Our prayers have been answered, 3 weeks ago we adopted our beautiful baby girl Fawn Aylee. She is so wonderful. We feel the Lords hand in our life. I just knew that I needed to put our story in here. We have felt so blessed and have seen the Lords hand in this adoption. One and half years ago some close friends of mine helped me start thisblog, which is part of why we have this beautiful girl. We have been waiting to adopt for a few years now, and at the time we were frustrated that our profile was never being looked at. We sent our blog to all our families and friends, with hopes that by word of mouth a birth mom would find us and choose us. We had a few people look and respond, but no birth moms. We tried other avenues and we had someone contact us through our agency Lds Family Services, in the end it was a scam. We tried to go with other agencies but were not finacially able to do it. we had a birthmom come to our home, but she decided to keep her baby. We were going to try to adopt a baby boy from Denver but the spirit prompted us that this was not the child.
Then last summer my cousin Joy called us, she had remembered seeing our blog, and she knew someone close to her that wanted to look at us. The birthmom reviewed our profile and talked with us for a couple months, we grew to love this wonderful young woman, and her husband. We felt we were not sure if it would work out to adopt her baby, we thought perhaps they could make it work and keep their baby. We felt we needed to go and visit her and get to know her and her husband and their little boy. We just could not feel like this baby was ours. We were a little worried about the expense of going and getting our hopes us, and then our hearts broken how had happened in the past, we definitly felt the spirit prompting us to go and meet them. We went and left still not knowing what was goign to happen. In the end they decided to keep their baby, we were sad, but knew they had to do what was right. We prayed for their happiness. Then two weeks later an agency in Utah called us and told us that a birthmom was looking at our profile. We were excited, but in the end she decided to go with someone else. How our hearts were saddened. I felt to stop, that maybe we needed to take a break. I am amazed at my husbands faith, as he told me we needed to keep on. I had been preparing to nurse my baby,since November. Bryant told me not to stop pumping but keep preparing. He told me that the time was really really close and he could feel it when we prayed. So we continued on. Two weeks later my same cousin called me, she told me that her cousin knew someone expecting and if we would be willing to let her look at our profile. We said of course we would.
That is how Emma came into our life, Emma our birthmom had already looked at our profile out of the 10 others her friend had given her to look at. She felt distressed who to choose, but thought maybe it should be us. Georgina was the one that recommened us to her. She had gone to the family thanksgiving Dinner and saw Kayla the previous birthmom, she knew that Kayla was going to place her baby with us. She told us if we had not gone for thanksgiving she may not have known about us. We felt so thankful for the spirit prompting us to go and meet Kayla. We would have never known that Kayla would have helped us to find our baby. Georgina felt to tell Emma about us.When Georgina called Emma and told her about us. Emma told us how she felt so good and it confirmed to her that we should be the family for this baby. We also met a wonderful family taking care of Emma and her two daughters. Without their support and help we know none of this would have happened.
We were able to be in the room when Fawn Aylee was born. As I heard her first cries the spirit filled my heart, and I knew that this was the Lords will. We loved her from her first cries. I have learned so much about sacrifice. Emma is an angel for our family. I will never forget leaving the hospital with our new little girl, I will never forget holding Emma before we left,as both of us cried. How do you thank someone for giving you this Eternal Gift? How do I heal her heart as it breaks?I have not words to describe what I have felt and learned. I know that Emma sacrificed her own desires for her daughter and for us. I hope that I can be just as faithful when asked to make a worthy sacrifice. She gave her daughter to us, and in a small way I feel I understand the sacrifice our Father in Heaven made as he gave His son to all of us.
I have watched my children as they love their sister. When we brought Fawn home, Hyrum prayed and said " Heavenly Father, thank you that we could get the baby finally!" The children have seen the Lord answer our prayers.
As we came home how our heart filled with love, as family members,ward members and friends rejoiced with us. We realized how many people were hoping and praying for us, and the Lord honored their faith and prayers. Our bishop had shaken our hands a few months ago and promised us that we would get the baby we were meant to get. He was right. He told us to pray, and go to the temple to be sure that this baby was the one the Lord wanted to be in our family, we did that, and we felt the sweet confirmation that she is. I have learned that it takes many poeple for a miracle to happen like this and she is our miracle. I have so much I want to say, but most of all I want to say we thank the Lord that our prayers have been answered. We stand all amazed at the Love that has been offered us. For this beautiful blessing of joy!!!Thank you all for all your faith and prayers!
