Author Archives: liza

A little over two months ago, our lives were rocked. We were told that a birth mother had chosen us to adopt her baby girl that was due August 13th. We had only looked into domestic adoption for about 7 … Continued

Picture from America World’s Website (our adoption agency handling our Ethiopia & Haiti adoptions) There is an “unofficial” list of families adopting from Ethiopia within America World who are “in-line” and waiting for their children.  When Jeff and I officially … Continued

Photo from Crossing Borders Project Jeff and I decided to adopt a child from Haiti last fall.  We had completed our homestudy and most of our dossier for Ethiopia and we knew that we wanted to adopt not just one … Continued

As you all know, my husband and I are in the midst of adopting. One of the organizations we have applied for an adoption grant from is Show Hope. Every year they hold conferences to help adoptive and foster parents, … Continued

This past Friday, May 18th, Jeff and I were able to do something we never dreamed we would be doing. We met our future baby girl’s birth mom. With International adoptions, we will most likely never know our child’s parents. … Continued

It has been a few weeks since I’ve written on our adoption blog. Let me tell you, the past couple of weeks have been an emotional roller coaster. I know Jeff wrote about the roller coaster we have been on. … Continued

(Photo credit: Noomizo) I never thought of myself as the poster child for adoption.  I so want to be able to honestly tell you that my whole life I thought I would someday adopt.  But truthfully, adoption didn’t enter my … Continued