Somehow summer flew by and fall is now upon us.  Over the summer, our adoption profile was viewed more than 200 times online and was given to 12 potential birthmothers.  Unfortunately, we do not get to know if these birthmothers ended up choosing adoption, choosing another agency, or another family.  What we do know is that we are praying for all of these birthmothers, we pray that they will have the grace and strength to make whatever decision is best for their baby.  We still pray multiple times a day for our baby, that God will protect them and bring them into our life quickly! 

     At this point in the process, if a birthmother selects us, our agency will contact us to begin the communication process with the birthmother.  This could happen very early in a pregnancy or as the mother is going into labor.  The birthmother could also be anywhere in the continental US, meaning we will pack up and drive!  Whatever the timing is and wherever we are called to go, we are ready!  We cannot wait to arrive at the hospital and look into the eyes of our little one for the first time. 

     We are holding all of you in prayer as we wait for our baby, please continue to pray for us. 

Steve & Annie



Still Waiting...

Well... We are still in the waiting game.   Our profile has been up for a couple months now and it has been viewed many times.  It has also been sent to some potential birth-moms.  Birth-moms can hold onto profiles for months before making their final decision.

We have slowly started putting a baby room together.  We don't know how long our waiting is going to be, but we are very hopeful that the right birth mom will be guided to us.

Thank you again for all your support and prayers.


Steve and Annie

Angel Adoption Visit

Today we were able to stop by the offices for Angel Adoption. It was wonderful to put faces with all the wonderful staff members. We loved seeing all the pictures of the babies who have been placed into loving families and cannot wait to have our baby placed with us! Thank you for all your support and prayers! If you feel called to support us financially in our adoption, please visit our youcaring page.

Love,

Steve & Annie

Home Study is Complete!

Another big part of our adoption process is complete! We recently completed our home study and it is on its way to our adoption agency.  This report was the last part that we needed to complete before our profile could be shown to perspective birth moms.  For those that are unclear what a home study is, we had to meet with a local adoption agency to have an extensive background check, interviews and have them come to our home to make sure we had a safe home. They send the report our agency and basically say that we are a good fit to adopt a child.
 
We are about to enter what might be the hardest part for us.... another time of waiting.  Our profile will go live on the adoption website in a week or so.  The birth moms will be able to see our profile and hopefully pick us.  Once a birth mom chooses us, our agency will contact us and let us know.

We are so grateful to everyone for your support throughout our adoption process.  Please know of our prayers for all of you.

Update on our progress

Update on our progress...
The contract has been signed and received by the Adoption Agency, our home-study paperwork is complete, our background checks are being processed. Now we wait, wait for the proof of our profile to be ready, wait for our background checks to clear so we can setup our interviews, wait for the baby that is coming into our family.  While we wait, there are a few things that you can help with!  We are so grateful to everyone who has already supported us financially in our adoption process, however we still have a little farther to go. If you are looking for a different way to help, we have a few opportunities...

1. A generous co-worker of mine is going to be hosting an online Thirty-one party April 1-15.  She is going to be donating 25% of her profits to our adoption fund.  So, if you have been eyeing up a certain bag, this is the time to purchase!  Not only will you end up with a great product, you will be helping us fund our adoption as well.  
2. We are going to be hosting an Adoption Garage Sale/Bake Sale on April 30.  Our neighborhood does annual neighborhood wide garage sales the last Saturday in April.  Here is how you can help, we are accepting donations of items to sell at our Garage Sale.  (**Note, unless there is a special circumstance, items that do not sell will be donated following the sale).  We are looking for bigger/specialty items to sell.  If you have something we might be interested in, please contact us!

Thank you again for your support.  Please keep praying for us, the adoption process, all expectant mothers facing difficult decisions and our baby.     

Another step in the works....

Our home study is officially underway!  We are hoping that by March 1 we will have enough funding to be able to officially sign our contract with the adoption agency.  We cannot express our gratitude to everyone who has supported us financially in making our dream of bringing a baby into our home a reality.  We are humbled by the outpouring we have received from our family and friends.

The next chapter!

My daughter and son-in-law, Annie and Steve Grass, are embarking upon a courageous and blessed adventure. That is, they are moving forward with an adoption process.  We ask your support – whether it be in prayer or monetary or both as they open themselves, their hearts, their home to bringing a new life into the family. This step has been 11 years in the making, as Annie and Steve both worked on and received college degrees, found careers, bought a home and made a good life for themselves.  We look forward to this next adventure - that of being loving caring parents.  Thanks to everyone for standing with Annie and Steve as friends and family.  Blessings to all, Marie Marden