We have BIG news!
We have decided to expand Our family by adopting a baby boy or girl! After years of soaking up married life, it's time to pursue Gods gift of parenting. There is A LOT of paper work involved, but well worth it. In addition to lots of applications, the amount of money that is involved is overwhelming. We are embarking on this journey in a few ways. We have a partial sponsorship we are grateful to have been offered. In addition to the sponsorship and Our contribution, to complete the adoption we will need $5,000.
I will be keeping everyone posted on the progress of our fundraising!
ALL of our love, Chanel & Jon
My how things change in just 1 year!!! We are so grateful to see the hand of the Lord as clearly as we have during this year! We are so blessed to have each of y’all cheering us on in more ways than one!!! We’re almost done with the adoption process. We’re just waiting on our court date!
Isabel Elena had the most amazing Christmas!!! As did we- purely magical! We can express just how grateful we are for every one of you.
Happy faithful Friday friends & family! It is official- the grace period is OVER! Isabel Elena Whitaker is forever OUR girl!!! We are thriving & soaking her up!!! I won’t be sharing pictures of her on social media. But I will share if you email, DM or text.
Please continue to bless her & cover her in your blessings & prayers!
All of our love!
Chanel, Isabel & Jon 🥹
With a heart billowing with emotion, I share the sweetest update of our lives. Isabel Elena Whitaker was born 7/20/24. She is an absolute JOY!!! God has been all up in this baby’s story. And He is definitely enriching Our faith in Him.
We thank every single one of you who have lifted us in prayer through this journey. We are ALLLLMOST crossing finish line.
If I could have you all help carry us during what’s left of our adoption process journey, the next 3.5 days. Thursday July 25,2024 will be the end of birth moms grace period.
If I can have each of you pray for peace & healing for her heart, mind & spirit. I ask the Lord to guide her as she embarks in living the rest of her life fully. I pray that the Lord would guide her to carry out a life that she would be happy & proud to one day share with Isabel, if they should ever meet later in their lives.
I ask for God to put a hedge of protection over us, and to continue to sustain our energy, our peace & our joy. We find our strength in the Lord & have had to exercise our faith in its fullness.
Thank you all for standing in the gap for us!
All our love , The Whitaker Family
This update is extremely surreal! While Jon & I were away celebrating Our 5 year wedding anniversary, we received a call from our amazing adoption attorney… WE’VE BEEN CHOSEN! 🍾🫶🏼🎉 As if the announcement couldn’t get any sweeter, it absolutely did. To my surprise, We have been chosen to adopt a Latina baby girl due July 2024. Dreams do come true, & Prayers do get answered! We are very excited, nervous & all the emotions in between. We ask with surrendered hearts for you to join us in prayer as we get past what’s left of the adoption journey.
In lieu of a baby shower, we will later be having a Sip & See for those who are able to come celebrate Baby Girl with us.
More updates to come!!!
Prayers up!!! Love you all so much & we are so grateful for your love, support & encouragement.
All our love, C & J
Happy New Year friends & family! I hope your start to 2024 has been full of love. Just writing to update, no new news on Baby Whitaker. At this point, we are praying & continuing to patiently wait on God to pair us with who ever Baby Whitaker’s birth mom should be.
We were instructed to just stay ready so when we get the call, we can be full steam ahead!
Thank you all for coming along side us while we pray, wait & trust on Gods perfect timing!
Biggest hug & all our love!
J&C
