Chris and I have three sons, Caleb -7, Dylan -5 and Nathan -15. And now, we are only 4 months away from having our little girl!

Many people have asked why we have decided to adopt – especially when we already have 3 children. Since I can remember, it has been a desire of mine to adopt a child. I have known for a long time God has called to me to love children in a special way. Chris and I started foster parenting over 6 years ago and have had the privilege of caring for a number of beautiful children. In that time, as we were caring for our foster children, I began thinking about adopting again. As you can imagine, life was pretty crazy for a while with young children around the house, as we were graduating from University, building careers and just living life. I kept telling myself I was crazy to think about adopting another child when we were so busy with our own 3. But God kept tugging at my heart and I kept thinking about having a daughter. Then I had to get my husband onboard! Over the years I had talked about this with Chris but not with much seriousness. I finally knew it was time for the big talk. Chris was actually not hard to convince – Chris has a very loving heart and is a terrific father, so we both knew adding a daughter was the right thing for our family. After finally warming up to the reality, we started making calls to begin the adoption process. From that moment, Chris and I haven’t looked back! The boys picked out the name “Alyssa” for their new sister and we are now very close to knowing who she is! We will receive information on our daughter in December and we will travel to China in January to bring her home!