Our Adoption Story: Cameron & Courtney
Experience the joy and elation of this adoptive couple as they tell their story of adopting their beautiful baby boy Cruze.
Please understand that these blog posts are written to use language that people commonly use when searching for help with their adoption plans. Unfortunately, while many of us are familiar with positive adoption language, most expectant moms that come to us at first do not understand what that means. The most common search term on the internet for expectant moms is “how do I give up my baby for adoption.” If we do not include those words in our blog posts, and instead put “how do I create an adoption plan for my baby” then our website will not show up in most expectant moms’ Google search results.
Experience the joy and elation of this adoptive couple as they tell their story of adopting their beautiful baby boy Cruze.
AFTER 10 YEARS I ran into a girl, well, woman now, I met when I was placing my son for adoption. We were both volunteering at an inner city medical retreat when she came up to me and asked, “This is a little bold but did you ever place a baby for adoption?” I looked at her and immediately I knew who she was. We hugged
Back in 2000 when we adopted our oldest child, Brenley, I wasn't thinking about what life will be like when we finally have all our children in our family. I was just 1. Loving every second of being a Mom. 2. In the process of grieving my infertility. 3.Growing to understand how the whole Birth Family relationship works and 4. I knew when Brenley turned
My name is Alyssa Diaz and I am the current reigning Miss Eagle Mountain and I will compete for the title of Miss Utah in June of this year. As a contestant in the Miss America Organization, I get to choose a service platform to dedicate myself to you and I have I titled my platform Adoption: A Choice of Love. Four years ago I
Do you remember the song from Amy Grant “Baby, I’m the lucky one”? It was a popular song while Brad and I were dating. It was kind of a running joke between us
The first time I ever thought of this concept I was talking to the Adoptive Mother I chose for my son. I was in my eighth month and getting larger by the second. I noticed stretch marks all over my thighs and my belly and thought about how much I had stretched mentally and spiritually during that same time. I remember telling this sweet mother
We are in the “Month of Love” . As we go from place to place you may find yourself walking through aisles of pink and red. Elementary kids are busy making special boxes for their anxiously awaited valentines and probably even more important, valentine candy. February reminds us to tell those special people in our life how much we love them. A little heart shaped
When I first contacted Jared and Rebecca about placing Bryce with them, I honestly didn’t know where to start. I felt like I had so many questions, but what questions were the right ones to ask? How do I start a conversation with someone who could potentially be in my life forever? And I am sure on the flip side of that, adoptive parents feel
It began as I am sure it has with many women dealing with fertility issues) in a hospital as I was having yet another ultrasound. The pain had been growing every month, every day, every time we tried and tried to get my body to do what a woman’s body should. The pain starts out with twinges but as time and reality start to set
“Every day we don’t get a baby means we are closer to the day we do.” This was our mantra while trying to create our family through adoption. It is what brought hope each day. It helped to remember this every time the phone rang and it wasn’t our agency telling us we were chosen. It helped when we watched family members or friends announce a