My blessing Elijah is now four months old! I am so thankful for the opportunity to be his mom...thank you to Lifetime for all of your help and support. Elijah is a happy, wonderful, bouncing baby boy! His birth mom and I communicate often through text messages and pictures. Every day is a joy as I watch him grow. I love being his mom!

-MaRay

Hello Diane,

We just wanted to send a quick update on our two Lifetime babies. Julian is five months old now and we are looking forward to finalizing his adoption in June. Wow does time fly! Big brother Isaac will be five in June and he is a very proud big brother! He loves helping teach Julian new things and tells everyone we meet about his "baby brudder". He especially loves the days when they can both wear their spaceship shirts and be "twins".

Thank  you all for everything you did to help us build our family. There aren't words to say what an amazing team you have there doing God's work. Bless you, bless you, bless you!

-Michael and Lyn

Hi Jen, 

Here's a picture of Jack at his 3rd birthday party. Our experience with Lifetime could not have gone better. We started our adoption process in November, matched in March and had our son home with us in April. Our attorney was excellent and we finalized our adoption in September. As you know it does not get much smoother or faster than that!  Our little boy Jack is amazing. He is happy, funny, affectionate, almost potty-trained and most of all loved by many.

-Dave & Telita

Dear Libby,

Happy Easter!  We always think of you this time of year and wanted to send you our annual photos of Katie with the bunny!  These photos are of Katie and Hershey this year. Taking them always reminds us of you asking us to take the "perfect" photo of our bunnies for our profile. We appreciate the attention to details that you and the others at Lifetime put into our adoption which led us to a perfect match!  Thank you again for everything!  Katie is now a very active three year old who lights up our lives!

Love,
Roger and Tricia

Hi Diane,

Oh my, where has the time gone?!?  After Grey’s (Greyson's) birth things just got crazy.  Crazy good, but crazy nonetheless.  Ha!  Now that we have a little more time to breath, we just wanted to reach out and give you all at Lifetime a HUGE thank you!  You all helped to match us up with the most amazing son that two parents could ever hope for.  There isn’t a moment that goes by that we don’t thank our lucky stars for him!

When we first signed up with Lifetime we were a little apprehensive about the whole process, and what an open adoption would look like for us and our future.  Well, I am here now to say that it is amazing.  You all did such a great job of holding our hand and walking us through the process.  We put our faith in you, and boy was it ever worth it!  We now have a beautiful son and a great relationship with his birth mom too.  Open adoption has been a true blessing for our family. 

We wanted to share the full story of Grey’s birth...We headed up to his birth mother's state almost a week before Grey’s due date, since we wanted to do all we could to be there when he was born.  When we first got there we were very nervous about meeting the birthmom, but a few minutes after meeting her we knew she was an amazing person.  Since Grey decided to hold out a few days past his due date, we were able to spend some great quality time with her.  We did a few dinners, a doctor appointment and even a mani/pedi afternoon.  In hindsight I think that was great for all of us.  When she finally went into labor she called us right away and we rushed right to the hospital.  She did not have much family support there for her, so we were there to walk the halls with her and hold her hand through labor. 

Kayla was in the room when Greyson made his entrance into the world, and even got to cut the cord.  It was a dream come true and absolutely love at first sight for us!  The hospital was so great to us.  They gave us a room to spend the days with Grey and we would also take turns going down and sitting with his birth mother.  She had requested to not see Greyson because she felt like that would be harder for her, but we wanted to make sure that she knew we loved her too.  We decided to honor Greyson’s birth mother with his middle name. 

After we went back to the hotel with Grey our attorneys went to work and got all of our paperwork in line.  We were excited to get back home to settle in so it was nice that we didn’t have to stay too long after the birth.  Since then, things couldn’t be better.  Grey is AMAZING and we love being his parents!  We also keep in contact with his birth mother via text messages, pictures and videos.  We plan to travel to her around Grey’s first birthday so that Grey and his birth mother will get to see and know each other.  We are thankful every day for the gift that she has given us!  And again, thank you for all that you did to match us up together.  It couldn’t have been more perfect! Thanks!

- Kayla and David

Dear Veronica,
Happy Groundhog Day! We think of you often, but especially on Groundhog Day because we know you love the holiday so much! Here's a picture of Katie showing you some of her favorite pages out of our Groundhog Day books. She had fun celebrating at pre-school with her friends. We pray for everyone at Lifetime often! I have enjoyed sharing our story in the Lifetime webinar, answering questions and providing adoption support for new Lifetime families who are just beginning their journey!

Love,

Tricia and Roger

Hi Veronica,
I am so happy to have newly adopted through Lifetime!  I signed on with Lifetime in August and became a mother the first of January.  It was four months and some days. 

I am a single African American woman and was assured that 'THE PERFECT MATCH" was out there. Boy, was it ever...Elijah's birthmom is amazing and I look forward to a lifelong relationship with her.  I had moments of will this happen and many prayerful days... I AM a Mommy!

-MaRay

Hello Diane,
We wanted to say thank you once again for all of your help in finding us our baby girl. Here is a picture of our new family with our little girl Alaina Victoria who is now six months old. We have our court hearing in a couple of weeks to finalize everything. We couldn't be happier. Thank you. We hope to work with Lifetime again soon!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Love,
Chris and Kelly

Good afternoon Diane,

We just wanted to let you know that our adoption was finalized a couple of weeks ago, and she is fitting into her new life. There is a lot more excitement, with having three new brothers. She always has someone to play with!

We are all doing great and very busy. Dad was able to spend about a week with Zaniya before he got deployed again. We get to talk to him most nights. We are very happy for that.  She loves school and her new teacher.  

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

-John & Monette

Dear Diane and Lifetime staff,

What a way to end the year! We were at the very end of our contract and had pretty much given up hope of adding another child to our family. I was packing the crib up and getting ready to deliver it to my co-worker who is having a baby soon. Then came THE CALL.

At first it was hard to believe and we kept expecting our birth mother to change her mind. But within a few short weeks we were headed out of town on the way to meet our son, Julian! He is a healthy, happy, easy baby and the apple of his brother Isaac's eye. We have a hard time getting Isaac to go to bed unless Julian is asleep too! When Julian wakes in the night, Isaac has to get up to kiss his "baby brudder". What a beautiful gift, a little brother for our first Lifetime baby!

We can't thank you all enough for the support you gave us during this time. Our birth mother was glad to always have someone to talk to and Diane was available for us every step of the way. Sometimes it still doesn't seem real that we have been blessed with two perfect little ones! I know it's been said a thousand times, but it all happens in God's time, not ours. Our first adoption was super fast, our second took the whole two years! God gives us the gifts we need, when the time is right.

For prospective families, don't lose hope. It can happen, it can happen fast, it can happen at the last minute.

For birth parents, thank you. You have no idea the joy you bring to families built through adoption. There are no words to describe how we felt as we sat in the hospital with Julian's birth mother, picking out names together. The fact that she was so loving and committed to creating a family with us was absolutely amazing. We look forward to keeping in touch and sharing our son's milestones!

We are thankful for the staff at Lifetime and for all the others in our lives who have supported us in our family's journey!

God bless!

Lyn and Michael

Dear Veronica and the Lifetime Staff,

We wanted to send a note as we celebrate Katie’s 3rd birthday to say thank you for the part you all played in creating our forever family!  We have been remembering the events of that day 3 years ago when we got “the call” and all of the emotions that went along with them!  We can’t imagine life without her now!

Katie loves life as much as we love her!  She loves playing with her friends who come to our house for pre-school each day.  We are thrilled that four of my other students are adopted also, including one other Lifetime baby!  She recently earned her t-shirt at swim lessons for swimming across the pool on her own.  She has a wonderful imagination, a great sense of humor and loves to tease people now.  We have enjoyed many trips to Disney this year and Katie’s new goal is to grow to be 40 inches so she can ride on Space Mountain!  Katie loves Sunday School and will be singing and performing in our upcoming Christmas program at church with the other children and with daddy.

We are thankful every day for all of you and for Katie’s birthmom for making it possible for us to be Katie’s parents.   We pray for each of you, as well as the other adoptive parents, Lifetime babies and birthmoms often.

Love,
Tricia and Roger

Good Morning Ladies:
Hope all is going well.  We wanted to share a photo of Erica enjoying bath time! We want to thank each of you as well as all of the other staff at Lifetime for supporting us during our journey.  You laughed, cried and prayed with and for us.  We have also been so blessed with the most wonderful birth mom. 

Erica is the most wonderful little baby! She has such personality and is already such a girly girl.  Our families are so in love with this little lady.  My father even learned how to get photos off of his phone and now wants a new picture sent to him every day so he can brag to his friends about his new granddaughter.

As I write this I remember sitting there looking at the other babies being adopted and wondering 'when will it be us who has the new baby or child?'
And now here we are with our beautiful little girl.  So as you read this prospective families, have faith knowing all things happen in God’s time and not in ours as He sees the big picture and we only see a pixel.   If it had been left up to us, we would not have the wonderful birth mom we do or the beautiful little girl; He puts the right people in the right places at the right time.  God does have a plan for all of us.  We need to remain strong in knowing Lifetime is His vessel to assist us on this journey and we must follow the direction they guide us as God has brought us all to this point to fulfill His plan for each of us. 

Thank you again to Lifetime and Thank you to God for all of His wonderful blessings!

-Eric & Dee

Hi Diane,
Our bouncing baby boy was born at 4:06 yesterday! He weighed six pounds, four ounces and measured 20 1/4 inches long. He's healthy and eating well. We should all go home tomorrow. His birth mother seems to be doing well and we are spending some good time together. She's a sweet girl.

Here's a picture of Lyn and proud big brother Isaac with our little blessing...more to come as things progress!

-Lyn and Michael

Hello Veronica,

It has been a while since we have updated you on our precious baby boy Jalen.  Can you believe it's been almost 21 months that we were at the hospital waiting for the birth of our son? It's so funny how you want to speed time from the adoption process, then you want to slow down time when your baby is actually here. We couldn't imagine a more perfect son.  He's the funniest little guy who wants to be just like grandpa and daddy. He is my father's shadow and my husband's heart, but will always be mommy's baby.

We continue to send his birth mother quarterly photos, and update her on Jalen's latest and greatest.  She wrote us back thanking us as she see's a very confident and outgoing handsome baby in the photos we sent her.  We couldn't be any more happier about her comment.

We are really enjoying our busy little toddler, but look to expand our family soon. Sending lots of love to you and all the other Lifetime Angels.

Blessings,

Michael, Rosemary and Jalen

Hi Heidi!

I hope all is well with you. I really don't feel like the words below really express how thankful we are for Bentley.  Maybe the tears that I get in my eyes every time I look at him can say more than words.  It really is a dream come true, truly.  Everything about him proves to us that he was meant to be with us.

We weren't sure what was going to end up happening when we signed on with Lifetime.  We hoped and prayed for a child and we knew that God would bless us with what was right for our family.  We have had things fall through in the past and we weren't sure what to expect when we got the call that we were matched.  We knew it was really happening when it was time to get on a plane and go meet this new life. 

Well, he's cuddled up in me right now.  He's home and we are one happy family.  We couldn't be more thankful for this beautiful gift of life.  For anyone that is trying to adopt, please don't give up on Him or on hope because miracles do happen.....it's all in God's timing!

Bentley is five weeks old now.  Every day with him brings new changes.  He has started interacting with us, which includes smiling!  He is strong.  He can hold up his head so well and is getting to be a pro at tummy time.  He is so alert when he is awake and he is the best snuggler.  He is a beautiful and healthy baby boy.  Every day with him is a blessing.

We are thankful to Lifetime for making this a very pleasant experience.  Everyone we worked with has been so kind and patient.  Our son also has one amazing birthmother.  We are forever grateful.  We are so happy and so in love.

God bless you!

-Danny and Shannon

Hello Lifetime!

Here is a recent picture of our sweet Bethany.  She is 16 months old now, and she continues to fill our lives with joy. She's a busy, happy toddler who loves her baby dolls and playing outside.  

She's talking and pretending and loves ring-around-the-rosy. She likes to play little jokes, and then she laughs and laughs.

We enjoy every moment of every day spent with her!

Love,
Matt and Teri Jo

WOW! What a whirlwind! TWO at ONCE??!!! Everyone said that it would be a blur once we got "the call"...well, our blur turned into a slight loss of vision we had to regain. Never in a million years did we think that two brothers were what we would be adopting. I think that everyone has a picture in their mind of what He has in store for them...but as we all know, what we think is right, is usually not what IS right. We had such a long wait, and then we had to wait even longer because of all the legal things going on, and two children being involved. But it was ALL worth it! They are so beautiful, and are doing remarkable! God does answer prayers, and He will never give us more than we can handle! Thank you for sticking with us thru it all! We love you, and the amazing work that you do for so many families!

Love,

Peter, Michelle, Jarryn, & Dylan

Hi Veronica!

We wanted to send a quick note to say just how joyful we are when we look back over our journey with Lifetime which resulted in the adoption of our beautiful daughter.  Avery is almost eight months and is such a delightful baby!  She charms people everywhere we go.  She is pulling up and attempting to walk while holding on.  We could not imagine loving a child (biological or not) any more than we love our little girl.  She is truly amazing and we are so blessed and thankful that we get to be her parents.

With love,

Mark and Vanessa

Dear Lifetime staff,
 
Bringing Jace home just a few short weeks ago has been one of our greatest joys. Yesterday, our daughter, Maya, was lying next to him, loving and kissing on her baby brother. She said, "I can't believe we have a baby...a real baby in our house!" Our sentiments exactly. She has waited, prayed and endured along with us in this adoption journey. After two failed matches, our blessing has finally come! Now, Maya can't get enough of him, and neither can we. Thank you so much for all your help and support.

Lamont, Valerie, Maya & Jace

Hi Lifetime Family,

We can't believe it's been just a little over a year with our precious baby boy. Alan is full of energy and a sweet, sweet boy who loves to give hugs & kisses!

It's been a wonderful blessing to experience parenthood and watch Alan grow into an amazing young boy that we love so much! Alan had a fabulous one year old birthday party that included Mickey & friends. Thanks again Lifetime for helping make our dream come true!

Forever grateful,
Patrick and Monique

Hi Lifetime!

Here's a picture of my Lifetime baby Jacob. Thanks again for your support and kind words throughout this process. He is truly a blessing!

-Karen

Hi Kristine,
I got your letter yesterday and it brought tears to my eyes because I have been praying about adopting again.  I have been trying to find finances to adopt a second child and at this point it will take a miracle but I do believe in miracles.  I know that Cooper would love a sibling!

Cooper is doing great, he will be three on Saturday and has already had two of his four parties.  We just got back from grandpa and grandma's in Montana where he loves to go.  He is doing great and potty training is going well.  For his birthday on Saturday, we are going to see the real Thomas the Train because Cooper is obsessed with trains and I can't wait to see his face when he sees where we are going. 

I could never thank you all enough for the wonderful gift of my son that you have given to me.  I never realized how happy I could be, and I truly believe that if God wants Cooper to have a sibling, it will work out.

Thank you,
Stacey

P.S. If you are hoping to adopt, but finances are standing in your way, please visit the website Adoption Financing Information for help with financing your adoption.

Hey Diane,

Here is a recent picture of Sarah, she loves getting out and about on her scooter bike. Kindergarten is coming soon, she is so ready...it's so hard to believe she's almost five and a half!

-Adam & Heather

Hi Kristine,

It's great to hear from you guys at Lifetime! Caylan is doing absolutely wonderful, he's growing up so fast! He's almost 20 months now...he's beginning to say new words almost on a daily basis and his personality is really shining through. He has really made our lives complete and we love him more than words could ever say. It's ironic we received your letter just one day after having a lengthy conversation regarding our future adoption plans. We have really been on the fence about whether we should adopt a second child and have been praying that God will lead us in the right direction. Maybe our conversation, your letter, and our family on the Lifetime Adoption home page all in one week is a sign from above and the answer to our question. Thank you again for the kind letter and we look forward to hearing from you soon.   

Much love,

Josh, Kathy, and Caylan

Hi Libby,

Nice to hear from you! Here is a photo of the girls taken at lunch on Sunday while celebrating Father's Day!  Kaci will be eight in a couple of months, and Karli turns six this Fall. My how time goes...

-Larry & Liz

We hope that you're doing well.  Hard to believe summer is right around the corner! William (and his big brother Theo) are very much looking forward to no school and spending their days at the beach! 

Will is talking up a storm and  having a blast at his preschool.  He is very social and very smart too.  We wish we could bottle all of his energy...Lord knows we could use some trying to keep up with him!  Hope you enjoy this beautiful spring/summer season!

Sincerely,
Brian and Camisha

Dear Libby,

Happy Easter!  We always think of you this time of year.  It started with a request for us to get the “perfect” picture of our bunnies for our profile and has turned into an annual tradition of taking a picture of our precious daughter with the bunnies just for you!  We are thankful every day for all of the little details you and the other gals at Lifetime poured into our adoption. 

Katie is turning into a delightful young lady.  She is two and a half but loves to tell people she is three or four.  She is a blessing to our entire family and everyone she meets.  She is very happy, energetic, polite, spunky and such a tease.  She is reciting the pledge of allegiance, memorizing board books, potty training, carrying on complete conversations over the phone and counting to 20.  She recently graduated from her toddler swim class with daddy to private swim lessons with her teacher.  She absolutely lights up any room that she enters and we feel very blessed that we have the privilege of being her parents!

Thank you again for the part you played in creating our forever family!  We think of you often and pray for each of you at Lifetime, the birthmoms and the adoptive families!

Love,
Roger, Tricia and Katie

Hi Diane,

It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly ten and a half months since Madisyn was born and we are enjoying every single moment of it!  We can’t thank you guys enough.  We speak with the birth mom often and have really made a special bond with her and her other daughter.

-Eric & Katina

Hello Veronica,

We hope you had a blessed Easter. We just wanted to share a photo of Jalen on Easter Sunday. Egg hunting is serious business!

Michael & Rosemary

Hi Diane,

We just wanted to send Lifetime an update. Anaya turned two already last November and is talking up a storm! We had a surprise second baby last February, another sweet baby girl, McKinley. They are like two peas in a pod and we couldn't be happier!

We have kept in close contact with Anaya's birth family via Facebook. We have missed visiting with them since we moved out of state. We flew Anaya's birthparents in to join us for her big birthday celebration. It was an awesome party and we were so happy to have them be a part of her special day.

Thank you and everyone at Lifetime that helped us find our sweet baby girl and her amazing birth family!

Forever Grateful,

Ross & Callea

Hi All,

Jordan just turned three yesterday! He and our older son are the greatest joys in our life!  Here's a picture so you all can see how big he's gotten and he cute he is (still)!  

Thanks for everything you did to assist us in Jordan's adoption.  We couldn't be happier!

Hello Lifetime Family,
Alan is a very happy baby, full of energy and he absolutely loves the camera! Alan’s adoption was final a couple of months ago and we are so thankful that Alan is ours forever!  We are still full of joy and enjoying parenthood to its fullest each and every day.  Alan is such a blessing to our family.  Thank you Lifetime for changing our lives forever!

Blessed,
Patrick & Monique

Hi Amie and all at Lifetime! 

Just wanted to send you an update on our little man, Caylan.  We cannot believe he is almost 16 months old!  Time has just flown by.  He is growing and changing so fast.  Caylan is doing amazing and has the most precious smile.  He lights up our life.  We never knew how much you could love someone until he came along.  He is a busy bee these days.  Running around and into everything! He really keeps us busy. We are so grateful for him and for all of your help in bringing this little boy into our lives.  You don't quite realize how big the void in your heart is until you finally have your precious child to fill it.  We recently had our first snow of the winter here and we got out to play in it a little. 

With warmest thoughts,

Kathy and Josh

Hi Diane,

I wanted to send you a recent photo of Levi and his daddy. He is 17 months and loves being around James. They have such a good relationship.

After all the years we waited to be parents, I think one of the best parts about being a mom is watching my husband be a father to our son. It's priceless!

Kimberly

PS...Levi's birth certificate came in!!! We are VERY happy about that! :)

Hi Veronica!

We just wanted to share the good news that we finalized Avery's adoption today! This photo was taken in court with the judge after her adoption finalization ceremony. We are so incredibly happy and blessed. This journey has been a bit trying at times but we're thankful that we never gave up and that we had you and all the other wonderful folks at Lifetime to guide us through the process.  It was all so worth it because God brought our baby to us when the time was right.  We love Avery so much and can't even remember life without her.  Thank you for all that you do...We wouldn't be parents without your help! 

-Mark and Vanessa

Hello Veronica!
Just a quick hello from our big ONE year old! Jalen just loves Elmo, so this smash cake was fitting for his birthday. The big party is this weekend, and guess what? He gets another Elmo smash cake! Blessings to to and all of the other Lifetime Angels!

-Michael & Rosemary

Hi Diane!

Just a little word to tell you that Jackson is doing really well! We would like to come back for a second adoption with Lifetime. Thank you and have a good day!

-Andre & Lyne

Dear Veronica,
Happy Groundhog Day!  I always think of you on your favorite holiday!  I had fun reading stories and celebrating with my friends at school today.  Thank you again for everything you did to help create our forever family!  I am very grateful to you and Lifetime for bringing me together with my mom and dad.  I hope you had fun celebrating today too!

Love,
Katie (and adoptive parents Roger and Tricia)

To Everyone at Lifetime

We feel so blessed to have Damien in our lives. He is such a good baby, he already sleeps through the night. Everyone in our families are so in love. We just had his baby shower. He got to meet his Godmother and he fell in love with her and so did she.

We want to thank you for everything you did. We know we were not the easiest couple to work with. That is why this means so much to us. You guys really do want to bring families together and for that we are so thankful. We are so happy to be a part of the Lifetime family!

Thank you so much!

-Doug & Bridget

Hello Lifetime,

We wanted to let you know that our Lifetime baby, Bethany, is doing great! She is eight months old now, and she brings us such joy. Bethany is a very affectionate baby.  She melts into our arms when we pick her up, and she never gets tired of being cuddled. She loves to give hugs and kisses. In fact, "kiss" ("keesh") was her first word. We are glad to be able to send pictures and updates to her birthmama, who is so dear to our hearts. We heard from her recently, and she seems to be doing well.  We think of you all often and hope you are well!

Love, 
Matt and Teri Jo

Congratulations from your
friends at Lifetime!

Veronica & Diane:
 
Hope all is well with both of you!  We have been extremely busy getting ready for Christmas and we will be moving into our new home right before Christmas, so we are really excited for that.  It's hard to believe Brecklyn is four, going to pre-school and growing so big!  It seems the years have flown by and before we know it she will be in Kindergarten.  We think of Brecklyn's birthparents often. We tried on her Christmas dress today, and I was able to get her to stop for one picture as she was busy twirling around being a princess!

We're so thankful for Brecklyn; as Lance put it last night, she is our inspiration.  We wouldn't ask for it any other way.  I pray for waiting families this holiday season and want to reassure them that God knows the right time for your child to come into your lives.  God's timing is "Simply Amazing"! 

May all of you at Lifetime Adoption have a wonderful Holiday season and thank you for bringing Brecklyn home to us!

- Lance and Mandy

Hi Diane,

I just wanted to share this picture of Levi and I. He has my heart wrapped around his little finger. We are so in love and looking forward to our second Christmas with Levi!

He is 15 months now and walking and running everywhere! He is a big ball of energy and we wouldn't trade it for the world!

-Kimberly

Hello Diane,

Madilynn is doing well despite all the delays. She is now able to walk with the assistance of a walker.  She can sign 12 words (including please and thank you), say "dada", clap hands, wave bye bye, blow kisses...so proud of all her achievements.  In this photo, you can see how big she is now.  We are still battling things medically, we have been admitted to the hospital with pneumonia twice in the last six weeks.  It appears that Madilynn may have some kind of immune disorder, but we haven't seen that specialist yet, we see her next week.  At least we may be getting somewhere closer to answers of why she is always getting sick. 
 
With that all said, she is the absolute best thing that has happened to us, and brings us so much joy each and every day!
 
Thanks,
Michelle and Jerry

Hi Amie and Heidi,

We can't believe that its already been seven months since we became a Lifetime family! Evan is growing so fast...he loves bath time, and rolling around on the floor. He is trying to crawl and sit up on his own. He has two teeth and the bottom and man, can he babble very loudly! We just love it. He is such a blessing and a joy to our lives. We just want to say hats off to you all, my forever Lifetime family, and of course Evan's wonderful birthmother! We talk and share pictures regularly. She is the best. Here is an updated picture of our handsome little guy.

Love and blessings to you and all the Lifetime families out there! God is good all the time!
 
Sincerely,

Darrell & Gloria

Hi Veronica,

We had a great First Halloween! We had a cute little penguin in our house. We had the opportunity to meet another Lifetime adoptive mother who had already completed her adoption. Rosemary reached out to her three weeks into being matched with our birth mother. She gave us advice when we were nervous in communicating and meeting our birthmother for the first time.  We're so happy to have met her and know we will be friends for a lifetime with our special bond as adoptive mothers!  

We have such a strong admiration for all birthmothers, who will put their child before themselves.  I came to realize my role as a mother by my birthmother's beautiful decision with adoption.  I pray that the Lord continues to help heal her mind, body and soul...not just today, but every day. I truly feel that adoptive mothers are picked by GOD, because it takes a strong woman to overcome whatever challenges (infertility) or fears (bonding/accepting) leading up to adoption.

It was just over a year ago that we were matched with our birthmother, and as I sit here writing you this email and peek over my shoulder at this remarkable little boy napping, I can help hold back my emotions and think that life is beautiful!

God Bless,

Rosemary (& Michael)

Hi Amie,

We're finally getting around to sending you an update on our little guy, Aidan. We just got back from his first doctor's appointment -- he's doing great. He weighed seven pounds, eight ounces at birth. Now, he's gained a pound. He's awesome!

We were lucky to spend some good time with his birth mother. I hope and think we reassured her that she made the right decision (she told us so) and we asked her a bunch of questions about his older biological sister and family history.

Thank you Lifetime for the nice package you sent!

Thank you!
Dan and Michele

Dear Lifetime Family,

We don't think there is a cuter tiger than our little Alan!  Alan is six months old now and he is growing up so fast!  Alan continues to do new things every day and he is such a sweet, sweet baby.  We are so thankful for our Lifetime family and the birthmom for helping make our dream of being parents come true.

Truly Blessed,
Patrick and Monique

Hello Veronica!

We hope you are well. We just wanted to share an update on Jalen Michael. He is just about one week shy of nine months and is getting so BIG!  What's even bigger is his personality!  He says "mama," "dada," "papa," "nana," "baba" (for bottle), "eat," "more" (for more food), "hi," "boo," "Elmo" (his favorite), and his newest is, "What's up", which is what his Uncle Gabe asks him every time he sees him!

He is the life of every outing and party, and he loves to people watch and give high five's! He's pulling himself up and we think he's going to bypass crawling all together!  Jalen is ready for Halloween as papa recently showed him how to scare people...Jalen giggles with their surprise reaction!

Some real exciting news is that this summer we met two other Lifetime families at an event held by our home study provider.  It was awesome meeting the Lifetime adoptive mother who gave support and prayers when I was awaiting the arrival of Jalen.  Jalen fell in love with both Lifetime girls!  He's such a flirt!

We keep you in our prayers along with all the other Lifetime Angels as well as the waiting families and especially our birthmother.  We send our birthmother quarterly photos and she recently wrote us that she loves to look at all the photos at the end of her day.  

Jalen Michael is truly a gift from GOD and his timing was perfect!

God Bless you all,

Michael & Rosemary

Hi Diane,

We wanted to send a quick hello and let you know that we are doing well. So much has happened in the past few months. Most importantly we finalized the adoption!

London & Katana turned one and within a few days after that, we received birth certificates and the girls began taking their first real steps. What a year, and how quickly it has gone by!

We are still in touch with their birth mom. Thanks again for helping to make our dream of becoming parents a reality!

-Mike & Breata

Dear Veronica and our Lifetime Family,

It is hard to believe how fast Katie is growing up! She has been keeping us so busy, it has been hard to find time to write. We are living out our dream come true! Raising our precious daughter is bringing us great joy (and a few challenges)!

Katie loves to run, climb, jump, dance and swim! She loves playing with baby dolls and pretend food and having “tea” parties with her friends. We had many family adventures this summer, including visiting our East Coast friends while on our vacation to Walt Disney World and participating in the half marathon weekend at Disneyland. Katie ran in the 100 meter dash, rode in the jogger for the 5K and cheered daddy on in the half marathon!

We pray for the staff, waiting families and birthmoms often. We enjoy talking to and providing prayer and emotional support for perspective and waiting Lifetime families. We even got to meet another Lifetime family in person recently that we had been praying for. It was so exciting to see our Lifetime children together!

We can never thank you enough for the huge part you had in creating our forever family!

Love,
Tricia, Roger and Katie

Hi Jen!
We are doing wonderfully! Mason is a very happy and active 19 month toddler! We'd be more than happy to talk to new adoptive families, or answer their questions. Our experience with Lifetime was miraculous for us!

Best regards,
Corey & Marla