We are Matt and Savanna, and Watts.
As many of you know, we are family knit together through adoption. Adoption was something we dreamed about even when we were dating. Fast forward to a few years into our marriage We felt the initial step of growing our family was to do so biologically. That proved not to happen as we had expected. It was at that point, we decided to take a step back and look at the landscape of all the possibilities of growing our family. We were reminded of those early hopes and dreams. After a lot of prayer and conversations - we realized that adoption was the way we wanted to grow our family. Difficulty conceiving isn't the reason we adopted, but it did help direct us in taking that step towards adoption.
We saw the opportunity to come alongside a woman who had loving dreams and hope for her child, and love her and enter into her story, and her entering ours would also allow us to become the parents we so longed to be. She is so brave and we are honored to know her. We thought God was looking to use us and our story in this unique way, what we quickly realized was that we would be blessed in a way we could not have and will never be able to compare or grasp.
After waiting for nearly 2 years, our agency called us in early February 2019. I happened to be driving and Matt was at work. Our case worker asked that I pull over because she had some big news to share. She told us that a woman had chosen us, that she desired to meet us and that this baby boy would be due in a few weeks. I rushed to Matt's work to tell him. We talked about the baby and the expectant birth mom and wept with gratitude and nervousness about the coming days. We hoped our son was a few short weeks away from our arms, yet we also felt the mix of emotions for this expectant mom and all she was going through. We met with the expectant mother and were blown away by her love and felt connected with her immediately. Over the next few weeks we tried to busy ourselves…
Then, finally our Son Lyle “Watts” Jacob was born. We could barely keep it together as they put him in our arms. He had the best dimpled chin and he was in the most peaceful sleep. He was loved, and perfect and everything in that moment and to this day to us.
There is inherent loss, and grief in adoption - we see that, feel it and we honor it. We treasure every day that we are family. I love being his mama and Matt loves being his daddy. Our son is the light of our lives. He makes every day richer and He’s so full of Joy. AND his birth family is amazing, we love them so dearly and are so grateful to have them in our lives.
Several months ago we felt God lay it on our hearts to think about growing our family again. Making Watts a big brother, having another son or daughter. So again, we are opening the door to see what is next for our family. We already love this little one, and God is preparing us to enter into their lives and them in ours. Adoption is painful and beautiful - those do simultaneously exist. In this, we walk into another season of unknowns, of waiting, and of trusting , as a family of three this time. Your prayers and encouragement mean the world.
If you know us and know our story you helped us achieve a miraculous thing about two and a half years ago. We made it a goal to raise about $20,000 in a few months to help with our first adoption, and you all helped us raise the full amount in a few short weeks. We were and still are blown away by your generosity and love.
If you were a part of that thank you again for supporting us in welcoming home our sweet little boy. God has never ceased to be faithful to us and we are reaching out in faith toward this next adoption.
We want to invite you into helping us prepare for this next addition to our family. You can pray for the expectant mother whoever she is and wherever she is right now that in her vulnerability and difficult decision she faces that she would feel peace beyond understanding, pray for our future child that they will know how deeply they are loved all their days. Pray for us that we would be patient, wise, and trust God to provide our every need. Also prayerfully consider what it could look like to come alongside us financially. We cannot do this on our own, though we long to. Yet we recognize that our strength comes from our God and our community.
We are fortunate enough to be partnering with the same agency that helped us bring Watts home. The next step in this process toward welcoming another baby is to raise the funds to cover the administrative fees and expenses. We are anticipating on this adoption costing around $28,000. Your financial support in assisting us to reach the goal means so so much to us. Thank you for loving us and sharing in this with us.
Love, The Osburns
