Matthew and Betsy
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Congratulations on your new sweet baby boy!
Lots of love and fun filled days ahead!
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Baby Clara is a doll!!!
Congratulations Andrea and Don!
Many happy blissful pink days ahead for you...
Enjoy each and every moment!
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It amazes me how there's a continual, almost fervent, desire to promote open adoption in a way that demeans all other avenues (international, private, etc...). Can we never give any credence to other options?
I don't think those on this forum necessarily demean other forms of adoption, but we just see all of the positives for everyone involved in an open adoption. After learning about Abrazo and learning more about open adoption, we talked with adopted adults that we knew whose adoptions were closed. They all had good things to say about us pursuing an open adoption. Not all, but many adopted adults do wonder and desire to know more...we couldn't think of anything better than to give our child more people in her life to love her.
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Congratulations to all!
Baby girls are so much fun!
What a wonderful blessing to all and to this
Sweet child who will be surrounded by so much love!
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Hi Franky!
Welcome to the Forum!
I am very sorry for your loss. That must have been very difficult for everyone.
I am glad your co-workers encouraged you to check out Abrazo. It was exactly a year ago that I started reading the forum and we began filling out paperwork. We attended orientation in September and in March our sweet little girl was born.
I tell everyone about Abrazo. They are a wonderful agency!
And the Forum is a wonderful place to share your thoughts and feelings and learn so, so much.
Wishing you all the best!
Betsy
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Congratulations to the newest family on the arrival of your sweet little boy!
We look forward to seeing pictures of your precious bouncing baby boy!
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Congratulations Clyde and Monica!
I know you are just on cloud nine with that precious little girl!
Enjoy every second!
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How VERY, VERY EXCITING!!!
Congratulations on your sweet baby girl!
We can't wait to hear all the details!
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Congratulations on your sweet little boy!
Enjoy this new time together as a family.
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Congratulations Linda and Tony on your sweet little baby boy!
He is quite a cutie! We are so happy for you and wish you all
the best as you begin your days as a family!
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All these hints...
waiting, waiting, waiting
for a very special annnouncement!!!
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Welcome Gigi and Edwin,
We are so glad you have found Abrazo! They are the best! Like Heidi said, you will learn so much from the forum and all of the Abrazo families! Thank you for sharing your story with us, and we look forward to hearing much, much more!
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Hi Amanda,
Welcome to the forum! What a wonderful post! Cliff and Alison were in our orientation group, and like you, we just absolutely love them! They are going to be awesome parents! Little Cliff is very blessed to be surrounded by so much love from you all! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us and we hope to see more posts from you very soon!
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Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations Cliff and Alison!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At Long last you have your precious little one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We love you and can't wait to see your happy family photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Cliff, we wish you a very, very, very Happy Father's Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Elaine,
We've heard those comments too. Very, very, very annoying!!! I know the people who have said it to us mean well, but these comments so grate on my nerves!
Fortunately, usually when I say that we are the lucky ones, they seem to get it.I look at Avery EVERY day and think how blessed we are and how very, very lucky we are to have HER in our lives!
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Personally I know that the only way we got to where we are was with God leading us all the way. In 2001 when we had a miscarriage at 12 weeks after 4 years of trying to conceive, I did not have a clue what God wanted for us. That was a rough time, and only through Him did we make it through that, but I just had no idea why, why, why we could not have children. After several more years and tests...sometimes the message seemed to be that we were not meant to be parents. Deep inside I knew that was not true though. Over the last 2 years or so we kept our lives pretty busy so I didn't give myself any time to be depressed. Staying busy made it easier and we did come to a good place in our lives. We were happy, but still that desire just would not diminish.
We had talked about adoption off and on for 2 or 3 years, but we both needed to be ready at the same time. Last summer we were ready...and now we have a precious daughter that is our absolute joy! Holding her, it just all made sense. Through the years I had kept praying for God's will in our lives, but at the same time I would question His will for us and wonder why it couldn't match ours.
As soon as we started the process with Abrazo...well, I guess really after orientation we truly turned everything over to God. I had, we both had such a peace in our hearts about it all. I just can't really describe it in words. It just felt right...we began to see what He had in store for us. Only with God could we accomplish this. I mean both Matthew and I are not so much "go with the flow" kind of people. Matthew likes to direct the flow, and I like to worry about it!!! I have to say that our adoption journey has been one of the easiest times in our life. Sounds strange, I know, but that's not to say that there were not any worries or bumps, but knowing, truly knowing that whatever happened was God's will and that He does have a plan for us...that just gave me a peace I had never felt before.
Matthew and I really enjoyed receiving the Golden Binkie award for Best Grip. If we had made an acceptance speech, we of course would have thanked God. The award is His. Only with Him guiding us and granting us His peace that surpasses understanding were we able to make it through knowing that whatever happened His will would be done.
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Congratulations on your sweet little bundle!
Definately worth staying around in Texas a bit longer!
It was wonderful to meet you at camp!
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Congratulations on your new little one!
Parker is such a cutie!
You are blessed with two sweet boys!
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I've been away from the forum for a few days, and what a wonderful announcement to come home to!!!
Congratulations Scott and Sandi on your new precious baby girl!
Your family photo is oh so sweet!
We are looking forward to lots more!
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Congratulations!!!!!
We are so happy for you!
Two beautiful daughters...
what a wonderful blessing!
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Congratulations Mike and Kelly! I love your family photo and look forward to many more! Enjoy these first precious days as a family!
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Ashley and Ted,
Congratulations on your new little baby boy!!!
Can't wait to see photos! You have been truly blessed with
such a sweet baby and his amazing birthmother.
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Two new sweet little boys!!!
Congratulations to both families!!!
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Welcome!
So glad you decided to post! Congrats on your new little grandson! He is precious!
Baby Announcements 2006
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Congratulations to the newest family on your sweet little baby girl!
Enjoy these first few days as a family and cherish every moment with her loving birthfamily.