Why Do You Want to Adopt?

Any couple seeking to adopt will be asked this question several times. But when you already have 3 children it gets asked with a certain tone attached to it. If you have more than 2 children you know exactly the tone I'm talking about. When you announce the first one everyone is ecstatic, the second, still excited. But when you announce the third you get that you-poor-pitiful-thing-you head tilt and they say in their sympathy symphony tone, "how do you all feel about that?" And when you have any children after that they just take a deep breath, pat you on the hand and feel free to offer any advice they can because, after all, you have probably lost all your brain cells. Ah well. Perception, I suppose.

Look around. The American Dream is expanding. More families are bigger than the standard 2.5 kids than ever before.

Why do we want to Adopt?

Well there are many reasons, but I like this one the best; Why not?

Aaron and I love the sound of being called mommy and daddy more than any other sound on the planet. We love, love, love our children and our family. There are children that need a mommy and daddy to love, love, love them. And we are happy to answer the call.

As a young teenager, I knew I wanted to adopt one day. We were married in 1999 and Abigail came in December 2001. Cole Robert in June of 2004 and A.J. in August 2005. Our quiver became full quickly. After 3 c-sections and 1 tubal pregnancy surgery, my doctor strongly suggested I have my tubes tied. I was completely fine with it. Even months, and even years later I was still ok with it. But in the summer of 2010 we went on a family vacation and noticed all these families with 4 children. I felt like something was missing, and Aaron was having the same feelings. We looked into options but only truly considered adoption.

Because, why not?

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress.

James 1:27

We choose the Spirit of Adoption