We are adopting a child! As we started our now-ten years of marriage, we assumed we'd be parents easily, but God had different plans for us.
Now, after walking a year-long journey of paperwork, interviews, and prayer, we are now in the waiting family pool with Hope's Promise, an agency in Colorado.
We are beyond excited and are doing everything we can to be prepared to welcome a beautiful new life into our home. As part of our adoption process, and with the vulnerability that comes from asking for help, we have started a crowdfunding campaign. This is why we have set a goal of $10,000 to help ease the financial burden that often overwhelms adoptive parents.
We hope that by inviting you into this process, you will see yourself as part of the community we hope to build around our child as he/she grows up. Thank you for being part of this!
Hello, everyone! Many of you know this already, but many do not. I have been remiss in my updates! Thank you to all who gave YEARS ago to this adventure.
After 5 years of waiting (3.5 years with an approved home study) and 14 years of marriage, we have a quick timeline to share!
- 2/13/23 - I gave notice at my job, as it just felt like there was something different for me to do. I just wasn't sure what it was.
- 2/14/23 - We got a call from our caseworker, Liz, asking if we were both around for a conversation. Aaron was at work, so I barged into the church and knocked on the door where he was in a staff meeting. Liz told us that a birthmother had chosen our profile book and wanted to meet us. Baby Girl had already been born the month prior, and was in a Cradle Care (foster care) home after a time in the NICU. She was born at 32 weeks, but was doing great.
- 2/16/23 - We met her Birthmom at a restaurant in Denver. I think it's fair to say that it was less than 10 minutes into our meal that her Birthmom said, "Well, I feel comfortable with placement happening even today."
What?! We had absolutely no baby things at all, except a carseat that we brought at our caseworker's initiative.
- 2/17/23 - We met our baby girl at her Cradle Care family's house -- precious people who loved her so well during the time she was with them. (We are forever grateful!) Cherie brought her downstairs from a nap, and my first words (amid an ugly cry face) were "She's so tiny!" Baby clocked in at 5 lbs 4 oz, a significant increase from her 3 lb, 9 oz birthweight!
There is so much we could tell you, but Baby Girl has a cold and needs to be tended to. :) For the first six months of a permanent private placement in Colorado, it remains a foster care placement. So, as some of you have seen on Facebook or Instagram.....
Flash forward to today - Cadence Tia Joy is officially, legally a Leggett as of September 15, 2023!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU -- we could not have walked this long road toward parenthood without all of you.
