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Hey Grandma Sharron! I can't wait to keep up with your blog!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to the newest families!!!!!

(So be it! What's that old joke? "If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans...") Yep, we have two different sets of family friends that "kept trying for a girl" and both families have 5 boys under the age of eight!

Oh no. Keeping this little angel in our prayers....I know there's a bigger plan.

Elizabeth just reading your post gives me chills. Please tell Pamela and Angela thank you for all of their efforts and for being so dedicated to finding the right placement for this special little one. His life has already started out with so much love and he doesn't even know it yet! Adding prayers for the couple who are attempting to take him home, God bless these people and clear their path. And God bless the hospital staff that they may have patience and continue to give such loving care to this child.

I'll say extra prayers for this special angel and the angels in Minnesota today! How incredible would it be if they could take him home!

John, I feel the same anger as you. Tina should not have been put in this situation, especially in church. I think we need to pray for this couple for sure.

Bless you Tina for your courage. You handled this so well (and so much better than I would have!) I believe that every time we have the opportunity to help educate others about open adoption we are helping our children. Now for the soapbox! Have these people never known any adult adoptees that long to know of their birthfamily? Do they not know any birthmothers or fathers? (They're kidding themselves if they say not!) Would they want their daughter to be told to get over it? I know this is your chosen church but it makes me angry and sad to the core that they would be so closed minded. Maybe your church should have me and Layna's birthmother as guest speakers, we could teach them a thing or two about unselfishness and the love in open adoption. (Or we may scare them to death with our "healthy boundries"! ) Jada we were posting at the same time! My thoughts exactly!

Welcome!!!!!!!! And I believe Brenda was right again!!!!!!

Susan! This is SO exciting! I can't wait to follow along, too!

Hey Amanda and Tina, Are you sure you don't want to move to Collierville? Our house is for sale! We are doing a little touch up painting this month then putting the sign up! We are planning to build/buy in the Oakland area. Maybe we should start a real estate thread here and then we could all just trade houses! Donna

Congratulations J.C. and Saint!!!

Hey Laurel, Congrats on your match! In our situation Layna's birthmother was able to ask who she wanted to be there with her. We both wanted to experience our daughter's birth and it was very important to "A" to have us both hold Layna first. So we took off as soon as she called to tell us she was in labor (Layna was 3 weeks early) and we were in the room with her for 37 hours of labor! We were also both in the delivery room and I got to hold Layna first, then Bart, then "A", just like she wanted. We were pretty much on stand by as her OB thought Layna would be born right on schedule but "A" kept saying she knew she would go into labor early and she was right! Truth is you can't predict anything and just have to have the mindset that you need to be prepared as much as possible just like if you were pregnant. Only the baby knows what's going on! lol Have fun and enjoy the ride!

Beautiful family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing!

Pictures! Pictures! We want pictures!!!!!!!!!!!

JOY! JOY! JOY! God IS good!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Praying for his birthparents and that Abrazo will find the right family for this special little angel.

Jada, As always, I so appreciate your view point on these sensitive threads. You do have a different perspective than many of us on the forum, and I always respect your viewpoints, but I must say that I disagree with this statement: "All these people who want to adopt,all they want is a possesion too!! Sorry but that is the truth." I would never, ever even pretend to know what you or any birthmother has gone through. I believe that until you walk in someone else's shoes you truly cannot understand their feelings. The same is true with adoptive families Jada. Not ALL adoptive families, I agree, but the majority of the families here as Abrazo does have a criteria for the adoptive families to have documented infertilty. Our struggle with infertility has changed our lives in ways you may never understand. We are not wealthy people. We can't afford trips to France or steak and shrimp every night as you put it. I clip coupons everyday, we live regular lives, but the one thing we can't have is biological children. I would never consider my daughter a posession. But my passion to be a mother runs as deep as yours or any birthmothers. That I can say. I still grieve the babies I have lost in early pregnancy. I know loss on a different level as a mother. Please don't lump all adoptive parents together. I believe in my heart that the majority of adoptive parents feel they are doing the right thing. The right thing for the CHILD, not for themselves or for a birthfamily. My daughter's birthmother chose adoption not because of financial reasons. This was not an issue. But she chose adoption out of love for her child and her other children. She grieves everyday and shares this with me but she feels it out weighs what she HAS given her daughter. Just because she may be able to afford to have kept her (food and shelter) in her home does not mean that it would have been in the best interest of her child. She wants a better life for her child than she could forsee being able to give her. Thank you for posting your views. I know I have learned so much from your posts, but please try and remember that we as adoptive parents (at least my husband and myself) are trying to do the right thing for our daughter and her birthfamily and this has nothing to do with the adoption business or posessions. I also don't believe anyone here was trying to be insensitive and I'm sorry if it sounds that way. Donna

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!! A baby boy, too! What a day to be thankful for!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm tears I'm so HAPPY for ya'll! Congratulations! Arianna is a BIG SISTER!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TODD AND EILEEN!!!!!!!!!! We can't wait to meet your precious baby girl (in Jan. at MAMS, hint, hint!!!!) She is so beautiful!

Congratulations! What a wonderful announcement!

I agree with Donna. I hope this special family that I think Donna is referring has made that call. Girls are really precious. Sisters would be even better. I'd buy someone a "Bahama Mama" if she'd share a little secret!!!!!

I know the PERFECT family! (And pray they've already made that call!)

Congratulations and uplifting prayers to these angels and both of their families!