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Successful Adoptions
Read below to see some of the beautiful families built through adoption!
 Dear All of the Wonderful Staff!
Thanks for everything... especially putting us in contact with a wonderful young woman who has offered so much to life already and will continue to do so, this I know. This journey and new life moments of our beautiful baby girl will be treasured for a lifetime!!!
Thanks for all of your support!
Kendall, Shari, and Baby Lexi
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Look Out World,
Here I Come!
Charles is nine months old today and he is getting so mobile! This is him tearing up the house, and then trying to make a get-away "crawl" when caught!!! We call this photo "BUSTED."
We love you all, we pray for you all and we think of you guys often.
-John & DeNise
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Blessed We Are
Dear Diane,
Thanks again for your sweet phone call about Andrea's birthmother! We do pray for her almost every day and often wonder how she is doing now. She was so wonderful with us and she'll always be part of our family.
It's hard to believe that six years ago this December, we started the adoption process with Lifetime. Time flies by! Take care and may God bless you and Lifetime.
-Sam & Karen
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ABC's and 123's
Hi Libby,
Hope all is well! This picture of Thomas are from his school. He is such a smart little man; two and a half going on 42! We speak with Thomas' birthmom from time to time.
Take care...we will talk to you soon,
Wendell & Dorothea
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Our Little Miracle
All of you at Lifetime worked so hard on our behalf and we cannot thank you enough for being there 100%. We could always rely on Lifetime to guide us. Monet is an adorable little girl who by all means is a miracle.
Thank you again for all that you have done,
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Love at First Sight
Hi Veronica, Dee and the other Lifetime staff!
We want to introduce you to Alexa Grace! She's been home only a few days but we're in love with her already! It's been a whirlwind month; from the time we were matched to the time she was born was only a few weeks (and our birthmom went into labor a week before planned). Crazier yet is that from the time we contracted to the time we were matched was only a few months!
It was VERY stressful and emotional at times, but worth every second! Her birthmom is doing well - we've been in touch since Alexa has been home and have exchanged pictures. We plan on keeping in touch and have made plans to get together around Alexa's birthday, if not sooner. We already have Disneyworld in mind in a year or so and have suggested that our birthmom and her son join us. Thank you all so much for your part in our adoption; while God played the lead role, you are all the supporting cast He used to make this adoption successful!
Continued Blessings!
-Deb & Ell
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Life is Good
Hi Libby,
Just wanted to say "hello!" and give you an update. The day we finalized Mr. Jayden's adoption was the best day of our lives! What a joy to be done!
Jayden is so wonderful and every day we thank God for him. He is truly drop-dead gorgeous and he knows it! We were meant to go through this journey and champion our little boy...our blessing. He has just turned 2! He's a "BIG" beautiful boy and a wonderful son. We can't believe where the time has gone.
Jayden now has a younger brother and sister, Devon and Simone. We went through the fost/adopt system. All of our children, all in their own way, needed a champion...so God brought them to us. Devon is only nine days younger than Jayden and Simone is now 10 months old.
Are children are all healthy, happy, and loved...life is so good! Thank you for helping build our family...we couldn't have done it without you!
Love,
Jason and Desiree
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My Amazing Little Guy
Hello Diane,
I hope you are well! Just wanted to share a picture of my little guy with his big brother and sister. Boy is he amazing! He is in his own "big boy" bed now and started preschool earlier last month.
I thank God each and every day for blessing me with the baby I was supposed to have. And thank YOU for being with me every step of the way. I could not have asked for a better experience!
Blessings,
Kenyatta
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You Brought Our
Family Together!
Hello Veronica and Libby,
I just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know that our adoption was finalized last week, yeah!
It's been a busy three months since we brought Isaac home but we are all having a great time. He's growing like a weed and attends daycare every morning now. He's just starting to smile and is a really easy-going child. Thanks again for all of your help in bringing our family together. We can't imagine life without him!
Best regards,
Lyn and Michael
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School Days
We cannot believe it was almost three years ago that our precious baby came into our life!
Lucas started pre-school two weeks ago and loves it! He loves being a big boy, like his older brother, Craig.
Thanks again, Lifetime!
-Mike & Janice
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My Little Blessing
Hello Lifetime,
Last week, Dominic became officially mine! I am so happy; I thought finalization would never happen.
Dominic is talking walking and playing like all boys do. He gets into everything and loves to be chased. I love being his mommy and look forward to all the other years ahead of us. I do plan to adopt again in three years and I look forward to contacting you again for that one also. I have had the best experience and can't thank you enough for my little blessing.
Thanks again,
Carmen and Big Boy Dominic
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She Holds Our Hearts
Hello all,
Here is a picture from Zion's adoption finalization hearing. Thank you all so much for helping us complete our family!
Zion is a happy, healthy little girl who now holds our hearts. We thank God for her and we love her so much. You are all doing a wonderful mission to help complete families and you are appreciated!
Thank you,
Reginald & Karen
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She is a Joy!
Dear Lifetime,
It’s been four months since we brought our precious little girl, “Makenzie Joy” home. Her middle name “Joy” is indicative of the impact she has on the lives of the people around her. We knew that we wanted to be parents and knew that children are a gift from God, but we had no idea just how much happiness being her parents would bring.
Our adoption journey wasn’t a smooth one, but definitely worth the wait. Thank you for all the support and encouragement you gave us. God has brought us another beautiful daughter.
We are so thankful to God not only for Makenzie, but also for the way our family has been extended by the relationship we have with her birthmother and birth-grandmother. It was such a blessing that we all got to share in the delivery. That time together has allowed us to form a bond that will last a lifetime. We do keep in touch with her birthmother and plan to spend some time with her again in the future.
Finally, we couldn’t end this letter without telling you how wonderful we believe the Lifetime staff was to work with. Your entire staff has truly been a delight. From the very start of the process when we first submitted our application to the end when we took our daughter home, everyone was extremely personable, knowledgeable, and very professional. There aren’t many organizations that we have dealt with in the past that their entire team impressed us the way you did.
We pray many blessings on the entire Lifetime family.
Love,
Timothy & D’Etta
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Our Happy Family
We wanted to update you all on how we have been doing. Charles is growing so big and he is becoming so active! He acts as if he wants to crawl, but then he just sort of lays out on his belly, just like I do when watching a football game.
This is our first family photo and we just wanted to share it with all of you!
-John & DeNise
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In His Time
Hello Diane,
Here is a picture of of our newest addition. She is perfect! An answer to our prayers. We put the entire process in the Lord's hand, and as usual He came though...in His time.
Thank you for all your help,
Joe and Zandra
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Words Can't
Explain Our Joy
Thank you Veronica and Libby!
What a weekend! Only four weeks ago you called to tell us our beautiful baby boy was waiting for us. It was an exciting time, rushing to the hospital and getting to meet our birthmother and our new baby boy. We are back home now and Isaac is doing great! After starting a little bit behind as a preemie, he is eating like a champ and growing like a weed. He's over six pounds now! Michael is the proudest papa on the planet and has big plans for Isaac to be a rock star, look out world!
Words can't explain the joy we feel at being blessed with our new son. He's absolutely perfect! We also feel blessed that we had the Lifetime family to support us through our adoption plan. Veronica and Libby were marvelous and their obvious love for uniting families was a huge comfort to us and to our birthmother during the frantic "drop in your lap" weekend. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Many blessings on the entire Lifetime family.
Lyn and Michael
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One Big Happy Family
Hello Veronica -
It has been very busy the month of June and now we are winding up for vacation for three weeks, then school!!!! Wow, summer will be over before we know it!
Here's a picture our family and our Lifetime baby Ryan. I spoke with Ryan's birthmother the other day. We still keep in contact with her. It was great to hear from you!
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Everyday Life
Greetings Lifetime Family,
Just wanted to share a picture of Angel. She is doing great; learning good things and bad things (daycare). She is a normal 20 month-old spoiled rotten child. She thinks that the world revolves around her. She gets into everything all day long. One thing for sure: she still loves her naps! I speak to Angel's birth grandmother from time to time. They are doing well.
Take care,
-Arthur & Juanita
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Growing Like a Weed
Hello Diane,
We pray that God is continuing to bless you and your Lifetime family.
We are wonderful, we thank the Angels above for blessing our lives with Jayani; she is so precious and she is growing like a weed! At two months she is trying to stand and boy can she eat. She has began to sleep through the night which is good, because Jacob and I never thought that we could miss sleep so much! It is a great joy especially when Jayani looks at us with that beautiful smile on her face.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, we thank you!
God Bless,
Jacob, Susan and Jayani
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My, How You've Grown!
Xavier has grown so quickly in the past few months! Here is a photo of him at 16 months, having fun on the merry-go-round with daddy!
Enjoy!
-Michael & Alonia
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Our Little Princess
Hi Veronica and Lifetime,
Talan is already 10 months old. She is a very happy little girl and is always smiling and laughing. She started walking at eight months, and now runs after her brothers...she loves to play with them. She is our little princess in so many ways!
Her birthmother is doing great and our friendship with her keeps growing. She is a very important part of our family too. Thanks for helping make our dreams come true!
-Jennifer and Gomin
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The Ties That Bind
Our Family Together
Hi Lori and Lifetime staff,
Words really can't express our gratitude to all of you and the happiness we feel everyday since little Riley has come into our lives. We had such a wonderful experience meeting our birth mom and birth grandmother. We were in the delivery room with them until the doctor decided they needed to do a c-section. As soon as he was born they brought him out to us; he was just minutes old. It was an amazing moment! The hospital staff couldn't have been nicer. They allowed us to have a room right next door to our birth mom, and we were able to keep Riley in our room with us. The staff were very accepting and supportive of us as adoptive parents, and most importantly of our birthmom.
Riley is now two months old and growing leaps and bounds. He's smiling and cooing all the time. His big brother is very proud of him, too. We feel very blessed and thank God every day for the wonderful family He has given us and for our birth mom. Her selfless decision to allow us to adopt Riley is so amazing. We know she and her mom truly loved him to make such a sacrifice.
We received your gifts the other day and want to thank you so much. It will be fun to capture his little hands and feet to remember forever!
Again, thank you for everything and for helping so many others like us create their families.
Love,
Jen, Sanford, Brendan and Riley
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Forever Grateful
Diane and Mardie,
I am forever grateful for bringing not once but twice a blessing that words cannot express how we feel. We just got back from SeaWorld and it is so hard to believe how time flies. Jazlyn just graduated from kinderdergarden and Ashlee turned three. It's amazing how time is flying and how quick they are growing. Whenever I talk to adoptive parents I always tell them make sure that you don't stop at one. My girls are true sisters and are very, very close. They have a special bond between them that I love to sit back and just watch whether it's playing Barbies, or coloring.
To all potential adoptive families, just believe and have hope as your dreams will be fulfilled. Keep an open heart and mind and you will be rewarded. I know as we we have been.
Much love,
Archie, Lori, Jazlyn and Ashlee
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