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Congratulations, Kody and Rhonda, on your new son! Can't wait to see picture of the H3's first baby boy!

What a beautiful announcement! Congratulations to the new family! You will all be in our thoughts and prayers. Nicholas is just adorable!

Congratulations to the new family. Baby LaKay is just adorable!

Yeah!!!!!!!!!! It's finally official!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations, Jay, Lindsey and Quinton on the new addition to your family!!!!! What an amazing, ADORABLE blessing little Wyatt is!!!! BTW, Elizabeth! Beautiful announcement!

What a beautiful family! We are so happy for you, Paul, Monica and Baby Nala!!!!

Congratulations to the new family! We can't wait to meet you on the forum!!!!

I STRONGLY agree with both of these!

I can only imagine, Elizabeth. I'm awed by the miracles I've seen in just the 15 months that I've been part of the Abrazo family.

Congratulations, Dee and Bart, on becoming a mommy and daddy!!! Can't wait to see pics of your new baby girl!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SINGH FAMILY ON YOUR SECOND ABRAZO BLESSING!!! WHAT A WONDERFUL SURPRISE!!!!!

Congratulations to Brian, Gail and beautiful Natalie Grace!!!

Congratulations, Nichole & Joe and Kristen & Rich, on beginning your adoption process. It will be the most amazing, exciting (yet crazy and stressful) rollercoaster ride of your life. And, welcome to the forum!

Congratulations to the new princess and to her new mommy and daddy!!!

When Jesse and I started looking into adoption, open adoption was NOT something we were looking for. I did six months of research on adoption and adoption agencies - which ended up leading me to Abrazo. When we came down for orientation, we still weren't quite "in love" with open adoption, but we were very intrigued by it. When we left orientation, we saw the benefit of open adoption and decided that it was definitely the way we wanted to grow our family. It wasn't until I was in the hospital, though, with Jonas' birthfamily, that we became full believers in open adoption. Not only did we fall in love with our little man, but we fell in love with his birthfamily also. My family has not been through all those experiences. They are still a bit leery of open adoption - even though we've tried to explain the benefits to them. They definitely support us in our decision, but they are also very concerned for us. None of this affects the way they care for Jonas, though....the adore him!!! My mom used the story of Moses' adoption but in a completely different way. She brought out the fact that when Moses grew up, because he knew and had that relationship with his birthfamily, he decided to go back to his birthfamily and completely shunned his adoptive family. I honestly did not know what to say to this. We ended our conversation there and it hasn't been brought up again. Stephanie, when you used this passage from the Bible, it brought that conversation back to memory. So I thought I'd see if anyone had any thoughts on the subject.

Erik and Nichole, Congratulations on your second Abrazo babe! Alexa is so adorable!!! And a great job to the Abrazo gals (esp. Mona) for making the dreams of TWO families come true in ONE day!!!

Congratulations, Dane and Mandy, on your precious baby girl! Emma Claire is SO beautiful and worth every second of the wait!

After over six years of try to conceive, I definitely "hit a brick wall". I had a surprise complete hysterectomy (for my 30th birthday, no less). I went in for "another" laproscopy and came out with a hysterectomy. I was SO completely shocked and devasted that I couldn't think straight for months. I cried ALL the time! Now looking back on it, it was the best thing that could have happened! I don't know if I would have ever been able to stop trying. In fact, until I woke up in the recovery room and they told me what had happened, it had never crossed my mind that I wouldn't be able to conceive. I knew it was taking a long time, but I always believed it would happen. I really think that that day was the first day of the rest of my life. I could finally start the grieving process. And now, I know that God, in His infinite wisdom, knew exactly what He was doing. He already had a baby planned for our family and if I wouldn't have had my hysterectomy, I would have never found him! Out of my biggest sorrow, came the most amazing gift!!!

Ohhhh, I am so happy that esta angelita finally has her forever family. Congratulations Nick and Sara on becoming parents to this precious baby girl! And, congratulations, Tom and Colleen on your BEAUTIFUL baby girl!!! I just love her hair!

Congratulations to the newest family!!! Olivia is too adorable! ....and welcome to Abrazo! What an exciting couple of days you've had!

A long-awaited, heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to Sam, Lori and baby Emma! What a beautiful picture in the gallery! We are so happy that the stroller is finally filled to capacity with precious baby girls and boys! Yeah!!!

Congratulations to the new family of FOUR!!! Lilly Grace is too adorable!

Congratulations, Jonah, on your new family!!!! And congratulations, mommy and daddy, on your new son!!!! Jonah is adorable....you have such a beautiful family. Love, Jesse, Tricia, Noah & Jonas

What a beautiful announcement! Congratulations, David and Ellouise, on your INSTANT FAMILY OF FOUR!!! You have a beautiful family!

Congratulations, BJ and Venki, on your new baby girl! Looking forward to seeing lots of pictures of your precious little one.

Wow, I have tears running down my face. I can't believe I didn't see this message sooner, Elizabeth. It brings all those wonderful memories rushing back. We are soooooo blessed not only to have the most beautiful baby boy in the world, but we also have the most wonderful birthmom, birthgrandfather and birthgrandmother, too! It was such a joy to be able to go out with Jonas' birthgrandfather that night. In fact, he and Anita (the birthgrandmother) took us out multiple times while we were in Texas. They are both such wonderful people and we just love them to death. My phone calls with Anita are still one of the highlights of my week. It was impossible for me to understand how wonderful open adoption is until I experience it firsthand. Now, I tell everyone who will listen about our incredible adoption experience....and our wonderful birthfamily....and the amazing ladies of Abrazo Adoption Associates.