home study in December of 2014 right before Christmas. After a lot of paperwork and question answering we are finally at the interview process! This is the part where we meet our case worker and she asks us lots of questions to make sure that we are fit to be parents! Tomorrow, February 28th, is our FRIST interview!! We can not wait. All of our paperwork is finally in and this is one of the last steps before we are finally approved to adopt! Our last of the two interviews will be Thursday March 5th! After that we just wait until we are approved! Then a few last steps and in order to get our profile posted on "It's About Love!"

How can you help?

Click the "Help Us Adopt" button on the right side of the page to read about what you can do! Since we are doing a private adoption it is up to us, with the help of our family and friends, to find the perfect match for our family. You can help us by spreading the word!

We are so so so SO excited to be sharing our big news with all of our friends and family. We are so grateful for the love and support that we have recieved from everyone we know and love! We can not WAIT to be parents and are looking forward to meeting our sweet little baby Rose, hopefully in the not so distant future. Please feel free to e-mail us at randitherose@gmail.com!