If you have attended one of our Adoption Education Seminars lately you may recognize Alison...she is our Education Chair on the FSA Committee. We wanted you to get to know her a little better... and meet the rest of her amazing family.
From Alison and Chris:
We are so lucky to have the privilege of adopting two beautiful boys. Mark, our oldest son, was born in 2008. His birthmother picked us out from our profile pictures. She is not a member of the church, but her next door neighbor is the stake president and recommended LDS Family Services. We have an open adoption. Over the years, we have remained close to her and her family. We enjoy spending time with them and having them with us as we celebrate different life events. As our extended family went trick-or-treating in their neighbor last year, we had the opportunity to thank the stake president in person for being such a great example and for recommending LDS Family Services! Mark is a smart, imaginative little boy. He has the ability to make everyone feel special. He has brought joy to our lives that we never could have imagined.
Our youngest son, Nash, came to us in February of this year. Our second adoption definitely took longer than our first. We struggled using the time to tell EVERYONE that we were adopting. We had a couple of hopefuls, but nothing seem to pan out. We held family fasts and did our best to keep positive. Late one Saturday night, we got a phone call from Jeanmarie. She told us that there was a boy that was born a couple of days earlier and the his birthmother wanted to meet with us. We were excited and scared at the same time. Sunday afternoon, we had a chance to meet with the birthmother. She is sweet and cute, and was nervous to meet us. We re-assured her that we were by-far more nervous. We said our good-byes and left the meeting not knowing what her decision was. On Monday afternoon, JeanMarie called and said we could come pick up our new baby boy. Nash is such a delight. He laughs and loves to talk to everyone. Mark is his favorite person in the world. Nash and Mark can talk and laugh for hours. We have an open adoption with his birthmother and his birthfather. We are so blessed to have such fun and loving boys in our family. We are go grateful for the adoption process and the ability to be an eternal family.
~Chris, Alison, Mark and Nash
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