Our Story

We were married on August 17, 2002 in the Denver, Colorado LDS temple. In June of 2008 after Tim had graduated from PT school we decided it was time to start our family. I felt that we needed to be tested just to make sure everything was okay.  The infertility diagnosis came very quickly.  We were diagnosed in August of 2008. At that time we did meet with LDS Family Services to discuss adoption. It was something we considered very seriously but decided to go ahead with infertility testing and treatments.

After a few years of unsuccessful treatments and endless tests we were told that our only options would be IVF and/or adoption. We prayerfully considered both options and felt that we needed to go the adoption route.  Our process was interrupted by a job change and a move from Colorado to Texas. Once we got to Texas we felt very strongly that we needed to find another adoption agency to go through. After much searching we decided to go with Gladney.

We were approved for adoption at the end of April 2013. It was a very exciting time for us!  Over the next year and a half, our caseworker worked very hard showing our profile to every birth mom that fit our criteria and us hers. At the end of September, 2014 we were finally matched!  The BM was expecting a baby girl. On October 8, 2014 she was born. Unfortunately the next day birth mom changed her mind and decided to parent. We were so devastated!  It felt as though there had been a very tragic death in our family. We took some time to grieve but decided we needed to move on with the adoption.

Shortly after, in November, we were matched for the second time. We were able to meet the BM this time and we instantly fell in love with her. She was expecting a baby boy in December. On December 11th he was born and four days later this BM also decided to parent. I can't fully describe how it felt to have two failed placements in less than three months. Crushed, devastated, angry, the list goes on and on. We thought about pulling out of the adoption process. We even met with an infertility doctor again to start the IVF process. We let our caseworker (who had been so supportive and fantastic through all this) know that our ideal situation would be to get a phone call telling us to come pick up our baby. We knew that this would probably not happen but we were still hoping that a miracle would occur. Well, it did!  The Lord knew our pain and sorrow and He carried us through it!

Tim came home from work on January 27th and asked me to go upstairs, put together the diaper bag and grab the car seat because we were going to pick up our daughter in two hours!  I was completely shocked!  Tim had been contacted the day before by our caseworker letting him know that a baby girl had been born the day before and the BM had selected us to be the adoptive parents. According to law, BM can't sign the parental relinquishment papers until 48 hours after the baby was born so this wasn't a done deal yet. Tim told me when we were literally two hours from the signing. We jumped in the car and headed across town to meet our daughter!  We picked out her name on the drive over. I pulled up some baby names on my phone and read them to Tim as we drove. We both liked Keira so Keira it was!  It was such a strange feeling driving home with an infant in the car that night and it still hasn't fully sunk in yet. We love her so much and feel so blessed and grateful for the opportunity to be parents!  Keira has an amazing birth mom! I am in awe of her courage and strength and I hope that one day Keira can fully understand the miracle that adoption really is.