Lifetime Babies
Looking for successful adoptions? Enjoy some of the photos of Lifetime Adoption babies and read success stories about the most recently adopted babies and children! This page also has updates on Lifetime babies and children adopted in years past. Lifetime has been connecting adoptive couples and birth parents through the open adoption process since 1986. Our mission has always been to create a bond through open adoption that benefits everyone, especially the child.
Would you like to learn about how you can adopt a baby or child through Lifetime? Call us at (727) 493-0933 or request information.
I'm Loved! I'm Adopted! He is our pride and joy! He doesn’t know what it means yet but he will say “I’m loved, I’m chosen, I’m adopted”. |
The Years Have Flown By! Nathaniel turned 2 already! This time last year, he wasn’t quite walking, and now he is running, climbing, and playing soccer all over the house! What an incredible blessing- so thankful for Lifetime and how God is in writing the story! Stephanie |
Happy Halloween! Just wanted to wish you all a Happy Halloween from our very hungry caterpillar Lucie. Our hearts are full. She is pure joy. All our love to you all, Sarah Jean and Jonathan |
Life has Been a Whirlwind!! I still text with Leilani’s birth mom…she ALWAYS comments how she knows with certainty that Ky and I were meant to be Lei’s parents. |
Forever Grateful! We had a fantastic experience with Lifetime. The webinars were very helpful. All the staff at Lifetime were so supportive and loving throughout the process. We will be forever grateful! Maya and Matt |
Just Turned Three! Hello! Just wanted to share some pictures! Our sweet Jared just turned 3! He is doing great and loving all things with wheels! He started play school a couple of weeks ago as well! Jaimie & Jared |
Growing So Fast Hi Diane, Hope all is well! Just wanted to give an update and picture of Theo. He is growing so fast and getting a little personality. He has been the biggest blessing and we are thankful each day that we have him. Thank you all again for everything! |
Carson is 2!! Hi Heather and Lifetime Family! It is the eve of Carson’s second birthday, and she is loving life! It’s hard to remember a time when Carson wasn’t the center of our universe. She is determined, sassy, and sweet…Carson is a miracle simply put. We are so incredibly thankful for Lifetime. Love, |
Sweet Visit Good Morning Lifetime Family! I just want to share our sweet visit with Issacs’s birth mom and grandma. They are both so sweet, and we had a wonderful time! Nikki |
Lucie is One! This first year with Lucie has been a dream come true. She is such a happy, and connected baby and we are so thankful to get to love and cherish her every day. With thankful hearts, Sarah Jean + Jonathan |
An Answer to Our Prayers I just wanted to reach out and say thank you for getting ahold of me regarding Luke’s birth mom! That was an answer to prayer, we haven’t heard from her in a while and I’m so happy she knew to call you guys! |
Three Years! We would not trade our last three years for anything. Jonathan has been such a blessing for our family. We are grateful for his birth mother everyday. Someday, we will be able to tell him his story of adoption! |
Thriving! Carson is THRIVING! This Christmas we realized she is the real-life Cindy Lou Who! Thank you for connecting us with her birth parents! We think of Lifetime often and how without you guys we wouldn’t have our missing piece! |
Wonderful Year It has been a wonderful year with wonderful connections with our birth family. We exchanged Christmas presents from afar and Carter had a video call with them this morning. ❤️. It has all been so wonderful. |
First Christmas I wanted to share some pictures of Lucie’s first Christmas with you all and express the joy we carried through our first holiday season with her in the family. Our hearts are so happy. |
Best Big Brothers in the World! Thank you Lifetime for all that you did for our family. Thank you for being there for us through this adoption journey. We are so glad the Lord led us to Lifetime, we would not have had it any other way. |
Precious Smile Happy Holidays Veronica and everyone at Lifetime! Our sweet Daniela is almost 8 Months and is a joy. We are looking forward to her first Christmas! Michelle |
Cute as a Pumpkin! Our family would just like to say how thankful we are for you and everyone at Lifetime’s help with our successful adoption. Our prayers were answered through you. THANK YOU! We are praying for the good works you do. Bless you and your families! |
Turning 4! Liam is fixing to turn 4 in January! So thankful for him and Lifetime for helping us make our family complete ❤️ Love, Beth |
He Loves Being the Tallest! This season is extra busy for us, as Charles is on two swim teams. As you can see he is towering over both Denise and me and he loves being the tallest one in the house!! We pray you all have a blessed holiday season!! John and DeNise |
Brightens Every Moment Life with Lucie is keeping us busy and happy. The name Lucie means light and she truly brightens every moment. We’re beyond grateful for this little sunbeam in our family. Her wonderful birth mama is always in our thoughts and in our hearts. |
Growing Up Strong! Our Lifetime boys Hunter (9) & Cole (1) are growing up strong! Michelle and Eric Both boys are Lifetime babies! |
God Has a Plan Life has truly been amazing we couldn’t be happier. I remember being told plenty of times God has a plan and the perfect timing and it is so true. She is growing so fast. We couldn’t be any more blessed. |
A Joy and Gift Hi Diane, Hope you are well! I’ve attached an update and have some pictures as well… there are so many great pics to share, sorry for filling up your inbox! It’s hard to believe how much Nathaniel has grown in 2 months! He is such a joy and gift to our family, we all love him so much. He has a sweet and patient personality, he’s curious- especially when he sees an animal- that makes his face light up! He loves soft things, soft blankets, and stuffed animals, he loves to snuggle into something cozy. He loved the water all summer long, and tub time is his favorite part of the day. At Nathaniel’s well check last week, he weighed 19lbs and 8 ounces and he’s in the top percentiles for height- he is a tall boy! He has just started crawling on his hands and knees and is so strong, he can pull himself up to his knees. Nathaniel also seems to really love music. Abe plays the guitar, and anytime he plays Nathaniel starts bobbing his head to the music- it is so cute! Nathaniel is eating baby food, but he’s not so sure about stuff with texture. Recently, applesauce has been a big hit! We did a little vacation to an amusement park and Nathaniel loved it! We were able to take him on the train and carousel and he “drove” us in the old cars- he was grinning and babbling the whole time! We think of his birth mom often and hope she is well. Know that we pray for her when we pray for our families. We respect her and love her so much. Stephanie and Abe |
Boys Are Doing Great! Hi Libby, It’s been a while since I have written you all! I wanted to let you know the boys are doing great! Jayden just turned one and is a BIG boy (in 18-month clothes) who has started walking and “Chatters” all the time. Zachary is now 4 1/2 and has started pre-K. He continues to LOVE all cars and swimming and is an active and very happy little guy. The boys have really started to grow close and Zachary is commonly looking out for his little “bother” as he says. I wanted to take a minute and truly thank you, along with the rest of the Lifetime staff, for all of the support, encouragement, and help over the last year. It was not an easy journey but I am so thankful for your team. Leanna |
Worth the Wait! Hi, We’ve been busy, busy, and Ariana and Lena have gotten so big. It’s hard to believe we started our adoption journey 6 years ago and have two beautiful children thanks to you all. We’ll be praying for other Lifetime families and each of their adoption journeys. I know the waiting is not always easy, but it most definitely is worth it. Megan |
Three Generations Hi Diane, It’s official! Genesis Simone is my daughter. Thanks to you and everyone involved at Lifetime Adoption. |
So In Love with Our Amazing Daughter Dear Jen, I apologize for my delay in responding!!! You should have seen me RUSHING toward Daimian when I read your email the other day!!! I was only half-kidding when I asked him if we could adopt another baby (boy or girl)!!! We are SO IN LOVE with Angel Joy, OMG!!! If only we were younger and had more time!!! (I’m a mom who is always busy with cool things like teaching yoga or meditation or taking the kids to music lessons, etc. I’m already working on getting Angel into dance in November the second she turns 2, and into guitar and piano and drumming the second she turns 3😂💓). However, I am spreading the word!!! I am reaching out to people I know, and colleagues, and will share on Facebook today!!! Adoption has been SO AMAZING!!! Having birthed twin boys, I know the love a mother can feel birthing a baby and I can honestly say that adopting a baby, Daimian and I (and the boys), feel the same love💓💓💓💓 And for me, it’s a great gift to also have a great relationship (via text) with Angel’s birth mom. I can never say enough wonderful things about Lifetime Adoption!!! It’s awesome to hear from you Jen!!! Warmly, Lovie |
As Sweet As Can Be! Hi Veronica, Things are going well. Danielle is as sweet as can be. Her hair is dark and her eyebrows almost look reddish right now. Parenting is going well as she is a good baby. She’s starting the little smiles and coos. 😊 Enjoying every minute! Michelle
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His Best Friend Hello Diane, It has been a wonderful four weeks with Lucie. While I had a quiet moment I wanted to send some photos and share how she is doing. Please feel free to share. Lucie is a joy and blessing to our family. She is adored by her big brother and first thing every morning he runs out of his room to kiss her head and tell her she is his best friend. She is settling into life in our home beautifully. She sleeps well and loves to snuggle. Her little smile is starting to come out more every day and she loves spending time in the carrier walking outside. We adore this sweet little girl so much. Our hearts are full of love and gratitude. All of our love, Sarah and Jonathan |
Fun Watching Her Explore! Dear Ms. Rotz, How are you? It’s been a long time since we last contacted you. I hope all is well with you and your family. Attached are pictures to update you. Ahava has completed 1st grade and will begin 2nd grade in the Fall. Time flies. She enjoys the outdoors and playing with friends. She is becoming a really good swimmer too. Her crafts and science kit keep our house messy, but it’s fun watching her explore. Take care,
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Healthy and Doing great! Hi Veronica! Baby Charlie was born two months early and weighed in at 3 lbs. 6 oz., and was 16” in length. She’s healthy and doing great! We communicate with her birth mom sometimes. I think she is doing well. 🙂 Kristen
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First Day at Church Hi Diane, We look forward to reporting to you a successful completion of our adoption soon and are planning to provide Lifetime with a testimonial once everything is complete and official. Until then, here is a picture of Eliana’s first day at church with us last month and her baby dedication on Mother’s Day. It is OK to share these. 🙂
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Big Day! Hi! We just wanted to send a little update on Chloë because she has a big day today! She completed her first year of preschool today and thrived! She was 1 of 2 kiddos in her class that already knows all their letters and sequential numbers to 20! ❤️ She is enjoying life closer to Mamaw & Papaw and is excited about summer trips back East. Blessings!
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The 3 of Us Hi Veronica, Here is a photo of the 3 of us. We are all doing well. If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/application |
Ours Forever! Diane, Today was Matteo’s adoption day! We prayed so many prayers, and never could we imagine what the Lord had in store for us. This precious little boy has changed our, and our families’ lives for the better. Every single day is a new adventure with him here. We have had the blessing of Matteo for 4 months, and now he’s ours forever! We can never thank you enough for all you did for us along the way, and to everyone on the Lifetime staff for helping to make our dreams a reality. Forever grateful, |
Life is Absolutely Amazing! Hi Veronica! Life with Andrew is absolutely amazing!!! He is a happy, chunky, handsome baby who loves playing with Daddy, snuggling with Mommy at night, and going literally anywhere! We owe so much to Lifetime and could never say “thank you” enough. Please keep in touch! If we can ever do anything to help anyone at Lifetime, don’t hesitate to ask! Allyson |
Adoption Day! Good morning Diane, We hope you are doing well. We finalized the adoption this past Monday, April 24th! Attached are a couple of photos. We want to send our Birth Mom a Mother’s Day gift – what is the best way to send it to her? Thank you! Best, Lane & Watson |
Cute and Sweet Hi Diane, I hope you are doing well! Emersyn is an absolute blessing and we are so in love. Celebrating her first Easter was absolutely wonderful! I hope you had a nice Easter, as well. Lifetime connected us with our amazing birth mother. It is because of Lifetime that we are finally parents to a beautiful baby girl. We can’t express our gratitude to everyone at Lifetime enough! The love I have for my daughter’s birth mother is indescribable. She gave me the greatest gift I will ever receive. Our open adoption gives her the flexibility to decide how much contact she wants to have with us. Sometimes it’s more sometimes it’s less, we love her just the same and view her as a part of our extended family. After five years of trying to become parents, as soon as we met our baby girl we knew exactly why God made us wait so long. She was absolutely worth the wait! Thank you so much! Best, |
Officially Ours! Hi Veronica! We had Ezekiel’s finalization hearing last Friday, so he is officially ours! Thanks again for everything you and the other Lifetime staff did for us and for his birth family! I’ve included some pictures of both of our Lifetime boys. Ezekiel is 7 months now and Ezra is 5 years old. They love each other so much; it is so fun to watch their interactions. Feel free to share the pictures and the above info. Thanks again! Kara & Ethan |
Happy and Thankful! Hi Veronica! We are moving forward! We are so happy and thankful!! Our families are so in love with little Junie! Thank you to everyone at Lifetime. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience. Love,
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Guess who turned TWO? Hi Diane, Today, our Jonathan turned two! It feels like yesterday I held him in my arms after he was born. What a great blessing he has been to our family for the last two years. He is now a full-fledged boy, jumping, running, and climbing. He never walks in the house. Haha. He is now talking in short sentences like, “What’s this?” and very proficient at speaking “Mama” and “Dada.” He now has more words in his vocabulary. It won’t be long before he will be talking in sentences. He loves Baby Shark and he had a Baby Shark theme for his birthday. His friends from church and BSF came to celebrate his big day. He is so loved by many. He’s been attending BSF with June since he was six months old and he is flourishing in his class learning about the Bible and God. He loves it. Every time he folds his hands to pray before meals and before bed, we thank God for this blessing in our lives. We haven’t been in contact with his birth family but we are thankful for Jonathan and we pray for them. God is good and faithful. Jonathan is proof of that. Here is one of the pictures from his birthday party. Blessings, His steadfast love never ceases; And His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23 NKJV) |
Officially Ours Hello Libby and friends from Lifetime, Julia is officially ours! Wanted to share some photos for your website! Love and blessings, Cheryl, David, and Julia
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Adored By All! Hi, Thank you again for everything everyone did for us! As you can see Remington (Ellie) is loving her new room and she has settled in so well. She met friends and family over the last couple of weeks since we’ve been home and she is absolutely adored by all. Her little personality shines everywhere she goes. Courtney and Craig |
She Melted My Heart Hello Ladies! I wanted to give you an update on us. Peyton’s adoption was finalized last month. (Yay!). Today, she is 7 months old and doing great. The doctor has said that she is healthy, clearly happy and she is going to be tall. Peyton melted my heart from day one and clearly the same with my family and even extended family. Peyton has even brought us a new extended family….because Peyton’s arrival was unexpected, I did not have my childcare in place. My niece helped out for a few weeks. But then a friend told me about a woman who had a daycare. My friend told me she closed the daycare, however, she would still ask if she was still in the business. The woman, Ms. Kathy, called me. She said closed her daycare in 2019 after 32 years and she is retired. She told me that if I felt comfortable, she would provide care for Peyton temporarily and she would help me find someone who could do it long-term. She said she would reach out to friends still in the business. Peyton was with her for a week and I noticed something. She was not looking for anyone. The following week she finally told me, I’m in love with this one and no one else can keep her so I’m coming out of retirement and she will be with me. Peyton now has GiGi Kathy, Grandma Lily (her mother-in-law), Uncle Lance (her son), and Paw Paw (her husband). Last story: I have a friend that I’ve been friends with since kindergarten. Her mother called me yesterday and said you know I’ve adopted Peyton, she is my granddaughter. My husband and I are celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary next year July 27, 2024, and I want Peyton to be there. I already bought her a dress. I just want to thank all of you for everything you’ve done to make this dream come true for me. I know there were some rough spots but I appreciate your patience and understanding. Peyton is really a dream come true! Nicole |
She's Brilliant! Diane, As usual, we write and can’t believe how fast time has gone. Hannah has officially started kindergarten. She also started dancing in September. She is learning to read. This little girl is brilliant! She has grown leaps and bounds in the last 6 months. We have had a great six months. We have been able to spend time with family, enjoyed Christmas (she got a Barbie camper which she loves!), and in January we were able to go on vacation with Kyle‘s family. She loved every second of that, especially the swimming. She was able to see Mexico with Kyle’s dad (who is from Mexico), which was really special! We love this girl so much! Love, |
Touching Base Hello Diane, I hope you are well. I was going through pictures for a school project and realized I hadn’t touched base in a while. Jordan is doing amazing and will be 3 in 3 months. She is super smart, in a bilingual school so she can count to 20 in English and Spanish, is taking swimming and gymnastics classes, and is so happy! We remain thankful to Lifetime for helping us navigate the adoption. Here are some pictures! Take care! Tamera |
Life Has Been Busy! Hi Diane, Hope you are doing well and that you had a wonderful holiday season. I wanted to reach out and let you know that our adoption of Theo was finalized on December 9th. I apologize that I am just now getting around to sending you a message, but life has been a little busy. Our adoption hearing was via zoom, so we were not able to get the traditional photo with the judge. I have attached a photo of the three of us that was taken right after the hearing was over. We would like to thank you and Lifetime for everything you did to bring our family together. Thank you |
Learning New Things Hey Diane, We are all doing great! Matteo’s 3rd Birthday was yesterday. We had a party for him this past Saturday and then spent his birthday together. He is making such big improvements and learning new things every single day. We can’t imagine a life without him! Courtney
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Beautiful and Wonderful Good evening Veronica! I just wanted to let you know that he had his first video call with his birth family tonight! And it was so beautiful!! We had very little contact with his birth mom up until this past summer and she reached out wanting to do a video call with her other two kids. It was beautiful and so wonderful to start bridging that relationship! And here’s a pic just cuz he’s cute. Julie
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His 4th Birthday! Hi Veronica. Leo was excited to celebrate his 4th bday! He loved opening presents and he picked out his chocolate cake. It was so good with ice cream. We took the whole family and grandparents to Disneyland in October. Leo liked the carousel and “It’s a small world” ride best. He often asks to sing It’s a small world. He was shy around the characters but still wanted to meet them. We saw so many- Pluto, Daisy, Minnie, Eeyore, Tigger. Almost everyone, but Mickey. 😆 Leo is extremely energetic and talkative. He has been attending preschool and learning how to make friends. At home, he loves to help bake and he is quite good at it! We make bread weekly and Christmas cookie baking was a fun time for him. He likes to roll out the dough and decorate it with frosting. We had snow before the holidays. Leo made a few snowmen with his siblings and he picked out all the carrots for their noses and we had a nighttime snow walk. Walking around the neighborhood is one of Leo’s favorite things. We are all looking forward to the growth and changes of a 4-year-old. Leo is observant and bright. He remembers so many people and places. He likes to laugh and play. He is already asking when he can have his next birthday. 😆 Happy new year! |
Loving Her Wonder for the World Dear Veronica, We are grateful for Lifetime, you, and the entire team. Luna is developing incredibly. She just had yesterday her 3-month baby checkup. She is in the 75th percentile for height and 37th for weight. Her focus and motor skill development appear to be ahead of the curve, and the doctor and us are very pleased. Luna just started giggling more and she rolls in her sleep to her side. She is a strong little baby. I continue to take Luna on all kinds of hikes with me and she seems to be the happiest outdoors. She just loves the fresh air, the waves, and the stars at night. It is so precious to see her wonder for the world. Right now all the Christmas lights all over the neighborhood and mall have her enamored. We will be staying in Hawaii for Christmas and Brant’s parents will come to visit right at the beginning of January for 10 days and we are enjoying as much family time as we possibly can. Sending blessings and Aloha from Hawaii! Liesa and Brant |
Our Hearts are Full Merry Christmas Veronica and to everyone at Lifetime Adoption! Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas full of laughter and joy! Our hearts are so full this year with sweet Jared! It’s been so fun watching him soak in all the Christmas festivities! God Bless! Heath, Jaimie & Jared |
Thriving! Dear Veronica, Luna is thriving wonderfully. She is 25 inches long (99th percentile) and 12lb. 1oz. weight (52nd percentile) and rolled from stomach to back yesterday for the first time at 2 1/2 months old. She started sleeping through the night at 2 months old, which has been so nice and so surprising. Sending blessings your way from Hawaii! Best, Liesa |
A Busy Season Hi Veronica, We’ve had a wonderful and busy couple of months! Desi celebrated his third birthday at the end of June with a dinosaur-themed pool party. He’s such an amazing little kid; so funny, intelligent, and kind. He loves being outdoors exploring, playing with cars and trains, and telling stories (his pediatrician says he’s about a year ahead in language development!). At the end of September Sammy’s adoption was finalized after nine long months. What a wonderful feeling to officially say he’s ours forever and always. His birth family sent us so many kind messages to show their support of the finalization too. Sammy is now busy babbling away, eating anything and everything (he’s already in 18 month clothing!), cruising furniture, and almost walking! He soon will be chasing after his big brother. Then at the end of October we had Sammy’s baptism and so many members of his birth family joined us to celebrate. It was one of the sweetest moments to see him in the arms of his birth mama giving her the biggest smile. We are so blessed to have so much support from our birth families… it’s just that many more people to love our boys! With Thanks, Nik and Sarah |
Beautiful Journey Hi Diane!! How are you? I cannot believe 8 months have passed already since we brought home Remi! We are all doing great and she is such a blessing to our family! We are actually finalizing November 14th! Her birth mom and I are still in touch, we talk about once a week and text often. Miss you guys! Still so very thankful to have worked with you guys who made our journey so beautiful! Thank you again for everything! Hope all is well!! Here are a few pictures! Tara |
Our Little Warrior Princess! Hi Veronica, I just wanted to pop in and give you a little update on Carson! Holidays really bring out how thankful we are for your team and Carson’s birth parents! Without all of you we would not be having the best Halloween yet! Carson is doing fantastic. She’s about a month behind developmentally, but starting to rapidly catch up to all of her milestones she should be reaching! HIE has nothing on our little warrior princess! We really lucked out with Carson’s birth parents! We text them at least 4-5 times a week and we’re already planning a visit for April! I’ve included a photo with Carson’s Halloween outfit for you to share with the team! Thank you so much for all that you guys have done for us! We are eternally grateful! Love, Breezy, Lukas, and Carson! |
Thinking of You Hi Christie, I would love to send a word of encouragement for those in the wait or to a birth mother who is considering adoption. An hour ago I was actually putting Ayden down for a nap. While I was singing to him and swaying tears of joy started streaming down my face. I am just thankful for this little bundle of joy that the Lord has given us. We weren’t sure we would ever get to be parents. We are grateful you guys helped us through this journey and thankful for our birth mother and father who chose us. I keep in contact weekly with our birth mom and have even facetimed with Ayden’s biological siblings! To those in the wait…. I know it is hard to be hopeful, especially if you have gone through infertility, a failed adoption or even both. But please know the wait is worth it. God is crafting that special connection between you, the birth parent(s), and your child. The joy of holding your child and hearing their first cute little noises, make the wait pale in comparison. We would wait for him all over again if we had too. He was worth it! Much Love, Allison P.S. Please pass this note and picture along to Tiffany for me! We are so incredibly thankful for her call that day. |
Been a Minute! Hi there, Been a minute, so just touching base to let you know Charles started high school last week!!! He is 14 and the tallest person in the house. As you can see by the jersey, he is on the football team and he is also on the baseball team!! John |
Blessed with Our Son Hello, I am so thankful we chose Lifetime for our adoption journey almost 9 years ago. We have been blessed with our son beyond measure. Our journey has proven that love reaches beyond blood and DNA. Thank you, Angel |
Our Two Cuties! Hi there, Here’s a photo of our two cuties! We FaceTime Joaquin’s birth mom regularly. Sadly, we have not heard from Vioney’s birth mom in a while. I continue to text and send pics and videos weekly (sometimes more). She kept her pregnancy a secret so I respect that interaction may be too painful for her. When we last heard from her, she said, “Vioney always looks so happy! I can tell she’s well-loved. Thank you for taking such good care of her.” That made me cry a few buckets! Tracy |
Time is Flying By! Diane, Zachary has grown so much and is doing very well. He started 4k in August even though he won’t actually turn 4 until November. We got his school photo back today and I thought I would share it. We spent time with his birth parents in July. We also spent Christmas with his birth mom and her family. We are so blessed to have Zachary and are very grateful for the role Lifetime Adoption played in getting us together. Have a great evening. Kim & Aaron |
My Pride and Joy! HI, Here are some recent photos of my son. He is my pride and joy and I am loving every minute! (Lifetime is very happy we helped her become a mom)
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Strong and Sassy! Hi Veronica, We have been on a tour of our family as Luke’s grandmother is in poor health and my father is in poor health. So we wanted them both to meet Carson in case they don’t get a chance to meet her before we hunker down for RSV season. But we have also been busy setting up doctors’ appointments and therapies for Carson. On a bright note, Carson was baptized this weekend with most of our family present! And we were able to get family pictures taken! She is adjusting to being a mountain girl just fine! Everyone loves her and she is strong and sassy! She just started rolling over about 3 weeks ago but refuses to smile for us. Breezy & Lukas |
Exciting Times! Hi, The boys just started the 4th grade at a new school so that is an exciting time for them. Harper is still a head taller than Jonah, still one of the biggest kids in his class, and almost as tall as Amy which is a little surprising. After a recent doctor checkup, they projected him to be over 6ft tall and around 200lbs. He still loves outdoor activities like biking, swimming, and sports. He played another year of baseball and really had a good time. He has made good improvements by not only practicing and playing on the field but at home as well. Although he played first base again he used his saved money and recent birthday to get some catcher’s gear. He will probably try and play that position this season. This year Jonah also played baseball but prefers basketball. Both are still golfing but don’t get quite as excited about it as the other sports. Typical for kids their age. Hope all is well! Troy & Amy |
We're Official! Hi Heather and Libby, Wanted to send you a note to let you know today was adoption day. We met with the judge via Zoom this morning, and we are officially a family of four. We are truly blessed to call ourselves the parents of Kyrah and Kyron. Here’s photo evidence of their cuteness! Thank you for helping us find these precious little ones. Best, |
A FIVE Year Old?! Diane, We have had a packed summer so far. Summers up here are GORGEOUS, and we try to be outside as much as possible! Hannah tried soccer again this year and got to be on a team with Gracie. Hannah does not like soccer. She LOVES dancing and gymnastics though! She loves singing too. She got a scooter for her birthday and loves alternating between riding that and her big girl bike. We have had lots of fun including lots of time with family, a big family camping trip, a family lake house trip (16 people in 1 cabin!), Seattle trip, California trip, and of course her fifth birthday party! We cannot believe she is about to start kindergarten! I get to be off work for most of the next month with her before she goes, and we are both so excited! Not a day goes by we aren’t grateful for this precious girl we were chosen to parent. Hope all is well! Kyle and Jeanna |
What a Blessing for Us Hello Christie, We can not say what a blessing adoption has been for us. It seems like James has always been a part of our lives. The relationships that we have built through Lifetime Adoption will be long and positive. James has filled our hearts and home with immeasurable joy. David and Jenna |
Highlight of Our Days! Hello Veronica, I hope all is well with you. I just wanted to send you an update. Matteo is amazing and the highlight of our days! He starts kindergarten in about 3 weeks can you believe it? We went to Alabama to visit his birth family over the 4th of July weekend. We had a blast and we love each other beyond the stars. This adoption was truly God-given! Thank you again for all you did and all the patience everyone had over the years! I have attached a picture for you to see! Brianne |
Look Who's 6 Months! Lifetime would like to congratulate Noel and Sydney on the adoption of their handsome boy! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/application
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Our Story Hi Christie, We want to share our story with you and others and thank you again for all you do and all the heart you pour into it, we feel it on the other end! Almost 4 years ago, the Lord put on our hearts to adopt a child and we very gladly started the process. We contracted with Lifetime in early 2019 and prepared all we could in anticipation of our baby or babies coming. We started to pray for the birth mother God had chosen for us and her baby/babies, even though we had no idea where they could be nor when we would meet them. It took longer than we expected, 3.5 years, but we chose to stay focused and to keep praying for them, asking the Lord to protect them and guide them to us. Our hearts were set to open our home to the baby or babies He had for us and raise them as if they were our own flesh and blood. Mid May this year, I was doing dishes when the phone rang. It was Christie who informed us a birth mom wanted to talk to us about her 6-month-old baby girl. 2 days after, indeed she called us and we connected so naturally. Her heart and love for her baby were so obvious and beautiful. It was not easy for her to choose adoption but she wanted a different life for her daughter than what she could provide so she gathered her courage to make an adoption plan. She had carefully looked at families until she saw our profile and felt that it was what she had been looking for. What an honor it was for us to be chosen and trusted in raising her baby! We enjoyed talking together very much and then we met in person 3 days after. She introduced her baby to us and the connection was so real. This precious treasure smiled and laughed, she was so at ease in our arms from the very start, which was one of the things we had been praying for. This really confirmed to our birth mom that she was making a good choice for her baby. 2 days later, she signed all the papers and we received custody. As you can imagine, our lives changed instantly! We had prepared for that moment as much as we could but how can anyone be fully prepared to become parents within an hour? And we love being parents! Our baby girl is such a burst of sunshine. She is full of life and joy and yes, energy! It is beautiful to see her grow and learn and discover. She loves nature, animals, music, and people, especially meeting other young children. She makes people smile everywhere we go. We are so very thankful to the Lord and to our birth mom for choosing us to become the parents of such a treasure and for trusting us to raise her. Adoption is so beautiful, it brings redemption and a real solution for birth moms who are not in a position to raise their child for whatever reason, but who can choose a family, among so many, who are ready and very willing to embrace their child and love and care for him or her as their very own flesh and blood. Lifetime chooses their families very carefully and prepares them well so when they do get their phone call, they are ready as much as possible to rise up to the wonderful call of becoming parents. We really love and respect our birth mom for her love, her courage, and her heart. She is a beautiful person and she will always be loved, respected, and prayed for in our family. If you are in a situation where you can not raise your child, you don’t need to worry, you can simply share with Lifetime and they will help you and guide you so you will have peace of mind that your baby or child will be able to grow in a loving family. If you are a family who God called to adopt, be faithful to your calling and be patient in prayer. That child He has set aside for you is on his or her way. He is faithful to His Word as we allow Him to prepare and guide us into His ways. May the Lord greatly bless you and deeply reveal to you that He is the adoptive Father to all those who choose to embrace Him as such. He will never fail you nor forsake you! Buck and Veronique |
Life is Good! Hey Veronica! Life is good. This kid is amazing! 4.5 years old and just loves life! Spends hours at the pool and is a lover of all people. ❤️ This boy!! Julie |
So in Love Hey Christie! Here are a few pics of our sweet boy. We named him Brandon Luke. We’re so in love! He is doing so good and we love him more than words can say! 💙 We appreciate everything that was done for our sweet Birth Mom and us! Emily |
Bundle of Joy Hello Veronica, I hope you all are well! I just wanted to pass along that Siena’s adoption was finalized on Tuesday!!! She’s such a bundle of joy and we’re so blessed! Thank you and to everyone!! -Tressa and Steve
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Sweet Peas Hi Diane. Here are the photos I took of our two sweet peas. Thank you again for all your help and prayers. It meant the world to us. Niambi and Vincent
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Wild Road Hi Veronica – Wanted to share with you pictures of our Eliana ❤️ Thank you again for journeying this wild road with us! 🙏🏽🤎 |
Jared is Six! It is hard to believe that our little guy is 6! He is thriving. He loves school, bulls, dirt, being outside, and keeps us on our toes! We can’t imagine life without him. Thank you Lifetime for giving us our little man to complete our family 💙 We hope you are all doing well. God Bless, Kerri and Shay |
He is Ours! Hi Julie! One week ago today was Robert’s adoption hearing. He is ours! I wanted to send you a picture. He’s doing so well and growing faster than I can buy clothes. He’s a very laid-back baby and is sleeping through the night already. God bless, Virginia |
Loved by So Many Hi Diane, Hope you had a great Easter and are doing well. Last month, Jonathan turned ONE! Can you believe it? A year went by so fast. Many people who prayed for him came and celebrated his birthday and what a blessing it was! He is so loved by so many people. We also had a phone call with his birth family on his birthday. He is a full-fledged toddler now walking everywhere and keeping us pretty busy. It is challenging but we love watching him exploring and learning about the world. And he loves the church. What a blessing he is. He is an everyday reminder of God’s faithfulness and goodness. Here are some pictures. One is from his birthday with a special birthday dress (it is called Hanbok, a Korean dress) and the other is his Easter outfit. June |
Two Wild! Hi Christie, I hope you are well! Can you believe it’s been 2 years?! Over the weekend we had Xola’s “TWO Wild” 2nd birthday party with all of her friends from daycare and church. It was such a special time to celebrate her and think about and pray for her birth mother. Xola continues to amaze us every day! She’s talking, feeding herself, working on potty training, and helping feed our Boston Terrier who she calls “Dog Dog”…lots of big girl things! She loves daycare and her teachers describe her as a “mother hen” because she likes to care for her classmates. She also moved to the toddler class at church and loves learning about Jesus and the special relationship that she gets to have with him. It’s amazing to see her developing into the person God created her to be. Each and every day we are overwhelmed with gratitude to Lifetime for bringing Xola into our lives. She has opened us up to a new, deeper love than we ever thought possible. Again this year for Xola’s birthday, we asked friends and family to make donations to Lifetime Foundation in her honor in lieu of gifts so that you all can continue the important work of building families because it is our hope and prayer that other hopeful adoptive families will be able to experience the deep love and joy that we have had these past two years. Thank you for all that you do! Love, Todd, Anna and Xola
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Praying for Her Birth Mom Hi Diane, Here’s a current pic of our beautiful daughter. Please share with her birth mom and let her know we pray for her regularly. 🙂 Gus and Catie |
Our Team is Official! Lifetime would like to congratulate Jared, Andrea, and their kids on the adoption of their sweet daughter! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/application
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Growing Like a Weed! Hi Veronica, Leo is growing like a weed! He is in the 95% for height, which has been surprising since he is a preemie. When we go places, people often comment about his height. Leo LOVES outdoor time. We walk or ride bikes to the playground often. He especially likes the swing and exploring the neighborhood while on his balance bike. Leo knows the alphabet and can count to 14. He can look at a letter and then tell us whose name it starts with. He knows all the colors. His favorite toys are still matchbox cars and someday he wants a toy-sized jeep to ride around in. 😆 Leo is a great eater- he’ll try anything. He loves water and bath time. He is very talkative. We are pretty sure he is an extrovert! Hope you are well, Kim
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Thanks for Your Friendship! Thank you! We just had our finalization hearing with the judge and it’s official!!!! Thank you so much for all your help, guidance, and friendship through this adoption process. I’m happy to be a reference for Lifetime. Please stay in touch 😊 Hugs, |
Finalized and Official! Lifetime would like to congratulate Noel and Sydney on the adoption of their precious boy! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/application-adoptive-families
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Absolute Best! Hi Linda, Can you believe this little guy is going to be 2 on Saturday??? We are in swim class. Our first one was Sunday-not a fan yet. He’s smart but doesn’t say much-YET. Being his mommy is the absolute best thing in this world. He is my heart ♥️. |
A Wonderful Celebration Hi Veronica, Just wanted to check in. Jameson just celebrated his 1st birthday. Because of you and Lifetime, we had a wonderful celebration with our son. He’s a healthy happy boy. A big boy! He’s nearly half the size of Oaklyn! Oaklyn is a wonderful big sister and absolutely adores Jameson. And he adores her. Our family is just as it should be. We couldn’t have dreamed of a more perfect little boy. He was meant to be with us. We’ve kept in close contact with his birth mother. She came down to visit for Halloween and was supposed to come for his birthday but got sick and was unable to come. We’re looking forward to traveling to NY this spring so Jeff’s family can meet him. We had a great experience, and, in the end, our journey went pretty smooth. Hope you are both doing well. Thank you both for all that you did and helping me get through some tough moments. Em |
Busy Playing Hi Veronica! Gabrielle is doing well. She has an appointment next week for her nine-month visit. She just started crawling about a week ago. She makes sounds and loves to yell and is totally a mommy’s girl. We keep her pretty busy with activities and playing with her brother. She is our perfect little angel. Brandon & Megan |
Angel's Homecoming Hi Tiffany, we made it home yesterday via Angel Flight Soars. Angel was in the NICU 100 days and we are now soooo glad to be home! 😇💃🏿🎉 |
Adventures of Benny Hello! As you can imagine life has been pretty busy the past few months! We wanted to share some pictures of Benny since coming home. I still find it hard to believe he has only been home with us for a few short months. Benny is such an adventurous, silly, and bright little boy! He has completely stolen the hearts of our family and loves chatting with his grandparents and cousins everyday! As it turns out, his cousin and him share a birthday (born within hours of each other) and they instantly became best buddies!
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Most Precious Christmas Gift Hi Veronica, It’s been a little over a month since we received the call about our little guy coming into the world and we are still shocked with how the entire situation came together so quickly and perfectly. Our little Samuel was the most precious Christmas gift and the perfect way to end a year that was filled with so much heartache and loss. We are so grateful for Samuel’s birth family and how they surrounded him and us with love as he joined our family. And Desi is fully embracing the role of Big Brother, helping with feedings, diaper changes, and “playing” with his little brother. We can’t thank you all enough for your work in blessing us not once, but twice, with two amazing little boys. Our Lifetime babies are loved beyond measure! Thanks, Sarah and Nikolaus |
Just Turned Two! Hello! Our little boy just turned two and I thought I would send an update! We are doing wonderful and we are so thankful for our son Liam Chase! He is the best little boy and he is our world! He is so sweet and so smart!! Of course we might be a little biased!! Beth |
Adventurous, Funny and Happy Hi Veronica, Here are some recent pics of Leo. Leo is 3! He had a pediatrician appt and he is in the 80th percentile for height and 75th for weight. Hard to believe he was a preemie! He is growing like a weed and talking, asking questions. Leo’s favorite things are still cars (anything with a wheel) reading books and music. He got a toy guitar for his birthday and he also loves “playing” the piano. He is very musical. We go often to watch the trains in our town. Leo also loves donuts and we had some the morning he turned 3. He kept asking to relight the candle so he blow it out. 😆 Leo also enjoys the outdoors. We got outside to enjoy some snow over Christmas and we’re getting back out to swing at playgrounds now that the weather is warming up. We rarely get snow, but it stayed cold for a few weeks. Leo’s personality is adventurous, funny, happy and he knows what he likes/wants. He is a joy! Kim |
We are Forever Grateful Hi Veronica! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year’s! We just wanted to touch base, we are forever grateful for Lifetime and for you helping us each and every step of the way throughout our adoption. Boston aka “Boss” is now 4 months old and is thriving! He’s been such a blessing in our lives and is true evidence of God’s hand in our life. Thank you again for all you do, hope you and everyone at Lifetime are doing well! Mike, Jen and Boston |
Learning Lots of New Words Hi Diane, Happy holidays to you. Just sharing an update on Jordan who is 19 months, running all over the place, and learning lots of new words in Spanish and English. Hope all is well! Tamera |
A Lot to be Thankful For Hi Diane, Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. We especially had A LOT to be thankful for this year! What a great year it has been! Jonathan is going to be 9 months in a couple of weeks and next month we will be celebrating Christmas as a family. 🙂 And here is the picture on the day Jonathan’s adoption was finalized. God is good and He has been faithful even though we were not. June Be strong and courageous. – Joshua 1:9 |
We are Very Grateful! Thank you! We very grateful for you and all your help! Grateful to Lifetime Adoption for never giving up on us and for leading, guiding, and encouraging us in each step! It’s amazing how the whole process worked and are truly blessed God lead our paths together!
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Look Who Turned 15! Hello Ladies, All is well.. Look who turned 15 a few days ago! It’s her first year in high school. 9th Grader. Here’s some recent pictures of her. Sincerely, Juanita
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Thanks for Blessing Us! Hello! Just wanting to send an update for Carter. He is amazing. So happy go lucky and just a lover. Thanks to his Birth Mom and Veronica at Lifetime for blessing us! Julie
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Baseball Future? Hello all, Hope you all had great weekends and enjoyed the fall holidays. We’ve been remiss in sending pictures over – please see the attached 😊 Alex
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Ours for Five Years Now! Hi, On the 19th of October our adoption had been final for 5 years! He started kindergarten this fall, loves soccer, tee ball, and duck hunting with his daddy! Here our some of our pics from this summer! Hope everyone is well! Shay, Kerri and Jared |
No One Can Resist Those Cheeks! Hi Veronica! Jameson is doing great! We can’t believe it’s been almost 4 months! Our families and friends were absolutely thrilled when we told them the news. No one can resist those cheeks! He’s a healthy, happy, growing boy, who is very loved. Oaklyn absolutely adores her brother. She sings to him all the time and calls him cutie pie! Jeff and I are enjoying seeing his personality develop and watching him as he is introduced to the animals on the farm. We are excited for his birthmother to visit at the end of the month. Aside from teething, everything is spectacular. Like he was meant to be here all along! He’s going to be a big boy! He just had his check up and was in the 95% for height and 83 for weight. Emily and Jeff |
How Time Has Flown! Hello Lifetime family, We thought we’d share an little family update. This is Cole, we adopted him almost 3 years ago and wow how time has flown! Cole is doing amazing, he’s a smart fun energetic boy. Today he starts his first day of preschool. We want to thank you for all you have done for us and making our dream come true to be a family. Thanks, |
He is a Huge Blessing in Our Lives Hi Diane, We had a court hearing this morning via Zoom and Jonathan is now legally ours! What a ride it has been. Jonathan will be seven months this Saturday. He now crawls everywhere, climbs small steps and grabs on things to stand. He is growing way too fast! And we believe he is going to be an early walker. Trouble ahead… God has been so faithful this year and we can’t thank Him enough for Jonathan and all that came with it. He was worth the wait and a HUGE blessing. Thank you so much for being a part of our lives. Here is the slide I made for Jonathan’s last six months. Blessings, |
Birthday Princess Dear Ms. Rotz, How are you? Today is Ahava’s birthday—mine too. We celebrated at Hershey Park last weekend. She’s five already!!!We’re still trying to wrap our brains around how fast time flies. We are often in awe when we stroll down memory lane and look at pictures of us when we first held her. We just smile and giggle when we compare them to where we are now. Ahava gets a kick out of looking at her baby videos and pictures too. Bobby and Tachaundra |
Our Little Munchkin! Happy birthday to our little munchkin who turns 3 today!! 🎂🎉🎈🥳🥰 He is smart, funny, likes to be goofy and keeps us on our toes all day long! He loves to swing, go on the slide, jump on the trampoline and wave his American flag. We are so amazed at how far he’s comes and look forward to seeing what this next year will bring as he starts school! |
Our Hearts Are So Full! Hi Christie!! I wanted to share that we went to court last week and Ricky is officially ours! 🙂 I don’t know if Michael and I will ever come down from the clouds, our hearts are so full!! Thank you to you and everyone at Lifetime for your help and prayers through the years!!! With lots of love, |
Soaking Up All This Love Hello Ladies! I’ve been meaning to write you guys an update for months but we’ve been so busy soaking up all this love and sweetness of our beautiful Norah Rose! She’s grown so much and learning to do all kinds of new things. We just love watching her play and talk, it’s amazing the love and connection we immediately had for her. Norah turns 8 months this coming week and has been measuring in the 104% for her height and weight at all her check in’s so far. She enjoys attending our church’s Kids Day Out program 2 days a week and loves hanging out with her Mimi and PaPa on momma’s other workdays. We’ve gotten to experience the pool this summer and she absolutely loves the water. There is so much more I could tell you about her but I’ll let the photos speak for themselves 😊 We have been in contact with her birth mom a couple times and she was happy to hear we’ve also connected with Norah’s full blood brother’s adoptive family as well. It’s so neat to see videos and photos of him, they look so much alike and have very similar personality traits. We looked forward to seeing him grow and develop as well. I’m not sure we’ve ever fully thanked you all for everything Lifetime has done for us. The Lord led us to you all for a very good reason, we learned so much and grew both as a couple and more importantly in our relationships with the Lord. We are so very thankful for all the ladies at Lifetime that helped us thru this journey, even those that didn’t have direct communication with us. Renatta’s story she shared about this time last year helped us heal from our failed adoption and confirm our calling to also become foster parents. While we had a much longer wait and harder journey than we thought we would going into it, we see clearly now all the moments the Lord used in very unique ways to teach us. He used you Lifetime to help us remain faithful and we needed that so much. You all also taught us how to communicate with birth families, how to remain flexible, and to manage our expectations. All of these things helped us with our first foster placement of two young brothers that were with us from a month before we got Norah to April this year when they went back home to be with their mom and dad. We’ve bonded so well with that whole family and remain in close contact via text, cards, and even visits! It’s so hard to explain just how much you all have meant to us, thank you! Love and Blessings! |
First Day of Kindergarten! Dear Ms. Rotz, How are you? Today is Ahava’s first day of Kindergarten. It’s hard to believe that this time has already come. I remember the first time I held her in the hospital. It doesn’t seem all that long ago. She was really excited. She seemed to have no first day of school jitters. I was the one with the jitters. She is growing up to be a brave and confident girl. I hope it never wanes. Sincerely, |
We Have Been So Blessed We just wanted you all to know our adoption is officially final! We have been so blessed by all the work by the staff at Lifetime and are grateful for all the time you put in to help complete our family. Michelle |
Two Bottom Teeth Already! Hi Diane, It’s been a while. Things have been crazy a bit in our house. Jonathan will be five months in a couple of weeks and he has two bottom teeth! He is rolling over a lot and now he is figuring out how to put his knees under the belly ready to crawl. It is so much fun watching him growing each day and he’s been an absolute joy in our lives. We just finished our last post placement visit and The Family Network will get the paperwork together to send. Everything is going smoothly so far and we can only thank God for the blessing. Happy to share our story with other families. Here are the most recent pictures of Jonathan. Thank you Diane! |
This Kid is BRILLIANT Hi! Happy summer! I can’t believe it, but our girl is 4!!!! She still remains the most innately joyful child I have ever met! This kid is BRILLIANT! She is feisty, expressive, active, and perfect. We have had a busy few months! Grandma and Grandpa (Kyles parents) bought a vacation property here so we have gotten to see them much more frequently! This girl LOVES them! Papa taught her to whistle so she does that all day long! We have spent time with my mom a lot as well and she adores her too! She is learning to ride a bike and doing so well! She started swim lessons in June and is a little fish! She also started a gymnastics/dance class this month and adores it! We have been enjoying our beautiful summer with beach trips and playing outside! She is still the best big sister ever. We had a good adoption lesson last week. She had a new teacher at gymnastics with the same name as Hannah’s birth mom. Initially she looked at me when she heard the name then went back to her class. Later she came up to me and asked if she grew in her teacher’s belly? We had a good talk about her birth mother and other people with the same name. It’s great watching her make that connection. Still lots of big talks to come I’m sure. We love this girl more than we ever thought possible. So blessed to be her Mommy and Daddy. Love, |
Very Proud of Him Hi there, It has been a busy summer! We are enjoying being able to venture out and see family once again. We took a much needed vacation to Michigan and enjoyed time at the beach. William has been flying airplanes with his dad and enjoying the views from above. Will ended the school year with an A/B report card. We are very proud of him and look forward to his 7th grade year. He will be taking Advanced English and Algebra 1, the latter being a high school credit! Will also decided to stick with playing trombone for another year in his middle school band. 🙂 Our boy is growing, growing, growing!! Still crushing it in baseball and soon to be a force to reckon with on the football field! Enjoy the rest of your summer! xoxo Bubba and Camisha |
Over the Moon! Hi Christie!! We all are doing great!! Ricky is a great baby and is so, so loved!! He is all smiles in the morning and evening. He definitely loves his bottle and gets a little upset if it isn’t ready when he is lol. He’s a great sleeper, 8:30-5:30 every night ❤️❤️❤️ I started back at work today and have been getting photos from our daycare provider showing that he is getting loved on there too ❤️ What can I say, Michael and I are over the moon!! |
We Are Grateful Hi Tiffany, We are so grateful that we chose Lifetime to help us grow our family. The adoption process is so full of ups and downs but you all were with us thru all of them! Now we have two beautiful children and can’t wait to see who they become! |
Couldn't be Cuter! Hi Christie, Lucia is doing great and we are so happy with her. She couldn’t be cuter and we’re so blessed to have her in our lives. Thank you all so much for all of your help making us a family 😊 Michael and Andrea |
She's the Most Joyful Child Hi Jen! It’s been a while and I figured I would reach out and give an update on Zoe! She’s FOUR now. Can you believe it? She’s the most joyful child, loving all things rainbows and unicorns. She loves school, her friends and even our Minnesota winters. Life got a little more busy in the best ways when we were surprised to find out her sister, Lily, was on the way! She is now 2. Zoe is the best big sister and watching them grow up together has been a true joy. After Lily came along I was struggling to find a book that reflected our family and helped start open adoption conversations – so I wrote one! It publishes in October and I am hoping to send you all a copy in case it’s helpful to any other Lifetime families. Once again, thank you to everyone at Lifetime for making our family possible. We are truly grateful each and every day that this little girl is part of our family and it would not have happened without you all! Rianna |
He is Doing Wonderfully! Hi Veronica! I hope you are well. I’m just sending along a few updates for you. Cruz is doing wonderfully! He is smiling now, and enjoying being outdoors and looking up at the trees and birds. Cruz was recently dedicated in our church, and his birth mom and her children were able to make the drive up to witness it! It was amazing to see them and watch her other children interact with Cruz. We have have remained in weekly contact – usually just a text message and a photo. We absolutely love our relationship with her. I will send along some photos and keep you posted. Thank you for everything! |
She's Walking! Good morning Diane, Hope you are well. Can’t believe it’s been more than a year since I took Jordan home. Her birth mom stays in touch mainly on major holidays. Jordan is doing great – she has 6 teeth and is now walking. Here are some pics. Take care!
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Already Five! Hi Diane! He is just about done with preschool, playing his first team sport (soccer), signed up for Kindergarten and Tee-ball! He loves to be outside all the time and playing with his dog Duke! Thank you for helping us find our perfect little boy! This is him in his Easter suit! |
Happy Spring! Hi Diane! Hannah is so excited for that! She got to spend time with her new baby cousin too (5 months old), and she is obsessed. We are loving time with friends and family! We enrolled Hannah in pre-k in the fall! She is growing too fast! She is brilliant! Literally everyone that meets her comments on how smart she is. She is learning letters and writing, and she is only 3! She is leaps and bounds ahead of her peers! She just started soccer recently! She is warming up to the idea of playing. (Gets nervous). This week she would go kick the ball and then run back and hug the coach! So cute! She continues to love being a big sister! She still calls Gracie “her baby” sometimes. |
A Joy to Our Family Hey Veronica! Hope you are doing well! It seems so strange sometimes that we don’t have to communicate with you guys like we did during the adoption process. Everything is going so well with our little girl! She is such a joy to our family! With anything though, comes some growing pains at times. We are having a little bit of an issue – nothing major and I’m sure nothing unusual for adoptive families – with sibling relationships. Do you guys have any resources on strengthening sibling relationships after adoption? Blessings, Amy (Note from our staff: We do and are happy to share these resources with you, contact us today!) |
Happy Spirited Girl! Hello Veronica, It’s been so long since I sent an email just to say hello and provide an update on Avery! She’s 9 now and such a spirited girl. She’s in 3rd grade, loves guinea pigs and singing and is just a happy girl. Vanessa |
Growing So Fast! Hello Tiffany, We just wanted to say hi! We are doing well and Cyrus is growing up so fast! LaKiesha |
Life Changing Year! Hi Christie, Hope your week is going well! Can you believe, one year ago today, you called us with news of our sweet Xola?! This first year has been a whirlwind! It’s been both hard and amazing and life-changing. Xola is doing great! She’s loving going to daycare, she’s taking music classes and she loves to dance. She’s started walking at 9 months so she’s pretty close to running at this point! She’s curious and strong-willed. We are so grateful to her and to Lifetime. For her birthday, we have asked her guests to donate to Lifetime Foundation in lieu of gifts so that you all can continue to do the amazing work that you do. We see God in Xola each and every day and we are so grateful that Lifetime was the vessel that God used. Our advice for new adoptive parents in the first year is to take advantage of the Lifetime webinars!!!! They help prepare you so much. I wish we had done more of them. Cheers to Xola’s first birthday! Many thanks and blessings, Anna & Todd |
Blessed Day In and Day Out Hi Christie! Chloë just turned 2 and she is a tiny little ball of personality. VERY tiny… we finally hit 20 pounds which is not on the growth chart but she makes up for it in allll the other ways. She loves to be outside, play with her kitties, eat French fries and face time with our family – especially her cousin! We are blessed day in and day out to be her parents. We also enjoy updating her birth parents on her through photos and videos that we send them. I hope that you are also well. Always, Albert, Keyanna, Chloë, Virgil and Vladimir P.S. do you have information specific to families that are interested in adopting with you a 2nd time? WINK WINK. |
Enjoy Seeing Him Thrive and Grow! Hi Veronica! Baby James is one and a half years old! We are enjoying seeing him thrive and grow! We are so thankful for Lifetime! Thank you for all you do. |
It’s Official! Hi Veronica, I hope you all are well and as always thank you for bringing our family together 💕 Katie and TJ |
Hugs and Kisses Hi, We want to update our Lifetime family about our son. He just turned 4 on Saturday. The best part was the smile on his face when we sang to him. Otávio does well with his video chats with birth family and he knows we are his mommy and daddy. Thanks! Irene and Chris |
Time Flies! Hi Veronica, Charles turned 13 on Sunday!!! Time flies when you are having fun!! He is almost my height and eats more than me!!! John & DeNise |
Pinch Myself Everyday Hi Ladies! Can you believe that Maddox will be 4 in 2 months? He will be a PreK student next school year. I am a little emotional. Maddox is excited about going to “Mommy’s school”. Maddox amazes us every single day. I pinch myself everyday. I cannot believe that he is real! We cannot thank you enough for what you have done for us. Love, Kevin, Tequila, and Maddox |
My Favorite Thing to Do Hi Diane, Renatta! I hope you’re both doing well! Just wanted to share these pics with you because sharing Lily pics is my favorite thing now lol. She turned 3 months 9 days ago and we can’t believe how expressive and giggly she is already. God bless, Renée |
She's Amazing! Hi! Just wanted to send an update! Hannah is amazing! We were able to see some family over Christmas. Hannah has a new baby cousin and loved going to visit her. She held her ALL the time while we were there! She loves being a big sister to Gracie and still refers to Gracie as her baby. She is learning her letters and how to write her letters. She still loves singing and dancing! We are so blessed by this sweet girl of ours! -Kyle and Jeanna |
Turning 12 Already! Dear Diane, I hope you and your family are safe and healthy during this crazy time. Langston turned 12 in September, though it was a quiet birthday. We got together with his best friend Tyler (born only a few days later, October 4) for pepperoni pizza and for Langston, red velvet birthday cupcakes. He does not have much of a sweet tooth, but he loves red velvet cake! Langston has been in online school since last March 12, so there is not much to report regarding his extracurricular activities and relationships at school. The isolation of the pandemic has been a stresser for him, as he is still such a happy, social person. We are hopeful for the vaccine soon, so that we can begin to get things going for him again. He is taking vocal lessons and acting classes via Zoom this winter, and this summer, he went to Film Camp (via Zoom of course). He is so very curious and creative. Langston continues to be an excellent student, and has made the Honor Roll each semester since starting middle school in the Fall of 2019. His middle school starts their students in 5th grade. Last semester his average for all his classes was 94.5! Math is always a bit of a nail-biter, but he works very hard to push through it. He has the motivation of maintaining at lowest a “B-” average with his classes, so that he can continue to play Roblox and other video games online with his friends! Hopefully, there will be more information about Langston’s activities next year. Take care! Robin |
Belly Scooting Good morning Diane, As we head into the New Year I just wanted to send you a note and say thanks for all of your support this year. She is belly scooting (rocking and back on all 4s so I think crawling is coming soon), has 2 bottom teeth and we just started swimming lessons. Happy New Year! |
Congrats! Lifetime would like to congratulate Ruiky & Stephanie on the adoption of their sweet little girl! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/application |
Joyous and Blessed Christmas Hi Veronica, While I didn’t get around to sending holiday cards this year (because, well, 2020…), we wanted to send you and the Lifetime team our sincerest wishes for a joyous and blessed Christmas and New Year. We have been abundantly blessed this year with the gift of Ellie, and we are so thankful to Renatta, you, and the whole team for what you’ve done for our family. As of the end of January, we will be able to move forward with the final legal steps to make Ellie officially ours! She turned three months last week, is a whopping 15 lbs., sleeps soundly through the night, adores her big brother, and is the happiest baby with the sweetest smiles and giggles. Merry Christmas and a blessed 2021 to you all! Katie, TJ, Ryan, and Ellie |
Happy Little Girl! Hi Robyn and Tiffany! We are moving right along with our adoption post-placement visits and couldn’t be more excited! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🥰 |
Fiercely Loved Hi! I hope this email finds you well. I just wanted to #1 say “happy holidays”, and #2 send along a recent picture of our little Luke. He is two and a half now, and the center of everyone’s universe. He is fiercely loved. I’m also happy that I have been able to maintain contact with his birth mother. In fact, she brought her sister into the mix, so now I have contact with both of them. It’s a blessing for sure. Thank you for everything you did to help bring us all together! Merry Christmas! Fondly, Melissa |
Santa Visit Hi! Merry Christmas to everyone at lifetime too! Love, |
Merry Christmas to All!
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Fourteen Now! Hello Ladies, I wanted to say hello. All is well with us. Angel is 14 now and in the 8th grade. She is still sweet, very talented, and loves to draw. Happy Holidays!! Juanita |
We Can Hardly Believe He is Almost Two! Hi Veronica, Leo is almost 2! We can hardly believe it. He is quite the observer and loves to check everything out and busy himself. He uses many words now and even started saying his own name this week. Our daughter loves having him mimic words, so he is learning quite a lot.
He’ll be graduating to a toddler bed soon. We’re not sure how that’ll go, but he is a good sleeper, so we hope he’ll love it and stay in it. 😆 Merry Christmas! Kim |
Christmas Came Early! Hey Veronica!
We are thrilled and grateful to the Lord for what He has done in our family. We continue to have a close, wonderful relationship with her birth parents and Caroline’s half-sister.
Merry Christmas to all of you at Lifetime, Amy |
Beautiful Two! Hello Ma’am, Hope Thanksgiving was wonderful. Here’s a picture from October. Have a great holiday. |
Our Perfect Family It was 4 years on October 19th that we finalized our Lifetime Adoption!
Here are his latest 4.5 year pics! God bless, |
Can't Get Enough of Her Hi Christie, I hope you are well! I just wanted to reach out today to let you and the Lifetime team know Xola’s adoption finalized!
Again, I just want to express my gratitude to you and Lifetime for being the vessel to bring us together. It is undeniable that Xola was meant to be a part of our family. With gratitude, Anna, Todd and Xola |
Good Morning! Good morning and happy November! I hope y’all had a fun Halloween, a beautiful All Saints’ Day, and a restful DST weekend. We wanted to share a photo of Joseph‘s first Halloween and All Saints’ Rob and Michael Ann |
Crazy Three Months! Hi Diane! Hannah is doing SO well! She is one of the smartest, most advanced, and spunky 3-year-olds I have ever met. I call her my threenager 🙂 ! She amazes us every day. She is loving the new house. We painted her room pink like she wanted of course. She is working on learning to ride a bike. She still loves singing and dancing. She seems to love being a big sister more and more every day. She still refers to Gracie as “my baby” about half the time. It is absolutely adorable. We spent a lot of time going to the lake this summer which she loved. Swimming is one of her favorite things. Hannah is literally one of the most innately joyful kids I know. She teaches us so much every day. 3 years later and we still know daily that we are so blessed to be her parents. Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy! -Jeanna and Kyle (and Hannah and Gracie) |
An Absolute Joy! Hi Veronica, Ellie continues to be an absolute joy and the perfectly intended addition to our family. She is the sweetest baby and cannot get enough snuggles in. She’s snoozing on my chest as I type this! Ryan is very protective of her and loves kissing her forehead and playing with her. I hope it stays that way! She’s smiling and cooing and really interacting. We can’t wait to watch her blossom over the next couple months. I’m including a couple of photos from her newborn photo session 💕 Katie |
How Much My Life Has Changed Hi Tiffany! Griffin and I have been a family for 2 years and 2 months!! Juli and Griffin |
So Perfect Jen!!!!! It’s the most surreal feeling EVER!!! We are over the moon. She’s just so perfect. It’s a literal dream. Thank you for reaching out to me, we’ve definitely been walking around with exhausted grins lol. I’m wonderfully sleep deprived!! She is the BEST snuggle partner ever. Her brothers might not share though 😉😅 It definitely feels like yesterday that we had our chat and now… We have our girl 😍 God is amazing. All the love, Petra |
Family Time Here is a picture that I’m not sure if I sent. Hope you have a great weekend! Blessings, Amy |
Four Months Old! Hello Veronica, Summer has been a little crazy for Seth on fires. Praying that things slow down soon and we all receive some rain. Amilia and I are doing great at home! She is such a happy baby and loves talking and putting everything in her mouth! She is almost rolling from her back to her tummy and we will be starting her on a little bit of food in a couple weeks since she will be 4 months old!!! Mary & Seth |
A Blessing Hi there, I just wanted to send you a picture to share. My friend I referred was also matched. What a blessing you all have been to both of us. Tamera |
Want to Say Hi and Share Some Photos! Words can’t express our joy! He is the light in our world! Love you all! PS: He loves his big brother Noah!!!! |
Most Amazing Relationship Hi. I hope you all are doing well. I wanted to share an update with you. Gaige is 8 already and in 3rd grade. Where did the time go?? We still have the most amazing relationship with our birth mom. She is part of our family and I can’t imagine this journey without her. Gaige is growing into the most responsible kind hearted little girl. She is truly our blessing. Thank you for bringing us all together, Lori and Derric |
Happiest Kid Ever Hello Veronica! Hope all are safe and well. Here are our precious family pics. Once again thanks for all the help in getting us this little blessing! Still happiest kid ever💙 Julie, Mike & Carter |
Adorable and Awesome Here’s our super adorable, loving, awesome, smart, handsome 20 month old. 💕❣️💕 Aaron & Kimberly |
Where Has the Time Gone? What a crazy year it has been!! Tomorrow William turns 11 and I honestly don’t know where the time has gone! We hope you and your family are healthy amidst the Covid 19 pandemic. In spite of all the challenges this school year, William still managed to make all A’s and will move on to 6th grade this fall. His teachers have recommended that he enroll in advanced Math and English classes, and we couldn’t be prouder. He also wants to try his hand at learning to play an instrument so he will take band class too. Football and baseball are still his favorite sports. We have stayed close to home during the pandemic. Will has been busy swimming, riding his bike and making his first strawberry pie. It was delicious! He also planted a small garden as part of his at-home science work. So far, it’s produced tomatoes, blue baby potatoes, jalapeño peppers, and 4 crimson sweet watermelons. Not too shabby. |
Happy and Grateful for Everything Everything is going great with Miah. She had her first doctor’s visit this week & she now weighs 9lbs 4oz. 😊 Also, I wanted to share one of our photos. We are overjoyed and so thankful to you & all of the other amazing staff members at Lifetime who made our dreams come true.💓 |
Joyful and Amazing Big Sister Diane, We have had a busy few months! We have done lots of hiking and playing outside. Hannah is learning to ride a bike, and LOVES it! We go to the splash pad and lake whenever we can. Oh and we bought a house! Hannah is so excited because the neighborhood has a playground and a splash pad! The love we have for this girl is unlike anything we could have imagined. We can’t imagine life without her. She is our world. Not a day goes by that we aren’t so grateful for being chosen to be her parents. This is a crazy time in our nation. Hope everyone is staying healthy! Thank you for everything! Jeanna and Kyle |
Family Ever After Hello! Just wanted to update everyone on how we are doing! Liam is the best baby and we are so blessed! He is our world! The adoption was finalized on the 29th of June and we are so thankful!! Tyler and Beth |
Celebrate! Hi Diane, Thanks again, |
Doing Great! Hi Diane, Hope all is well. I can’t believe a month has passed so quickly. Here are recent pics of Jordan. She is doing great! Tamera |
A Dream Come True A note from our Coordinator, Becky: I spoke with Melissa yesterday, she and her husband adopted from us nearly 20 years ago! She is helping a friend research adoption and is encouraging her to work with us. She mentioned sending over a few photos of their son and I said we would LOVE to have them. When they received the call from Mardie that their birth mom was in labor, there was a big storm heading their way and they were not sure they could fly out to CA. Mardie assured them it would all be okay and that she would care for the baby until they could arrive. Thankfully, the family was able to make it out ahead of the storm and met their baby boy hours after he was born! Hi Becky!! I found a few LOL good photos on my phone. So just to give you a little info…. We live in PA & Cade was born in Sacramento, CA. We were matched with his birth mother September 2000 & Cade was born December 30, 2000.
We couldn’t have asked for a smoother process than what we experienced at Lifetime Adoption. We truly believe Cade was meant to be our son. He is a dream come true. Melissa, Rick, and Cade |
Imprinted on My Heart Hi Christie, Thanks for reaching out! We are doing well! We are finally getting into a rhythm and we have Xola on a great schedule that’s giving us about 4.5 hours of sleep at night between feedings, so we feel like humans again…LOL! From the time we first reached out to Lifetime in 2016 and chickened out of signing on 3 times between 2016 -2018, Kim King was just as helpful and kind each time, which let us know we were choosing the right agency. When we finally signed on in 2019, it was seamless and just easy…but let me save some this for our review! I’ve attached a couple pics of Xola. She’s growing and changing so much…it’s crazy! She’s beautiful and strong-willed (already). It took us a little time, but we know for certain, that she was meant to be a part of our family. Thank you Christie for getting us to our little girl. I will never forget getting that call from you at 8:00 AM saying “Sooooo your birth mom had the baby”…your voice and that moment is imprinted on my heart. Love, Anna & Todd |
Happy Family Hi Jen! We are pretty happy with our little family of 3! Can’t believe Grayson is 4! Rachael and Ryan |
Our Family of Three! Hi Jen, This has been an eventful year for us as we bought our first house and took our first international vacation as a family of three! Jamaal and I will keep Lifetime employees, birth families and adoptive families in our prayers. You have reached out to us on the anniversary of our Family Day (we don’t use the term Gotcha) as our adoption was finalized two years ago today. For the past two years we have done a fun family outing to celebrate however, due to social distancing restrictions we are celebrating at home this year. One of the ways we celebrated was to participate in the national Front Porch Project where a local photographer took our photos from our front porch! I have attached some pictures from the photo shoot so you can see how much Michaela has grown since you last saw a picture of her. We are forever indebted to your agency for matching us with Michaela’s birth family. All our best, Jamaal, Erinn and Michaela |
He Never Ceases To Amaze Us! Hello Veronica! Hope you are doing well. Thought maybe you could use a pick me up during this time. This kid never ceases to amaze me. Such a happy wonderful boy 😍 Julie and Mike & Carter |
Such a Joy! Dear Ms. Rotz, Stay healthy and take care. Bobby and Tachaundra |
Happy Easter! He is Risen!!! This glorious statement has a double meaning for our family this year. Jesus Christ is fully alive and Robbie has surfaced from the ocean deep to meet his son! Our family has been reunited and we are blessed beyond belief. Sending our love during the most amazing holy day of the year! Blessings and Aloha, |
Our Three Month Update! Hi! We hope and pray everyone is safe and healthy. Remember to wash hands! |
Our Family is Complete! Hi Jen et al, We adopted our son Joseph in feb 2014 thanks to your help- and I remember that we were in touch with you Jen-Hi!(we’re a French couple Iiving in Boston at the time) Since then and after a move to the UK and a lot of hard work we welcomed our twins Gabriel and Victoire through embryo adoption (which means I was pregnant with them!) in dec 2018. We really wanted an open adoption this time again, and were able to achieve that thanks to the agency snowflakes. Again, we wanted a Christian agency. We’re now in touch with both our kids birth families and amazingly, they’re about an hour away from each other in Ohio! Our family is complete (which I never thought I’d feel!) but we’ll keep on advertising lifetime to our contacts and diverse Facebook groups. Here are our children, Joseph is the proudest and nicest big brother ! Confinement has been exhausting but super fulfilling, we’re enjoying seeing our kids all day long but both have full time jobs!i think it’s a lot easier for people that fought hard to build their families to deal with how exhausting children can be sometimes Very best wishes to all at lifetime and thank you ! Charlotte, Francois, Joseph, Gabriel and Victoire |
Spreading a Little Sunshine Hi Linda! I was just thinking of you and wanted to spread a little sunshine your way! Roman is 20 months now and I can’t believe how fast the tome has gone by. He’s a busy toddler now, he loves music, dancing, the Hulk, and playing with his big brother! I hope all is well with you during this time. Be safe! |
Blessed Beyond Measure We adopted our beautiful girl, Mia, about two and half years ago. She was almost 2 at the time. She hasn’t missed a beat even during the transition. She is an amazing little girl who loves the farm, the cows and jumping in mud puddles. We have no doubt that God’s intention was for her to be part of our family. We are grateful to her birth mother for choosing us. Mia is super outgoing, and she just lights up a room. Our family and friends have embraced her and she has them. The ladies at church all want to be her grandma, and the youth at church treat her like their little sister. (Mia calls them her big friends.) She is so smart and picks up on anything you say or do. Her beautiful brown eyes tell you exactly how she feels, and she gives the best, tight squeeze hugs we’ve ever had. My heart melts when she says, “Mama, I love you.” We love her with all our hearts.
We are blessed beyond measure to have this spunky, sassy and sweet girl in our family. Thank you to Lifetime Adoption for your help and guidance. Jerry and Vanessa |
Over the Moon Excited! We are over the moon excited to have Josiah and words can not express how grateful we are you connected us to his birth mom. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!! We are in baby heaven and love and cherish every moment with him. He is pure gold! 🙌🏼❤️🥰 Our lives have gloriously changed and we couldn’t be more thrilled. He was meant for our family indeed! 😭❤️ We are so grateful for you and your patience in helping us connect with his birth mom. Even when we were discouraged you had the hope and faith we needed and for that we are so grateful!. THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! A couple of days ago I wrote a post on FB that I think you should see. I meant every word! It’s amazing how a human being this tiny can bring so much joy and love with him 😍🥰 There are no words to express how grateful we are to God for entrusting us with Josiah … how grateful we are to his birth mother that chose us. In our book she is a hero for giving him life when society told her to do otherwise and then choosing us to raise her baby. What a privilege and what a gift?! 😭😭❤️❤️. We are forever grateful for our Lifetime agency that connected us to our birth mother! They have done an amazing job! |
Our Beautiful Daughter Thank you for reaching out. My husband and I have been talking about adopting again but haven’t made a decision yet. Thank you for all that you do! Chasiree and Terin |
Smiles and Hope Diane, Praying for your Lifetime family and all birth and adoptive families, especially during this trying time. |
We Love Him! We Whaley Love Him! |
Very Blessed Hi Lifetime! We are very blessed to be together. Here are a few sweet shots of our sweet baby boy.
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Wonderful Miracle Hi Diane, Now we understand more clearly why we experienced all we’ve been through, coz it led us to this wonderful miracle. Thank you soooo much for your thoughts and prayers for us. God answered us! Thank you for the card and the book. We love it! Richard already read it to her actually. 😍 Please send our regards and thanks to everyone at Lifetime. You are all the best! We couldn’t have done this without your guidance. |
Life With Our Newest Member Hello, I can’t believe it has been almost 8 months since we flew out for the birth of our baby boy Nico. We listened to all the webinars retelling stories of parents who received the call that they had matched and immediately had to fly across the country, but never did we think that we would be one of those people caught up in a whirlwind match and hopping on a plane two days later for the birth. Nico’s story and ours still feels so incredible. The way little details fell into place at just the right timing (even though it felt like a roller coaster ride at the time) continually confirms to me that a greater hand was/is in play for all of this. We had the opportunity to spend time with his birth parents and their families at the hospital, and for what could have been an awkward situation with people we had just met on the phone turned out to be a huge blessing. It was wonderful to be with people and get to know these kind people who were just as concerned as us about the well-being of this child. We couldn’t wait to get home, and once we did our new normal began to take shape as we adjusted to having a baby in the home again. The older boys were enamored with their youngest brother from the second we walked through the door. They look to engage him whenever they can, they play around him constantly, and try to help him all the time. As a result, Nico smiles the second he hears their voices and twists and turns until he can see them. We are so in love with Nico, and he fits into our family like he was made exactly for us and us for him. When working with you guys at Lifetime I was not always sure if this was really going to happen. It seemed too surreal sometimes, but with each phone call or webinar or card in the mail I felt the nice reassurance that we were a part of something real. And when we had questions or needed immediate help, someone was always available. Now, he is here, and you helped shape us into a family of 5. Thank you! Sean, Erin, Jace, Maddox, and Nico |
Blessed and Proud Parents Hi Katelyn! I wanted to check in with you guys and let you know that Caroline’s adoption was finalized last week. We are so blessed and proud to be chosen as her parents! We are so happy that we get to love this sweet girl forever!! Thank you all again so much for the help and support over the last several months. Thanks to Lifetime for helping us complete our family ❤️ |
A Fun Update! Hi, Wanted to send a fun update! This past summer, my husband and 2 sons drove to Alabama to visit with our birth daughter (Lindsay, now 18) and adoptive family. We stayed with them for a week before driving back, with Lindsay, who got to stay and visit with us before flying back home. We had a great time and shared many great memories. Hardest part is being so far away now after building such strong and personal relationships over the course of that month. But, we are very thankful for our time and exploring a piece of their life in Alabama. This photo we recreated from their adoption portfolio! We went back to the home that they lived in when we went through the adoption process. But, added us and Lindsay to it! |
Walking on His Own! Hi Diane, Leif is growing a lot. He just started walking on his own..a week before his 1st Birthday! |
So Blessed to be his Parents Hi Diane, We just wanted to let you know that Desi’s adoption was finalized on January 24! We are so blessed to have been chosen to be his parents and know that he will be ours forever and always! Thanks again for all your support over the past months and for helping make our family complete! Sarah and Nikolaus |
The Greatest Blessing Hi Tiffany! As we begin this new year, I can’t help but think where my family would be if we hadn’t been led to Lifetime. Lincoln has been the greatest blessing to our family, and brings so much joy (and noise ha!) to our home. He turned 3 this February, but I felt like it was just yesterday we were bringing him home. Again, we are so grateful for Lifetime, and all the love and help you provided our family. God Bless, |
So Much Fun! I hope you had a Merry Christmas and got to spend some time with friends and family! It was so much fun with Jack this year. He really got opening presents and talked about Santa a lot even if he wouldn’t sit in his lap! And he loves looking at Christmas lights. Lifetime since you have been such a big part of our family over the last 6 years, thank you! Here are some pictures of Jack from Christmas! Love, |
Such a Joyful Toddler Hi! -Jeanna and Kyle |
We Just Can't Get Enough of Her Hi Tiffany and Happy New Year! I hope all is well. We are great! Love, |
You’ve Stolen Our Hearts Good afternoon Lifetime Team, We would love to share some photos of baby Joseph for your families in waiting. We know how much hope seeing baby photos gave us. We’ll be sure to send a picture of Rob and Joseph’s first embrace in the springtime. Thank you for everything! You’ve stolen our hearts, Joseph Benedict! We are eternally grateful for our relentless prayer warriors; you’ve stormed the heavens with loving intentions. With unfailing love, |
Happy New Year! Happy New Year! I wanted to touch base and wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! I hope you are all doing great. |
Extremely Blessed Hi Diane, Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are ready for the New Year.
Cheers, Andrea and Adolphus |
Pure Joy! Hello, We had a wonderful Christmas. Here is a picture of our Zoey and her big brother Jameson.
Taylor and Kyle |
Her First Christmas! Merry Christmas! Keyanna and Albert |
The Love of our Lives Hi Becky, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! |
Our Lifetime Babies Hi, Here are a couple of pictures of our children. One is of our two Lifetime babies, and the other is our non Lifetime baby, as we did not want to exclude her!
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Our Family Today Thank you Lifetime Adoption for all you do to help couples become families. We have two young people adopted through Lifetime in 2003 and 2005. Our daughter has just made contact with her Birth Mum. We were in Houston when we adopted her and the Birth Mom in Nebraska. We moved to the UK in 2006, so imagine our surprise to find she moved to the UK in 2010! My daughter is delighted to be able to fill in her early history and we plan to visit her Birth Mom in February. Here’s a photo of the family taken a few weeks ago. We have an amazing brood of teens, all adopted. Tim works in marketing. Peter, in the middle of picture, is 17. Naomi is doing A levels at school and Benjamin (holding the dog) is doing his General Certificate of Secondary Education and is very talented musically. They all give us many blessings. God bless you as you continue your precious work. David and Ruth |
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas from a very happy family! |
Our Amazing Girl Hello! I have attached a few photos of our amazing little girl we adopted through Lifetime. I hope you have a Merry Christmas! Best, Melissa |
Wouldn’t have it any other way Merry Christmas! |
Such a Joy to Our Family Leo has been such a joy to our family. Leo had his first trip to visit Kim’s parents in Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving. It was his first of many trips. Our extended family members adore him. He left with four teeth and came home with EIGHT! Leo is such a blonde haired little sweetie pie! We ❤️ him! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Kim, Skeets & kids |
Already a Month Old! It is so hard to believe Raelynn is already a month old! We are still processing her birth and the hospital stay where we really got to spend such precious time with her birth mom and family! It has completely changed us and our hearts are so full. We love that we get to love her biological family, too! We have seen God’s hand in this entire process and as soon as we saw Rae for the first time we knew exactly why the wait took the time that it did. Raelynn’s cleft lip and palate don’t slow her down at all and she is such a trooper. Her doctors all seem to love her and are as proud of her as we are! |
Can You Believe? Can you believe that six years ago today, this guy officially received our last name? |
Holiday Wishes! Hi Diane, |
Thinking of You! Thinking of you and all my Lifetime family! We are so blessed this holiday season! Sarah, Colby and Jack |
Heart Warming Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us! |
Absolutely Smitten Caroline is doing so well, we all love her so very much! |
Joy in Our Hearts Hi Diane, |
Can't Help But Fall More in Love Hey Katelyn, We are doing great! She got her first full set of shots yesterday and was a trooper! She’s getting so big now and we can’t help but fall more in love with her every day. She recently started smiling at us and she rolled over from tummy to back yesterday for the first time at the doctor’s office (our doctor said it’s amazing since that’s a 4 month milestone and she did it at 6 and a half weeks!) Here are some recent photos our Elizabeth, and one with the three of us. It’s amazing how love just opens your heart instantly. We cannot imagine our lives without her in it. She was completely worth the wait and even though we were faster than most, it still felt like a long time. She was worth every single second of waiting as she is the perfect fit for our family. |
Celebrate! Jared is now 3.5! |
Growing So Fast! Hi Christie! Chloë is growing fast, rolling allllllll over the place and has two little teeth poking through! Thanks! |
His Favorite Word... Hi Diane! Kameron is doing well. He’s walking like a champ and has learned quite a few words. His favorite word right now is “eat”, but he can also say football, light, no, go, mommy, daddy, sister, dog, school and tell us when it’s raining. He can also count to 10. He is also quite the dance machine. He loves music and really loves to be the center of attention. He has gotten almost all of his baby teeth and likes to brush his teeth. He is such a sweet boy, and is such a joy to have as part of our family. 🙂
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Our Sweet Girl is Growing Fast!
We wanted to send another update! Boy is our sweet girl growing fast! We survived the move, and have made it through 2 days of snow already! The girls are adjusting wonderfully. It is amazing to be so close to family! Hannah continues to be full of energy! She is so joyful! Everyone continues to adore her! She is shy at first, then outgoing and loves to talk! We have had quite an eventful last few months! We said bye to good friends, moved across the country, Jeanna started a new job, the girls started a new daycare, and Kyle is about to start a new job! There is a lot to do outside here, so it is awesome! Hannah still loves swimming, dancing, and singing. Gracie ADORES her, and the feeling is mutual. Gracie is getting more and more mobile and now likes to follow Hannah. She is growing constantly. We look back at pictures and wonder where the time has gone! As always, there isn’t a day that goes by that we aren’t forever grateful for the opportunity to be her parents.
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Celebrating His 11th Birthday!
Langston turned 11 this September 29th! He celebrated his 11th birthday with his best buds in New York at the show, “Beetlejuice” on Broadway! Langston began Middle School this fall (similar to Junior High in other parts of the country). As a 5th grader, it is an adjustment, but he loves it and says he was “ready to leave Elementary school.” He is in Choir and Tech Club. He continues to pursue acting as well. He plays tennis and basketball in the fall, and will most likely play baseball next spring. He is a hard-working student – all “A” and “B” grades, though he continues to find math a real challenge. At 11, he is 5′ 2″ and his shoes are men’s size 8 – he’s gonna be tall, we think! He continues to be a thoughtful, generous, soulful human with a fantastic sense of humor. Everyday it is a pleasure to parent him. We are grateful every day. Robin and Val |
Quite the Charmer
Leo is 9 months old! He is quite the charmer. Leo has a wonderful smile and really enjoys all people. He has two bottom teeth, but the top two cut through and should fully be in soon, which makes it easier to eat!
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Such a Precious Little Girl!
Summer time is wrapping up. We have had a very dry summer so I’m not sure that the leaves will be very showy in their colors as Fall comes around. I think of you often but especially in this time of year. I just wanted to say hello and share a few pictures with you. You can share them with others at Lifetime. We just finished up our first family vacation to Florida. We looked it up and we were a little too far away to come to the Florida office but hopefully in the future we can. This girl if ours lived the water both the ocean and the pool. A beautiful relationship is continuing to grow with our Birth Mom! She and I text several times a month. I’m so excited for what that will mean for Miriam. I can not believe Miriam turned 21 months old in the 20th. How in the world she is almost 2 blows my mind. The time has went so quickly.
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Little Leo Summer Highlights
Leo started crawling this week! We went on vacation to Bigfork, Montana and spent a day in Glacier Nat’l Park. Leo loves being in the front carrier on hikes. Leo is cutting two bottom teeth. We hope they are fully up soon! He started eating rice cereal and LOVES it! Eating pureed pears. Doesn’t like green beans or sweet potatoes, yet, but will reintroduce them soon. Leo loves being outside in the grass. When he is really cranky, outside time cheers him right up. Leo’s adoption was finalized a few weeks ago. Leo is active. He is curious, attentive and fun. He enjoys watching the dog and is very observant.
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Get Ready...
19 months! Running everywhere- personality is fabulous! Getting louder each day. 😂 100% boy! Loves biking with Dad! Love this boy so much!
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So Full of Love
‘Thank you’ still can’t not even begin to describe everything that Lifetime did for us and our little family. -Kristi |
Back to Our Roots
I just wanted to let you know we finally moved to back to our home state! We just moved into our new house a few days ago and we are busy unpacking. Harper is doing great! She has been a very late teether. Her first 3 teeth popped through the same day she turned 18 months! She now has a total of 5 teeth (4 molars and one front bottom tooth-wise)! |
In Awe of Him
I hope you and the Lifetime family are doing well. It’s incredible to me how the time has flown by. Zachary is 9 months old already and Aaron & I are in awe of him as our love for him grows stronger every day. Zachary’s demeanor is still as sweet as the day he was born. Every Sunday we are greeted by Zachary’s fans as everyone from the Kids Unlimited staff to the Pastor is anxious to hold him and show him love. Kids Unlimited even used his pic on Instagram to promote Kona Ice one Sunday. There’s so much to love about our new family dynamic, I especially love the bond he has with his Daddy. He also loves his furry big brother, Nico. Zachary is happy, curious, smart, and now that he’s crawling things are starting to get interesting! The most common phrase we hear from family and friends is, “He looks just like you!” 😊 We are 100% positive that this match was ordained by God! Kia and I have been staying in touch via text and I’ve sent photos to her monthly. She had scheduled a visit in June but had to cancel at the last minute. She did not respond to the last text I sent with Zachary’s 9 month old photo. I’m praying all is well with her and we’re hoping she can make a visit soon. Kimberly and Aaron |
Her First Birthday
Kacie and Alan If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application. |
We Are Officially Family!
Thank you to Lifetime and all the staff for helping us begin this journey. Kim & Skeets |
Sweet Moments
Thanks Again, |
In Love With Their Little One
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An Amazing Blessing Thanks Linda!
Matt & Andrea |
Parents Forever! What God already intended is now sealed by the courts of the land! In both photos Joey is on the left and Connor is on the right. |
Looking Forward to What the Future Has in Store Hi! Here are some recent photos of William. He had a great school year and will be moving on to 5th grade. He finished the year with all A’s, assisted in the computer lab, made a run for a position on student council and was a reading buddy to kids in lower grades. We are so proud of him and the work he does in and outside of school. His baseball team were runners up for county champs this season. It is always fun watching him at bat. He usually sends it far into the outfield. We hope you are enjoying your summer. We have been busy visiting family, fishing and swimming. Football practices begin next week and Will is eager to get on the field!! |
A Fun Visit Hi Diane and Renatta! I hope all is well with you both! As Diane might recall, we took Tori to visit with her birth parents last summer and it went really well so we went back this summer! It seems to work that our new tradition will be to take a long weekend and visit with them over the 4th of July holiday. We spent an entire day with Tori’s birth mom and then an evening with Tori’s birth dad. Chris requested all day next year lol. Tori had a blast with both of them and they adored her! A lot of people ask us if it’s awkward or anything and it’s really not. Both of her birth parents refer to Tori as their daughter, which may bother some people but it doesn’t bother us at all because no matter what, she will always be their daughter and our daughter. We’re thrilled they love her so much and that we can honestly have those conversations with her when she’s older. I know I take way too many pictures but I just have to share them with you! You are the reason I even have the option to take too many pictures! Thank you for everything – always!
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He's Official! Hi Diane! Just thought you’d like to know that Desmond Richard Peterson (Desi) is officially ours! We’ll have to come back in to finalize everything but we’re simply overjoyed at becoming parents through adoption! Thank you so much for all you’ve done! Thanks, |
From that Moment On.. Here’s a Lifetime Baby whose story is shared in a recent blog:“His Adoption Was Without a Doubt Part of God’s Plan!” “From that moment on, our lives have been filled with more joy and happiness than I could ever explain. After waiting for years to get the call that we were going to be parents and wondering and questioning why was taking so long and maybe there was something wrong with us when I saw that little boy, I understood. Isaiah just wasn’t here yet.” Thanks for sharing Casey and Johanna! |
Absolutely Precious! Hey Natalie! Just wanted to share with you (and everyone else) new pictures of Miriam. She is 18 months old now. I just can’t believe it. Rachael and Daniel (Natalie mentioned that she was thinking about this family the other day, and what a great relationship she had working with them, when coincidentally she received this beautiful update from them!)
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The Benefit of Open Adoption Been wanting to share an update on Jonah and his birth mom. I’m still posting photos of him to our private Facebook group and it’s great as she and her mom and grand mother are always responding to photos. We met up for our annual visit this last Memorial weekend. We had such a great time at one of the trampoline parks in Dallas and we have truly become a little blended family. Have a wonderful day. Cheers, Andrea & Adolphus |
She Amazes Us Everyday Wanted to share some photos of our sweet Lauren from a recent vacation to Tahoe. She continues to amaze us every day. She is so kind to, and accepting of, everyone she meets. She is also our little fearless athlete, with a HUGE heart. Her birth mother is coming to visit us in August. We are looking so forward to the reunion as she was busy last summer and unable to make it to visit last year. Thank you, for the hundredth time, for sending me that message about a “birth mom who is interested.” What a beautiful journey! |
Congrats! It's a Girl! Our adoption was finalized on May 29, 2019! Dylan is officially our Dylan & we are no longer her legal guardians; we’re now legally her parents! Words can’t describe how it felt to hear the judge say “Congratulations! It’s a Girl!” & introduce Dylan to the Court by her new legal name. Dylan is almost 15 months old! She is the sweetest girl with a big personality. She loves music & is always dancing. She talks non stop & is eagerly learning her numbers & ABCs. She enjoys reading books, being outdoors, swimming, playing with her dolls, food (especially carbs!) & watching her favorite movie, Moana. Our love of traveling has been passed on to her-she has earned her wings on 8 flights & has visited Washington DC, Disney World & Texas & will be taking her first trip to the beach later this month. Experiencing life through her eyes has been more magical than we ever expected. She is our entire world. Have a wonderful day & week! Raynee and Jeff |
So Grateful! Here’s some photos of our little one. We have a shared album on the iPhone and her birth Mom is added to it among our closest friends and family so she gets to see any picture that is added and can upload pictures herself. Her Mom and I have been texting as well – it’s definitely been hardest on her but she’s appreciative of how open we are and all our updates on Leilani’s first night and the doctors visit etc. She is one happy baby and is content unless she’s tired, dirty diaper, or hungry. Our biggest challenge right now is just trying to get her on a routine that’s consistent. Our family is thrilled and Brian is doing great with his daddy duties as babies are VERY new to him (first night he put her to sleep all by himself and the following day he changed his first diaper which of course was a poopy diaper lol). Things are going well and this truly has just been way too easy. Her grandma has told us how thankful she is she found us and we just couldn’t have timed this better. We’re going to California this weekend to see my brothers family and my parents. My 4 year old niece and 2 year old nephew are so excited to see her and FaceTime us everyday just so they can talk to the baby. My niece already picked out a stuffed dog to give her.
Thank you so much for your help! We truly are so grateful and absolutely thrilled!!! MaryAnne and Brian |
The Light of Our Lives Elijah is a happy, healthy one year-old and the light of our lives. We finalized the adoption – I’ve attached images of our most recent family photo and one I snapped of Elijah last week when he wanted to try on Daddy’s shoes 🙂 |
An Amazing Exciting Time We are so excited to share with you that Brynlee is now 2! We had a Tea for Two birthday party and Brynlee was surrounded by family and friends. We plan to have dinner with her birth mother this weekend and could not be more excited. We have such an amazing relationship with Brynlee’s birth family and we are so thankful to Lifetime for bringing our families together! Thank you for all you do! -Jesse and Alicia |
Celebration! We just celebrated Brodie’s 2nd Birthday. Unfortunately, I was sick with strep throat, so the true celebration will be this coming weekend. Brodie’s personality continues to grow and he has the most amazing laughter that makes everybody laugh and smile. We are attaching a couple of pictures of him including him snacking with his best buddy, Rufus, looking on. There was a time where we wondered if we would ever have this amazing blessing from God in our lives. It was always in His timing and not ours. Kristi, Chris, and Brodie |
Thank You Thank you for the book “God Found Us You.” Also, everything that you all helped us with up to and through our match, as well as through our 2 months and 10 days in Alaska! Leif is now 3 months old, 15 lbs. and 25 inches long… he will be one big dude!!! He laughs, loves standing up and bouncing, rolls onto his side, holds his head almost on his own, and is teething! God Bless You All, Leslie, Kirk and Leif |
Oh Happy Day! Zachary was officially adopted today! He is such an amazing joy and I can’t thank you all enough, but I can’t thank especially you enough for all of your encouragement, support and listening ear. Leanna |
All Our Dreams Came True It’s hard to believe that it has been one year since you called and told us that there was a baby waiting for us. It’s hard to believe that one year ago all of our dreams came true. On May 10, 2018, I had a rough morning. After our failed match the previous January, I was feeling very down in the dumps that Mother’s Day was approaching and I was not a mom yet. After my husband left for work that morning I went into the room that we had started setting up as a nursery back in January. I sat down in the rocking chair and I got a onesie out of the dresser drawer and I placed it on my chest and I started to rock. All I could think of was I should have a baby in my arms right now; I should be a mom this Mother’s Day. I left for work and little did I know that you would call me in a few short hours and tell me I was going to be a mom and my husband was going to be a dad. From that moment on our lives have been filled with more joy and happiness than I could ever explain. After waiting four years to get the call that we were going to be parents and wondering and questioning why it was taking so long and maybe there was something wrong with us, when I saw that little boy, I understood. Isaiah just wasn’t here yet. Now that we have had Isaiah for a whole year, I realize that he has always been with us, even before he was born. He is the most amazing human being that I’ve ever met in my entire life and Casey and I often wonder what we did to deserve him. He’s happy, and fun, and beautiful, and ours. It’s hard to wrap our heads around it sometimes. We text and FaceTime with Isaiah’s birth mom and we are so thankful for her. When we left to come home after getting Isaiah, I was not prepared for having emotions I will be leaving her. The same thing that was bringing me and my husband so much joy was breaking her heart. I cried uncontrollably saying goodbye. She comforted me. I know how much she loves Isaiah and I tell him about her all the time. She is part of our family now and we love her very much. Isaiah‘s birth mom told us that his birthday coincides with Mother’s Day. In the Mexican culture, Mother’s Day is always celebrated on May 10. He is without a doubt the best Mother’s Day gift anyone could’ve ever gotten. He is so joyful and funny. He is always on the go. He’s been walking since he was 10 months old. And now that walking is turning into running. He loves all food. He gets upset if he eats all of his food and there is no more. He loves company and he is so joyful and funny. He is always on the go. He loves colors and soft blankets. He absolutely loves our dog and two cats but they are still a little unsure of him as he’s a loud little thing. 🙂 He absolutely loves his dad. Watching him with Casey has made me even more in love with my husband then I ever thought possible. Truly bursting at the seams with joy.
His adoption was without a doubt part of God’s plan and we are so grateful. All our love, Casey, Johanna and Isaiah |
Easter Tradition We hope you had a blessed Easter! We love to take our annual Easter photos of Katie and the bunny to remind us of the love and care you helped us put into our adoption profile. You wanted us to get a picture of the 3 bunnies (we had at the time) all lined up in a row. We had quite a time getting them to cooperate, but we got the photo! We appreciate you and the Lifetime staff for the love, prayers and support you put into helping bring together our forever Lifetime family! Love, |
The Three Rascals (Cuteness Overload! These three babies are all adopted through Lifetime Adoption) |
A New Life Begins Maya Elizabeth was born in April. She weighed in at 6 lbs., 8 ounces and was 19 inches tall. If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
The Center of Our World I just wanted to let you know that Leo’s adoption was finalized last month (finally)! Leo is thriving and is really the center of our world. He just turned 17 months old and is picking up new words everyday! He is very active and loves to run, jump, climb, and swim. I can’t imagine life without Leo and just wanted to thank you for all your work to make this happen. Best, |
He's Three! It’s so hard to believe that Jared is 3! We celebrated his birthday this week with a Johnny Cash theme (his idea as he loves Johnny Cash)! Here are a few pics of our little man! The Cash shirt photo was at his birthday party and the hard hat photo was taken when he came to the construction site at my school to watch the diggers on his birthday! |
It's Official! I just wanted to let you know that our adoption of Olivia was finalized today! We are beyond blessed. Thank you for all of your hard work in making our dream a reality. Kacie and Matt |
Happy Easter to All! We are loving life and the kids are enjoying spring! Happy Easter to all! Piper is 21 months!!! Cade is truly the best big brother ever. I remain in frequent contact with her birth mom to share updates and pictures. Warmest Regards, Diana and Chris |
From Toddler to Big Girl Ahava is getting so tall and smart. She’s 2 1/2 years old now. She has even started making up her own stories as she flips through picture books. Take care, Bobby and Tachaundra |
Me and My Bros! Olivia started crawling a couple of days ago. Here’s one of her and her brothers. Thanks:) Kacie and Matthew |
Twice the Joy! With 3-4 hrs stints, they are growing like weeds! Enjoy the pics! Joe and Shanna |
Already Almost Two! Crazy weather here in Indiana. One day in the 60’s and sunny the next it is snowing. |
How is This Even Possible! I can’t believe what I’m about to tell you…Hank went to Kindergarten Round Up yesterday! How is that even possible! His 5th birthday will be on his first day of school. He is doing so well and is so so smart! He loves being a big brother to Teddy and it is so special to witness the bond they share. He is also playing t-ball! We have some big trips coming up! Denver in two weeks and Disneyland this summer. I’ll be sure to share pictures. I hope all is well with you and the entire Lifetime staff. We have talked about trying to visit you all again this summer. We haven’t been since Hank was 6 months old. Where has the time gone? Dustin, Miranda, Hank, and Teddy |
Pinching Ourselves We just fall more and more in love with this sweet boy every day! Thank You, |
Sending You Some Love Sending you some love from Mariella’s birth family’s last visit. |
Steps! Ezra is doing great – he turned 13 months old last week and took his first couple steps the same day! He is healthy and happy and so busy, busy, busy! He brings so much joy and laughter to our family. We are so thankful for all that you at Lifetime did for us and his birth mom, and we’re so thankful for her and our relationship with her too. We share pictures with his birth mom a few times a week on Instagram and have seen her twice in the last year. Thanks again! Kara, Ethan, and Ezra |
Just 3 Years Ago Crazy to think 3 years ago this month we got the call a birth mom wanted to talk to us! We will never forget that call or the next 9 weeks while we prepped for our little man! Jared will soon be 3 and is growing up so fast. Here he is this morning…looking more like a little boy than a baby. |
My Heart Melted I have to tell you that my heart melted on Valentines Day. What an incredible gift she gave me by sending such a sweet text. She’s awesome! Elijah was our favorite valentine! Derek and Jennifer |
Happy Valentine's Day Happy Valentine’s Day to you all! Every time I hear from Lifetime I have to stop and thank God (again) for our amazing blessing! |
Adoption Day Adoption Day was wonderful!! The joy of officially being her parents, and Ellia our daughter, is amazing. It feels such a relief to have everything finalized and know Ellia is here to stay!! |
Today! I’m happy to inform you that TODAY our adoption of Zachary was finalized!!! I want to personally thank you and the Lifetime staff for an absolutely AMAZING experience. It was exactly 1 year ago today that we were accepted by Lifetime Adoption and our journey seems to have literally coasted from that day to this one. Looking back over our journey, I am so THANKFUL: firstly that God led us to Lifetime; secondly for the support and resources, especially the webinars; and thirdly for the encouragement- the timely cards and especially the letter that said it was our turn to be lifted in prayer by the entire staff one particular week! I never dreamed our lives would be forever changed so quickly and so drastically. Aaron and I are head over heels in love with Zachary Noah and we thank God and Lifetime for the role it played in bringing Zachary into our lives.
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Thank You for Everything Wanted to share some photos with you. If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
Forever Grateful for Our Birth Mom Wanted to share my sweet little Nixon! Alan and Kacie |
Keeping Us Busy! Here are some pictures of our boy. He’s doing great and keeping us busy! Kirmanie and Dona |
One Year For Us! Yesterday was 1 year for us. We reminisced about our crazy exit from our family football party to being on a plane within 4 hours! It was so fun to be able to meet you guys in person too! Thank you for all you have done for us. Hope all is well! |
How Much We Love Him To Our Dear Birth Mom, Sincerely, |
We Adore this Little Girl We can’t believe our little Hannah Banana is 18 months old! We were talking and looking back on pictures and marveling over how much we adore her. We literally love her so much it hurts sometimes! -Jeanna and Kyle |
Miracle and Blessing Cameron is a miracle, and blessing to our family! You’re all part of that blessing and miracle, too!! Hopefully our paths cross again in the future, and thank you for shepherding us through this journey!
Steve, Shawna, Caden, Kellan, and baby Cameron |
Amazing Grace Our first Christmas with Grace was amazing. We can’t believe how quickly these 8 months have gone by and how much she has changed our lives. Life is better than we ever thought it could be. We just wanted to share a few pictures.
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A Wonderful Year Harper is doing great. She’s standing mostly on her own now, sometimes using one hand to steady herself. We are expecting her to start walking very soon! She still doesn’t have a single tooth, but she stays in a constant state of teething, so the doctor isn’t worried and he says we should see some soon. She is a happy girl who never met someone she didn’t like. And she’s a big ham! The minute she sees the camera is pointed at her she starts to smile! It has really been a wonderful year. We are so blessed and beyond thankful to the Lord for this precious girl! Here are a few pictures! |
Blessed Christmas Blessed Christmas to each of you and all the families you touch. John, Corinne, Christina and Jennarose |
Our Lifetime Baby We adopted with your agency over 13 years ago! Nicholas loves being a big brother, although his sister thinks she’s the boss of him! Lol |
Thank You! Stella’s adoption has been finalized!! Anthony & I would like to thank you and all of Lifetime’s staff for all the help throughout this process!! Our attorney was also amazing throughout this journey and she came recommended by Lifetime. Please continue to send clients who need an attorney in North Carolina to her. God Bless! Erin and Anthony |
Merry Christmas! We are pretty much transitioned back to the States. I pray that you and your family at home and Lifetime are well. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed, Happy New Year. Chaun and Bobby |
Blessings We just wanted to say thank you again for all of your help with the blessings of both of our boys. We hope you all have a Merry Christmas! Amy and Jonmark |
From Our Family to Yours! Today our adoption of Ainsley was finalized at the courthouse in Tampa!! Thank you for everything you and the Lifetime team did to match us with her birth mom and an unborn Ainsley. While things got rocky a couple of times you remained calm and supportive, helping us arrive at the best outcome possible. Your expertise in our case, which could have become much more complicated (phew!), was essential to us getting to this milestone. Attached is a photo of us with the judge. She had stacks of stuffed animals behind her and invited Aspen to choose one for Ainsley and one for herself. As you can see Ainsley is a happy and content baby, and is thriving in every way possible. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and thanks again from our family to yours! Monica, Darryl, Aspen and Ainsley |
Our Twins! We wanted to share with you all that today we finalized the adoption of Kyla & Trinity! What an experience this has been! To finally tie the bow on our tremendous gift! Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season! Best, |
Our Little Man Just sending a quick update on our little man! We hope everyone at Lifetime is doing well! Shay, Kerri and Jared |
Beyond Excited We are beyond excited to inform you that we just received the signed Adoption Decree from the Judge making the adoption of Joseph official!! Words can’t express our emotions at the moment. But we want to try by saying thank you to you and your staff at Lifetime Adoption. This day wouldn’t have been possible without you and everything you did. We are eternally grateful for you help and our family couldn’t be more thrilled about this day becoming a reality at last! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Attached are some pictures of Joseph over the last few months for you and the staff. Hope you enjoy! With love and appreciation, Brad & Bridget |
Amazing Entry into This World Florida had a nice visit with newly adopted parents of baby LJ, who is doing amazing after his early entry in to this world at a little over a pound. Also included a couple of pics. We had hoped one of them would show off how much LJ actually looks like John but it did not show up well. Honestly, they really look like father/son. They both expressed how grateful they are for Lifetime’s support and encouragement and agree that although the wait can be daunting, when the right one comes along, you realize why. |
Blessed We are home now! |
Bless You All! We just want to share that we are over the moon and a very happy family due to adoption… Brooklyn is a healthy and happy and very much loved and spunky two-and-a-half-year-old…. We send pictures to her birth mom each month and she sends us nice notes regularly. Bless you all. Greg and Tina |
Doing Awesome! Carter is doing awesome! 10 1/2 months. Super active! Eats everything! Almost 25lbs! He’s so happy all the time and the light of our lives. Hope you are doing well! Julie, Mike and Carter |
Loving, Happy, Funny, Joyous Child! Langston continues to be loving, happy, funny, joyous, and well-adjusted. He is a very good student, though he doesn’t care much for math. He loves to read books and play with Legos. He has a wonderful imagination, loves to sing and dance, and loves to watch movies. He is going to be tall, we think. He is already just shy of 5 feet tall – taller than most of his classmates – and he currently wears the youth size equivalent of my shoes (which he often pulls on to take out the trash – his chore), and my feet are not small – women’s size 9! This past summer – though only 9 years old – he auditioned for – and won – the part of Young Simba, the lead in the musical, The Lion King! He worked incredibly hard, and was rightly very proud of his performance and hard work. This fall, he was nominated for a regional theater award for his excellent work – the only 9 year old on the list! He is a much beloved classmate, friend, and son. I thank God every day for the privilege of parenting this human. Have a very beautiful Christmas. Sincerely, Robin and Val |
Building Bonds Meet baby Nixon, who will be flying home via a private plane back to Las Vegas when ICPC cleared! Adoptive mom Ruth has been using this wait time to build her bond with birth mom, along with her parents, sister, aunts & uncles. This adoption connection between the two has been incredible! |
Our Greatest Blessing Here are some pictures of Brodie. He is 18 months old today and continues to be our greatest blessing. God answered our prayers in His timing. Have a great week! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply
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Home by Christmas LJ is doing great! He moved to a new kind of bed a couple weeks ago as he didn’t require the original kind of bed he was in anymore with all the bells and whistles needed for newer/sick babies. They tried taking him off CPAP completely last week, but he wasn’t quite ready. He was put on the lower kind of CPAP respiratory support and wore his first outfit last Friday. Now I can hold him wrapped up in blankets in my arms. When I came back on Tuesday he was in an open crib! He had been maintaining his temperature well and yesterday we did the first trial on a bottle! At first he looked around with his eyes as if thinking what the heck is this and what am I supposed to do with it?! Then he started sucking and drank 5ml of milk. He did amazingly well for his first time. They start off slow as they need to get the hang of breathing and drinking at the same time and they get tired easily.
We have attached pictures so you can see how LJ looks now. He is now over 4 lbs and last night I fed him his whole 36ml feed by bottle and he drank it in less than 20 minutes!!! WE think he’s a natural. 😊 Elaine and John |
A Full Three Months! We have had a full 3 months! We had our first family vacation, and Hannah got to see the ocean for the first time! Hope all is well! Tell everyone hi! -Jeanna and Kyle |
Grateful for Lifetime “I am so grateful for Lifetime and Scott and Meredith. – From Bella’s Birth Mom |
Thankful! We got the call at around 4:00 pm, and the whole family was there. Everyone pitched in looking for flights and making preparations. I flew out at 6:00 am and headed straight to the hospital to meet our beautiful new daughter! I had the pleasure of meeting our new daughter’s birth mom as well and we were both thanking each other, her for us adopting her beautiful baby daughter, and me for her giving us this incredible blessing in our lives! Our birth mom’s mother sent a text thanking Lifetime for helping the birth mom find us for her grandchild. She said it means the world to her, and that she knows that her daughter is happy too! Christy and Andy |
Forever Connected We are having so much fun with our 18 month old!!!! |
Brotherly Love! These two boys are already best buddies. If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply
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Our Baby Boy Just wanted to share this beautiful photo of our sweet, loving, beautiful baby boy. Kacie and Alan |
Happiest Little Guy Ever! Some pictures from our visit with sweet Kallan! Seriously the happiest little guy ever! He sure knows how to make anyone smile. He is a year old now and has grown so much since our last visit with him as a newborn. One of Tiffany’s BFF’s, as you can see by her shirt! |
Two Brothers We received a sweet photo of these two boys. Big brother is enjoying his little brother and can’t wait to share his toys as well! Lifetime would like to congratulate adoptive parents Georgio and Kristan from Florida! They just adopted their baby boy, Roman, through Lifetime Adoption!
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This Beautiful Baby! 18 years ago we adopted this beautiful baby. He is now an Eagle Scout, is attending WVU and was accepted into the honors college. What a journey! Truly blessed, Keith & Karen If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply
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Big Smiles! Kameron is getting so big! He is giving us big smiles and even some baby talk. He went to his first football game a few weeks ago and he loves watching sports with daddy. He has also started sitting up with support, and he loves to nap with big sis. It has been amazing watching him grow and we have enjoyed every minute. Thanks again for all you and everyone at Lifetime have done for us. Have a great afternoon, Kevin and Chemeika |
Our Little Princess Just wanted to send a quick update about our little princess. Grace turned 4 months on Friday. Can you believe it?! She is the silliest, sweetest and most affectionate little girl. Preemie or not, her doctor is amazed by how advanced she is and by everything that she can do at just 4 months. Today we had a checkup and we received the all clear to start eating solid food. This should be fun! She is a mover and a shaker and certainly a talker! We are loving every moment with her and she is definitely the biggest and best blessing we have ever received. Love, |
For a Lifetime We got Charlotte’s one year photos back. God Bless, Helen, Peter, and Charlotte |
Our Two Daughters Our two lifetime daughters in pictures! Thanks for what you all do, James and Leigh Ann If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply
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How Much Our Lives Have Changed! I just wanted to share an update/thoughts on Colton Henry and share with you some recent photos we had taken of him. Colton just turned 8 months and got his first tooth this month. He is getting mobile by rolling and scooting his away around the house. Often, I sit back and think about how much our lives have changed in the past year. Last August, I was getting ready to have new photos taken of Chris and I because we were at our year mark and our profile needed to be updated. I had no idea at the time this little guy would join our family 4 months later. This August we were capturing our son’s sweet expressions and many rolls and chins. The best part of his story is that we are still in contact with his amazing birth parents and text often to share updates, photos and what’s going on in each others lives. We all enjoy celebrating in Colton’s ‘firsts’. His birth mother even called me on Mother’s Day to wish me a happy first Mother’s Day. While so many years leading up to this one felt like years of despair and loss our hearts were being prepared for this role and this year of joy and gratitude. I hope all is well! Sincerely, Carrie and Chris |
Our Beautiful Blessing Here are some pictures for you, can you believe that our beautiful blessing is almost seven years old now? We wonder sometimes how that can be! All the best to you, Jesus and Ronna |
Huge Amazing Journey! Lucy Mae was born March 19, 2012 and placed directly into my husband’s arms as I loved, kissed, and wiped the tears of our birth mother. Since then, it has been a HUGE AMAZING JOURNEY OF LOVE LAUGHTER, and TEARS. We have had so many wonderful times where words are simply not sufficient to describe…a MIRACLE. Lucy, whose name means “Light”, is every ounce that I prayed and talked with God about, broken and on my knees, so many nights. She has the spirit of my Mom in so many ways and is all LIGHT. Not only is Lucy “Mae” named after my Mom, but she looks like her too! God is sweet like that 🙂 She IS IT. So, thank-you, thank-you, thank- YOU! For all that you give of yourselves, you and everyone at Lifetime!! You are all Angels & Saints. Here are a few pictures of Lucy Mae, now 6 years old. With love, Whitney, Leann & Lucy |
Ready for School! Isabelle is doing well. |
Summer Fun! Landon is doing well. |
A Pure and Perfect Gift from Heaven Today Elijah is six weeks old and we thought a perfect time to share some of his newborn photographs. Elijah is a pure and perfect gift from heaven and our hearts are overflowing with love for this little boy. He’s a great sleeper and eater, loves to hear daddy play the guitar and watching the trees blow in the breeze from our deck. We’re enjoying a beautiful summer together as a family, and cannot thank you all enough for your role, support and prayers to make our dreams come true. God Bless! XO Derek, Jennifer and Elijah |
Three Lifetime Babies! Here are our three Lifetime babies! |
Look at Him! Our first professional set of photos of our Family! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply
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Today is Special Our sweet princess celebrated her first birthday on August 1st but TODAY is even more special. Thank you, |
These Boys Have Captured Our Hearts Here are some pics of 2 Lifetime babies that finally got to meet! Kara and Ethan adopted Ezra and we adopted Carter. Kara and I have known each other our entire lives. Our moms went to college together, so we have lots of childhood memories together. Now, we have Lifetime and our wonderful birth mothers to thank for the next generation:) Ezra was born Jan 20th in South Carolina and Carter was born Jan 21st in California. These boys have captured our hearts, and we are so thankful for them. |
Simply Perfect It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since we became parents to Michaela. She is simply perfect and everyone who meets her agrees. Michaela is smart, curious, funny and opinionated. The deacon and his wife from our church call her “The CEO” because she clearly runs things around here! Last month we celebrated her first birthday and it was a wonderful testament to the amazing tribe of people who help us raise our baby girl. We now have a great relationship with her birth family and we keep in touch through cards, letters, and texts. Thank you and the Lifetime team again for the work you do in building families. We feel incredibly blessed to be Michaela’s parents. Here are some pictures to highlight how much she has grown! All our best, |
Happy Forever Day! We just wanted to drop you a note and say thanks for all you (and all of Lifetime) did for our family. Thanks again for everything! Darryl and Melissa |
Six Months! Just wanted to share a few of Gunner’s six month pictures that we got back today! Can’t thank you all enough for your support. Shasta and Stephen |
Very Proud of our Young Man Here are some recent photos of William. |
So Happy! Jared is loving summer and we captured a few excited moments at the zoo this past week! Kerri, Shay and Jared |
Our Precious Girl We CANNOT believe it has been a whole year since this precious girl came into our lives! Hannah is walking EVERYWHERE and starting to try to run! She says mama and dada which melts our hearts. She loves being held especially by mom and dad. She is a great little eater and a great little sleeper!
We had a party for her on Saturday! She LOVED her smash cake! She was definitely the life of the party! Jeanna and Kyle |
Getting So Big! He will be 3 in September already! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply
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Always Smiling We wanted to share some super cute pics of our little man. He has changed our lives forever! He is almost 6 months, working on sitting, and doing awesome! LOVES people and is always smiling and is such a happy little guy. Much love to lifetime and his beautiful mother for this wonderful gift 🙂 We can’t imagine our lives without him. Mike and Julie |
A Wonderful Trip I thought you may want to know how well the openness of our adoption is going. Frank, Tori and I went to visit Tori’s bio parents for a few days over the holiday week. It was the first time we have seen them since Tori was discharged from the NICU and it was a wonderful trip. We met other bio family members, went out to eat together and Tori’s bio mom even got to experience Tori’s first trip to the zoo with us. A great time was truly had by all. We have gained more than a daughter. We’ve gained extended family that wants nothing more than for this precious girl to be happy and know she’s loved from all sides. Thank you for everything, |
Feels Like Forever! Gunner has been home for almost two weeks now and I really can’t believe it’s only been two weeks – it feels like it’s been forever. He is 6 months old today and weighs 18 lbs 12 oz. He is adored and brings so much joy to our lives. His “virtual” twin, Willow and he are besties. They are happiest together and neither naps well if the other one isn’t in the same room. I still talk to his birth mom and grandma often and regularly send them pictures and videos and updates. Stephen and Shasta |
So Much Joy! Here some pictures of Maesyn from her 1st Birthday photo shoot. Hard to believe she is a year old, but we have and continue to enjoy every second with her. She’s brought so much joy not only to our lives, but everyone she comes into contact with. We can’t thank Lifetime enough for the experience and helping us have our forever family. Reggie and Martina |
Blessings Two Times We are having some very exciting times. June is loving her brother soo much so its just a fun time as his personality is developing. Here a few pics of Jay and June all thanks to you and your team!!! Thanks! Julie and Jordan |
So Amazing! 15 months ago, when Ahava was 6 months old, we visited San Gimignano, a town in Tuscany. Now that she is 21 months old, we visited the town again and took a picture in the same spot. Wow, It’s amazing how much she’s grown. It’s amazing how she has transformed from a baby to a toddler right before our eyes. Bobby and Tahaundra |
Adored! Hannah is 11 months old now. It is crazy how time flies. I used to hear people say that in relation to their children, but to experience it personally is so different! She walks EVERYWHERE! She loves making funny faces, playing in the water, being outside, and dancing. She is feisty, happy, and so sweet. Everyone that meets her adores her! -Jeanna and Kyle |
Big Sis We just wanted to say thank you for the anniversary card and and the baby gift of ‘God Found Us You’. It’s hard to believe that Leif is already 4 weeks old! He is doing great and Carolina loves her new role as a big sister! Here are a few pictures from the last 4 weeks. We spent our ICPC time relaxing, taking small family outings to museums and a waterfall. We also were able to spend time introducing Leif to his extended family! He already has had lots of love from Grandparents, Aunts/Uncles and Cousins. Sally and Jon |
First Birthday Can you believe it’s been a year?! We just celebrated Avery’s First birthday and reflected on God’s amazing design for our family. Avery is doing well. You wouldn’t ever imagine he started off 3 lbs. (#another miracle) He’s babbling up a storm, getting his “walking legs” and becoming friends with all his cousins… And if you could only see the bond that is developing between him and his NaNa. It makes you melt. So you know we had to share with you all, his GodAunties, a few pictures from the party. Know that we love you all and the work you do is life changing. Love, Jamal, Niambi and Avery |
Time Flies! We can’t believe that our girls are already 2 months old! Time sure flies when you’re changing diapers, feeding, running to doctor’s appointments and losing sleep!! 😉 It’s been a journey in discovery as we continue to ease into parenthood. We devour every minute with these girls! We still can’t believe we have twins!!! We find ourselves reflecting on our journey a lot and we can only feel blessed & humbled! Until next time! Best, |
Our Adoption Journey Thank you so much for all of your time, patience, effort, and support on our adoption journey. Our birth mom has been the most amazing birth mom. We have a very strong bond and I am so thankful for that. Lucy is doing so well. She is such a happy and snuggly baby. And her cheeks… I can’t get enough of them! We are on our way to go have lunch with her birth mom. I’m excited to spend some time with her. All of the webinars and advice you guys give have really helped us develop a strong bond with her. Thank you for that! Here are a few pictures of our sweet Lucy! Thank you all, |
Our Special Bond! From the day we signed our contract with Lifetime we started praying for two people, our future child & also the birth mom (or birth family) that would forever be apart of our lives. -Craig & Courtney |
Growing So Fast! We are getting so close to finalizing!! We have a court date set for July, and hopefully we can just finalize that date. Cannot wait!! We’ve been in contact with Gus’ birth mom on a regular basis, sending her pictures and messaging her. She is doing really well from what she tells me! I’m so happy for her. Our sweet Gus, he is growing so fast! I can’t believe he just turned 8 months. It seems like yesterday we got the call from you telling us his birth mom wanted to talk with us. He is thriving and gaining weight. He smiles and laughs at everything and started doing a ‘happy scream’. I’m still nursing and I love it!! So does Gus apparently, because he will usually choose that over a bottle. It seems surreal that I’m even writing this email to you. It felt like we would never be on this side, but here we are. God is so good!! Libby wants to do a webinar soon. I’m nervous about that, but I think it will be fun as well. Hopefully I can encourage other families with our story. It’s awesome how God has used our wait to encourage other adoptive families. I’ve connected with so many adoptive moms and moms-to-be since adopting Gus. It’s such a supportive community.
Love from Greg, Bethany, Loretta and Gus |
It's Official! He was already our son, but now it is official! |
Thank You We are getting settled and absolutely loving life! We were able to celebrate Grace with our family and friends last weekend at what was supposed to be her baby shower. We received so many amazing gifts. Grace has so many clothes we can’t even fit them all in the closet! She is 1 month today. We can’t believe how quickly time is going. She had a check up today and she is doing great. She is already up to 7 pounds! This has certainly been a long and trying journey but the faith walk was totally worth it! Grace is perfect! We just wanted to say thank you for everything and for the book! It is such a special gift and will definitely be a part of her story. Love, |
Our New Family! We learned about their birth mom from a friend approximately 2 years to the day our journey began (this includes the 3 1/2 months before we signed with Lifetime.) As we posed for this photo, we couldn’t help to feel that waiting 2 years wasn’t enough to prepare us for when they arrived. LOL! I personally struggled with the wait and we were even considering ending our journey. But Natalie called me and spoke words that I really needed to hear. We learned about the twins’ birth mom on Sunday and flew to MA to be with her the following Saturday as she was induced. The twins were born on 3/24 at 1:55am and 2:08am. The 2 year wait came down to 6 days! The girls were born at 35 weeks so they were kept in CCU/NICU. The staff at the hospital was nothing short of tremendous. We weren’t the adoptive parents, we were THE parents. They were extremely respectful of us and very protective of us. Some of the nurses offered to help us at the airport once we were ICPC cleared. The entire experience at the hospital was great! The paperwork could only be submitted to ICPC when both girls were discharged. Kyla was discharged first on a Monday and Trinity was discharged the following Friday. Paperwork was overnighted to ICPC that Friday and we were cleared the following Monday! Record time according to the agency in MA! This photo is of their first night in their bassinets in FL! Since then, it’s been a whirlwind of visitors, packages and 2 very generous baby showers. We have been blessed beyond our wildest dreams with not 1 but 2 beautiful baby girls. Lifetime kept us going when we were ready to give up and we’re so happy that Natalie called when she did! 😉 Thanks, |
Our Joy! We had the transfer of custody hearing today for Noah! Daniel and Nabintu |
Can you believe it has been 10 months? Can you believe it has been 10 months?! Time is flying! Hannah took her first steps this past month! I sent that video to you in the last email. She crawls everywhere! She is so fast! She started to say “Mama” this month. It melts my heart! She has played in her kiddie pool twice in the last few weeks and she loves them just as much as she loves bath time! We have spent lots of time with friends and family this month. We celebrated our first Mother’s Day with Hannah. It was the most wonderful experience in the world. She has brought us so much joy! Every day with her is a new adventure! Kyle and Jeanna |
Celebrating One Year! We celebrated Brodie’s first birthday yesterday. We can’t believe it’s been a year! We cannot thank you, Tiffany, and everybody at Lifetime for all you did for us. Sincerely, Kristi and Chris |
Our Crazy Story! Our story is crazy. We basically got a call at 3:30 in the afternoon on Jan 26th saying that there was a Birth Mom who had picked us and she was in the hospital and going to have the baby at seven o’clock that night. So we only had about a 4 hour notice that we were getting a baby! And the amazing thing was that she was only about 45 minutes away from where we live! We rushed to the hospital and that night a beautiful healthy baby boy was born! We named him Brady. Brady is the best baby I’ve ever seen. And no I’m not just biased 😉 He currently sleeps through the night and only cries when he’s hungry. Josiah and Cassidy |
Stealing Our Hearts Our little man turned 2 last week!! Much Love, |
Adorable 9 Months Just wanted to share this adorable 9 month photo of Piper! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply
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Beyond Grateful Here are some photos of us and sweet Colton. We are beyond grateful that we get to raise Colton. He is the most amazing gift. We are so thankful for his birth parents, we love them dearly. Colton is almost 5 months, he loves to coo, smile, suck on his hands and laugh. We are trying to enjoy every moment with him. Carrie and Chris |
Adoption is a Miracle Here is a very nice message that we got from Brooklyn’s birth mom today on her 2nd birthday… Adoption is a miracle and she was a gift from God. Thank you… Tina and Greg “I hope today is a joyous day for you all and I hope the celebration is a plenty. |
He's Growing Up! Hunter will turn 4 soon. |
Adoption Day We finalized Miriam’s adoption! |
Can’t Believe it has Been 9 Months! I can’t believe it has been 9 months! I feel like I say that every month. Time is continuing to fly by! Hanna is standing on her own now, crawling everywhere, climbing on everything, eating everything, and is as busy as a bee! She is so curious! It is so wonderful to watch her explore her world every day! We went on a trip to see Kyle’s family and my brother. She did wonderful! This month we got the opportunity to do something called “cardboard testimonies” at church. Different people walked up with signs that on one side said what was going on in their life, and on the other side said what God had done. Ours said “longed for a child” on the front, and on the back it said “adopted our beautiful Hannah last summer”. -Jeanna and Kyle |
Our Busy Little Boy
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So Blessed to be Her Parents We had our first parent/teacher conference with Ahava’s toddler room teacher today. The teacher says that Ahava is a caring little girl. She says that she tries to comfort other children when they cry. She also says that Ahava easily joins in and plays with other children. We are so blessed to be her parents. It’s been 18 months and we are awestruck by her every day. She loves nature and being outside. She gets really excited when she sees animals. Of course more pictures are attached. We can’t seem to stop snapping. Ahava is such a good traveler. She loves observing her surroundings. Bobby and Tachaundra |
Sibling Joy
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Wonderful Visit
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He's Here!
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A Year in Our Lives Just wanted to share a picture of our son’s first year! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply
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God's Plan for This Precious Boy
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Good Morning Ladies!
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Happy Easter Fun!
If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
Hello! It’s me, Keeton! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
Our Adoption Journey
When I got the call from Linda that there was a child for us, it took everything I had not to begin sobbing on the phone! I knew we were going to have a lot to do in a short amount of time, and I couldn’t let myself break down. Like a whirlwind, we were on a plane headed to North Carolina within a few hours of getting the call. Of course, a major snow storm hit the area that we were traveling to! So I had to drive in whiteout conditions from the airport to the hospital, which was about a 2 hour drive. I know that we would not have made it if the Holy Spirit hadn’t given me peace and kept me calm, and I’m sure there were angels all around that rental car! When we got to the hospital, I drove the car into a ditch thinking I was pulling into a driveway! But thank God we were right outside the hospital and were able to leave the car there and head inside to meet our precious baby girl! We met Harper when she was 28 hours old. I didn’t know what to expect. Would I feel like just a caregiver? Would I feel connected to her right away? Would she connect with me? But the minute they wheeled in her bassinet and I looked into her face, all my fears melted away and I knew I was her mother and she was my girl. I’ve always heard about this intense love that parents have for their children. But you never really understand it until you’ve experienced it. That night, exhausted and overwhelmed with how much life had changed in an instant, I looked into her eyes and I knew I would do anything, even give my life, to protect this child and give her the best life possible. I have never felt so much love for another person as I felt in that moment, and still feel, for this precious girl. And I know that Justin feels the same.
We are so thankful that God lead us to Lifetime. Everyone there, especially Linda and Natalie, have been amazing, helpful, and supportive. Thank you!! |
Forever Grateful
This precious face was so worth the wait! We are so blessed! Jack is 9 months old and growing like a weed! He blesses everyone he comes in contact with! Such a happy personality and we are forever grateful for each of you at Lifetime! Phillip and Jennifer |
Adorable!
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Crazy Wonderful and Amazing!
God is so amazing how he worked through Noah’s birth mother and her Grandmother for us to have Noah today. We exchanged information. Crazy wonderful whirlwind happening here, but God is with us each step of the way. And with you ladies by our side too, we feel quite confident. Everyone in St. Louis is anxious for us to get home so they can love on him. Daniel and Nabintu |
Precious Princess
Thank you again for all of your guidance and support during our whirlwind weekend! Brandon and Megan |
Our Beautiful Girl
Jesse and Alicia If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
Happy St. Patty's Day! Hailey, Joe and I are doing so well!! I wanted to share some pictures of our beautiful girl. Her shirt is not correct though because we are the luckiest parents in the world to be so blessed! We are forever grateful for you and Lifetime. Joe and Megan |
Just Can't Get Enough of Her! We can’t believe she is already 8 months old! This little girl brings us so much joy every single day! She is crawling EVERYWHERE! She pulls to stand whenever possible, and she loves to bounce! |
Sharing the Joy! We finalized and couldn’t be happier! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
Open Adoption Blessings The true blessing of open adoption can be seen in the following photos. I wanted to share with you the joy that knowing her biological family and having a relationship with them has brought Acacia. Here is the story to go with the pictures, I also had a chance to have breakfast with her sister’s (closest in age, just 4 at the time) adoptive mother. In a very friendly two hours I found out that she had told her daughter very little other than that she was adopted. I told her all I had learned about the benefits of open adoption from The Family Network and Lifetime. I kept in touch over the years and learned that she had reached out to the biological family. Acacia finally met her sister Lola when she was 7 when they visited us. We were able to arrange for the two oldest sisters to spend a day with us as well. We have visited Lola twice in New Mexico and they have visited again. We have become “family”. The girls will be spending a week at summer camp together this year. As adoptive parents we are comforted in sharing the similarities in personality these two share. The girls love each other and also like to find the things they like together. They love that they have each other. Here are two pictures taken today of these two in New Mexico sharing their love of rocks and nature. This is the result of an open adoption, where like a marriage, you gain an entire new family to add to your own. David and Arjuna |
Growing So Fast Ahava is growing so fast. She is making so many friends and getting invited to birthday parties. Attached are pictures and video of her having a ball at her friend’s birthday party. Check out her facial expression when she falls in the balls. It’s hilarious. It is a joy to watch her evolve from a baby to a fun-loving toddler. She is very social and becoming more independent each day. |
A Special Day for Our Family! Just wanted to let you know that yesterday WE FINALIZED!!! Such a huge and special day for our family! Both sets of grandparents traveled to be with us and to *officially* welcome Aubrey into our family forever (even though in our hearts it was already done!). Aubrey is now a week away from 3 months old and is doing great! She loves being held and worn in a wrap (best invention for adoptive mamas in my opinion!). She recently started to recognize my and Clayton’s faces and began smiling when we talk to her or make funny faces which is the cutest thing on earth. We love her so much and are so thankful for you both and for the entire staff at Lifetime! So grateful for the education we received from you all about open adoption. We frequently text with Aubrey’s birthmom and have an added level of peace knowing she is doing well and is still glad that she chose adoption. And thank you so much, Tiffany! We worked to finalize asap so we could all have peace of mind knowing everything is forever official. We had a great experience working with you and will definitely refer all future couples we know who are thinking about adoption to Lifetime! Clayton and Sarah |
Our First Birthday Can you believe it? Matteo is one!!! Brianne and Steven If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
It's Been 2 Years! It was two years on February 16th that we talked to Jared’s birth mom for the very first time! We remember it like it was yesterday! Thank you will never be enough for all you did to help make our dreams of a having a family come true! It was a rocky 2 months between the first call and bringing Jared home, but we wouldn’t change a thing! This a pic we took of Jared this year on the 16th:) Shay and Kerri |
Over the Moon! Our sweet baby Harper is adorable and we think she is the perfect baby. She never cries and loves to be cuddled. We are of course over the moon! We are all adjusting very well. A fun fact that our Florida director Linda found out on her visit to the family is that Jennifer is the high school Spanish teacher of one of her first adoptions. Her student Austin was adopted 16 years ago to a family Linda is still very close with. It’s a small world! Jennifer and Justin
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Happy Groundhog Day! Happy Groundhog Day! We always think of you on your favorite holiday! Katie is eight years old now and in second grade. It is hard to believe how fast time is flying by. Katie still enjoys swimming on the swim team, running and riding her bike. She also loves to sing and make up dance routines with her friends. She attends Good News Club one afternoon a week and is part of our younger youth group at church. Katie has been processing a lot of details about her adoption story lately and is beginning to understand how special and unique her story is. We will be eternally grateful for the part you played in helping us match with Katie’s birth mom and forming our forever family! We pray often for you and the rest of the staff at Lifetime! Love, Tricia and Roger |
Sweet Baby Joy! Meet sweet baby Joy, a new addition to our Lifetime family! And Congratulations to Arizona adoptive couple Kalen and Laura as they start their new adventure as parents to this beautiful child! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply
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Boys Are Such a Blessing We just celebrated 3 years with these beautiful boys. Here are a few pictures to share because “they are so stinkin cute”. They are both doing well in school and are so loved. Alexander is a big ole ham and Cassius is the momma hen. Thank you, our boys are such a blessing. I truly don’t know what I’d do without my boys.
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Loved By All This past month has been crazy! We got to spend our first Christmas as parents to the most precious baby girl! We ended up having to cancel our trip to California because she was sick, and then I got the flu! She is all better now and all smiles! She is sitting like a big girl, and is loving her solid foods now. It is wonderful to see how loved she is, not only by us but by everyone around her! We have people fighting over who gets to hold her all the time! She is happy and healthy, and we continue to be in heaven! -Kyle and Jeanna
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Our Precious Son We are doing well and enjoying life with our precious son. He turned 1 on Wed!! Time flies! He’s been such a joy. I’ve attached a few pictures. Feel free to share them 🙂 |
Growing Like Crazy! Cooper is doing great and growing like crazy! He is starting to be more mobile and rolling all over the place. He has such a happy and bubbly personality, and it is so much fun to watch him develop. We went back home for the holidays, and he absolutely loved hanging with his cousins. I have attached a few of our recent favorite photos. |
A Beautiful Family Here is another one of the beautiful babies that was born this month. The adoptive Mom, Megan, was able to be there in the room for the birth. Both Birth Mom and Adoptive Mom were so happy to be able to share that special moment. The family just got home earlier this week! Congrats to New Jersey Adoptive Family! |
Ready to Meet Her Brother! This amazing family had to really scramble to help make everything go smoothly when they found out they were going to be parents to this beautiful girl! Thanks to their quick actions, they arrived at the hospital the evening she was born only an hour before a massive snowstorm hit. They can’t wait to go back home and show their little girl her new little brother. What a whirlwind of a couple days for this sweet family! Congrats to California adoptive couple Jordan and Julie!
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Stealing Hearts We had Miriam’s pictures taken today, and wanted to share them with you. We are so in love with her. She is one special little lady stealing hearts of everyone around her. |
Growing and Changing SOOO Fast! We had a great holiday season – except for Dillon getting two molars! He is growing and changing SOOO fast! He was obviously getting bored in the Baby Room because he was causing trouble – waking up other babies by putting his arm thru the crib rails, climbing on the furniture, and grabbing food from the other kids! Of course, he always had a ‘partner in crime’!
Every week is different and he keeps us on our feet! I was going over the animal noises on his toy box. Of course, there is a giraffe on there and I didn’t know what noise they make! So, since they have a long tongue, I started to ‘slurp’ and Dillon went nuts over it! I hope all is well with you! |
Styling Six Months! Look who’s 6 months! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
The Day We Became a Family Meet our beautiful daughter, Harper Ann! When we heard the news she was being born, we jumped on a plane to go meet her within 3 hours. We then had to drive through an icy snowstorm and skidded on black ice in to a ditch in front of the Emergency Room at 1:00 am, arriving with a bang! We were introduced to our baby girl within an hour. The next day the attorney with the consent form drove through the worst snowstorm ever to hit the coast. He spun out on black ice 30 minutes from the hospital, and waited in the cold for several hours to get help. We sure have a story to tell Harper about the day we became a family!! Justin and Jennifer |
I'm Adopted! We just finished our night time prayers and reading of books. We have been reading a book every night called, “I’m Adopted!” and I just love the story we’re starting to share with Hank about how he came into our lives. He asks the sweetest most sincere questions and we cannot read it without talking about you both. I just wanted to let you know that he is doing great and is such a good big brother. We went to the park after school today to enjoy the break in the rain. I often find myself just watching him in awe and I cannot imagine my life without him. Happy New Year! Miranda and Dustin |
Happy Holidays! Now that we are winding down from the very busy holiday season, I wanted to take a few minutes to update you on how we are doing! Brynlee is 7 months old, can you believe it!? She is crawling now and keeping us very busy! Watching her learn and grow is such a joy! I feel like it was’t long ago that I was emailing and calling you to get suggestions from you on how we could improve our profile. What a beautiful story God has written for us! Thank you for being a part of it!
Our Christmas was amazing! Brynlee’s birth parents planned a special dinner so we were able to spend time with them and meet their families. We are extremely grateful for the relationship we have with Brynlee’s birth parents. This was the start of a new Christmas tradition that we hope to continue for many years to come!
We hope you enjoy these pictures of our sweet girl! Happy New Year! Alicia and Jesse |
Best Regards! Best to you in 2018! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
Happy New Year! It’s been a long time since I’ve been in touch with all of you. It is amazing how time passes and life takes priority, but you all are never far from my thoughts. Every time I look at my little Gavin I remember how important of a piece of the puzzle you all were in making us a family. Gavin will be 3 years old this coming February. He’s handsome, smart, funny, teaches me new things everyday through his eyes and has a smile that would brighten anyone’s day. There are days when I still can’t believe this amazing little person is my son and growing faster than I would like. The two best decisions I’ve ever made was praying for him and reaching out to Lifetime. I’ve never been so happy to be his Mom and to have him call me Mommy. I wish you all a wonderful love filled 2018, Natacha and Gavin |
So Thankful For Our Blessings Ava loved visiting with Santa this year! This will be a fun year for everyone! She has loved everything about Christmas. We have decorated Christmas trees, baked cookies, and made several holiday crafts. We are so thankful for our blessing. Thank you Lifetime for all you did to help us become parents.” -Ryan, Laura, Ava |
Merry Christmas! We wish you a memorable and Merry Christmas, and abundant blessings in the year to come! If you’re considering adoption for your child or hoping to adopt, please call us at 1-800-923-6784. |
Discovering All That is Christmas We have had such an amazing experience and recommend Lifetime to everyone we come in contact with that expresses any interest in adoption. It’s hard to believe it’s been almost two years already! Talon fit right into our family and instantly bonded with everyone! He even looks like our family! It’s been so much fun watching him discover all that is Christmas this year! |
Finalization Day Picture! When Chris and I began this adoption journey 2 years ago we found ourselves purchasing adoption ornaments. We have the one from last year from my sister and brother in law since they adopted our nephew last year. We have not been able to find a home for the 2015 ornament and wanted to know if you know of a family that completed their journey in 2015 or if the staff at Lifetime would like it for the tree there? We have our ornament for 2017 and wanted to give this ornament a good home. Please feel free to share the adoption day picture with staff too. We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Sincerely, Chris and Kristi |
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas from Jeff, DeAnna & Keagan (12 years old). |
Christmas Greetings Here are a couple of photos of Gracelyn, who came into our lives 6 wonderful years ago. – Jesus & Ronna If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
God Fulfills Our Hearts Here are some pics of Miss Paige. One was a picture taken at school by one of the teachers who is a photographer and one I took of her on her first day of school. If we can be of any help or support for someone going through their adoption journey, just let me know. We of all people understand the wait and it can be a hard journey, especially when there has been fertility issues which leads lots of folks to adoption. There are ups and downs, but in the end, God fulfills our hearts with the right little person for our family, as he did with us, and we enjoy her every day. It’s hard to believe she has turned 4 back in Sept…my time surely flies. She’s no longer a baby and reminds me each day that she is a big girl now. Too funny. Many blessings wished for you and your family and all of those in waiting. May the holiday bring peace and love to all, John and Amy |
Babies Happen! Our adoption was finalized Wednesday, December 13, 2017. We finalized via telephone with a judge and our lawyer in Florida while we were in Italy with a notary. |
Merry Christmas to All! Merry Christmas to all of you wonderful people at Lifetime!!! 🎄We are so in love with our two Lifetime babies and are thankful to have such a wonderful relationship with their birth mothers❤️ Veronica, thank you for all your work!
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Her First Baby Food! Time continues to fly by! Hanna is 5 months old now! Kyle and Jeanna |
Christmas Blessing! Here is a Christmas picture from Jack! |
Dreams Do Come True What a wonderful day for this family, adoption finalization day! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
Happy Holidays! Some recent pictures! |
Christmas Boy, Christmas Joy! Here’s the latest pic of Keegan, who just turned 2 1/2 and totally LOVES Christmas! Christine and John
If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
Blessed Three Times Full! Hope you and all of the wonderful Lifetime staff have a blessed Christmas. We’ve attached a few of our most recent photos for you to share. We’ve adopted three times with Lifetime’s help. You are in our prayers, |
So Much Joy and Love I just gave Lifetime’s information to a finance director within the company I work for and another woman I met through a facebook adoption group. I love encouraging others to pursue the same avenue we did, as it has brought us so much joy and love. I’d love to share Tori’s Christmas pictures with you! I truly have never met such a happy, easy going baby who smiles at everyone she meets. The other parents from daycare come up to her and ask, “Where is my smile today?” and then they are able to go about their day with a big smile on their face. It’s incredible to see how just her smile makes so many other people happy. She is a joy and a blessing to our entire family. I never knew I could love someone so much. Hope all is well with the entire Lifetime staff! Merry Christmas! Lisa and Frank |
Helping Hands I can not praise you guys enough. I ordered my holiday cards last night and Lifetime (CA/FL) is first on my list! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
Christmas Blessings! We would love to share that after 5 1/2 years of infertility we are 14 weeks pregnant. We are so blessed and excited to give Jameson a sibling. |
Baby's First Christmas! Merry Christmas! |
Santa! Guess who met Santa? Maddox has been a very good boy this year. I think Santa might bring him all that his heart desires! Santa has already given us Maddox 🙂 |
Look Who is Getting Big Keeton is so smart. Deloretta (and Karl!)
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Babies Fill the Home With Love! I wanted to send an update regarding the adoption of Liam. We have a court date tomorrow morning when the adoption will be finalized. We want to thank you so very much and everyone over there at Lifetime Adoption. We are a complete family now. My husband and I would have had a good life without children (we prepared ourselves for that possibility) but our lives just feel so much more complete with him in it. I will send you more updates from time to time, I am sure life will be busy! Hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Sincerely, Katie and Michael |
Best Christmas Present Ever! Just wanted to send you an update and just a few of my favs from our new family photos this past Thanksgiving. Zara is now four months old, beautiful and so smart! Everyone just loves her! Everyone that meets her including all her teachers and the church child care center where we attend compliment that she is so sweet, quiet and a joy to be around. That is until she gets home where we are known to get super silly and loud! 🙂 Our extended family love her so much and she has gotten so many clothes, we did not have to buy any for at least the first 6 months. Of course I still did, because I have to impart a little bit of personalized style since Mom does know her little diva best (in my mind anyway). Ha ha! 😉 She is also healthy and meeting or exceeding her developmental milestones. We will be finalizing the adoption in court on Dec. 19-best Christmas present ever-and could not be more excited!! Hope you and yours have a very blessed holiday season! 🙂 Felicia and Goodman
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Can you Believe He is Growing So Fast? Wow! Can you believe Maddox is 7 months old?! He is growing so fast. Maddox is so easy going and smiles nonstop. His favorite TV show is Puppy Dog Pals. He can sit up on his own for a few minutes. He currently rolls all over the place. He has two teeth on the bottom. His Birth Mom and I still text each other a few times a week. I feel like she has become a member of my family. Thank you all for helping our family grow. I cannot picture what life was like before Maddox. Kevin and Tequilla |
Heaven Sent I just wanted to share an update with you! We are a little over 5 months and absolutely perfect!! We are just so in love! I said that all I’ve ever wanted was to be a mommy and this God sent baby is even more that I could have ever hoped for! Thanks again for everything!!! Jennifer (and Phillip)
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Celebrating Today as a Family We had our hearing today to finalize our adoption! We are so excited and went out to celebrate today as a family. We truly appreciate everything you and the Lifetime family did during our process. From setting everything up to the emotional support you provided, everything was top notch. We could not be more blessed this holiday to be a family of 3, and we thank you for your contribution. Here are some photos we took today of Alivia. Please share with the Lifetime family and the world. Thanks,
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Shout it to the Whole World! Charlotte’s adoption was finalized today. We couldn’t be happier! We were matched with the most amazing Birth Mom and everything worked out so well! Thank you! We want to shout it to whole world! Peter and Helen |
Sweet, Happy, Silly, and Our Dream Come True As Carly turns 4 today, we can’t help but think of each of you and thank you for helping to bring Carly into our family. She has come so far, from her tiny two pounds, to a now, big four year old. She is the light of our lives and brings more joy and love than we could have ever imagined. She loves to ride her bike, go to preschool, play with her brothers, jump on her trampoline, and shine her light wherever she goes. She is sweet, happy, silly, and our dream come true. We hope you are all well and we love sharing Carly’s amazing story with everyone we know. Thank you, will never be enough, to express our gratitude to each of you! Happy Thanksgiving! Love, Casey and April
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Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!! Time has flown by sooooo fast! We just can’t believe that Jude is already 2 1/2!! In some ways though, it feels like it’s been so long since our ‘waiting days’ – now that God has completed our family, those days that were so so hard to live through, are now behind us! And best of all, we can look back and see that everything happened exactly in God’s perfect timing (of course!). Even though we wanted to speed everything along, He had the right plan for us, and looking at our beautiful children makes us realize that our wait was necessary for God to bring each of them to us! How wonderful to have the blessing of hindsight now! (If only I had been more patient back then! I could have saved myself a lot of worry and longing! Although Jude was our only ‘Lifetime baby’, we talked often enough about our girls that we can give an update on them too. And our little Jude. Sometimes I look back at the whirlwind of his birth, and wonder how we made it through! We had been waiting soooo long before we got “the call!”. We were even more surprised when sweet Birth Mom called the very next day saying she was in labor (six weeks early!!). What a crazy time! But also wonderful! We were able to have a wonderful bonding time with little Jude as he was stuck in the NICU for almost two weeks! Fast forward 2 1/2 years and you would never know he was a tiny 4 pound baby! He’s so big now! He’s all boy. Our house used to be all princesses and glitter, but Jude has come in and taken over. Somehow everything has turned into a light saber or blaster gun. He can be quite the little stinker, but he’s so cute that his sisters always forgive him right away. The three of them together are just precious – God totally knows what He’s doing! I’m attaching some updated pictures! We just took them, so you can see that it’s still always cold and snowy up here in Northern Minnesota!! But oh so beautiful! This thanksgiving, we just want to thank all of you at Lifetime!! We are so grateful for everyone who came along side us during our journey! And I just want to give hope to all of those waiting families – we’ve been there, and if you can trust God to provide, you will come out seeing just how awesome His perfect plan is! We pray for the waiting families and sweet birth mamas often! We are always more than happy to share our experience! If you ever want to give my email to anyone, please do! We’ve got lots of experience with waiting, trans racial adoption, etc.!) Love and gratitude to you all!
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Blessing from Above Brodie is 6 months old and his first tooth is beginning to make its appearance. He smiles, giggles, and is on the verge of crawling and sitting up on his own. Brodie makes everything better. We are so grateful for everything Lifetime did. Thank you Natalie for believing in divine intervention. Happy Thanksgiving! Kristi and Chris |
Celebrating World Adoption Day
Hannah is 4 months this month! She is smiling lots and has started to giggle! She got her ears pierced this month! For Halloween she was a banana (we call her Hannah banana), and we were monkeys. She loves diaper changes and bath time now. Not a fan of the car seat! We spent time with all the cousins in November and went to a fun farm. We also celebrated national adoption day! |
Our Greatest Blessing Lifetime is truly a blessing. It is hard to believe that is has been 12 years since we went through this journey. When we met with the birth mother’s extended family this time, the birth grandmother was completely speechless and grateful. She said that Lifetime found the perfect family to raise her granddaughter. Thank you!!! Thank you Lifetime for helping us find our daughter. We have an open adoption and this year for her birthday we took her to see some of her extended birth family. We are truly blessed and grateful for your organization. |
A Match Made in Heaven This adorable baby boy, Joshua, is surrounded by his happy adoptive parents Gregory and Elizabeth, and Joshua’s new adoring big sister. The family has developed a wonderful bond with Joshua’s birth family, and Elizabeth mentions that she feels like they are her own family members.
If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply
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Cooper Fills the Home With Love! Thought we would share some recent family photos that we took the other day. Cooper is doing great! He has been sleeping through the night for a few months now, loves when it is time to eat, and is growing like crazy! He is such a happy baby, and it is so much fun to see his personality develop. |
Little Angel from God It’s that time of year again for an update on Angel. She’s 11 now and in the 5th grade. She’s in good health, loving, and silly as she wants to be. Her hobbies are still crafts and baking. I just signed her up for a winter cheerleading program. She was in karate for a few months and did a great job. I’ll probably get her started with that once we finish this cheerleading program. |
Falling More in Love Here are some pictures of Ahava at a pumpkin patch and and at Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy. |
We're Official! Allow me to introduce you to Avery Chancellor, the miracle you all helped God bring into our lives and for that we are forever grateful and forever connected. |
Halloween Fun! We are excited to congratulate Arizona adoptive couple Michael and Amanda! They have adopted a precious baby boy and are pictured here having a fun time at Halloween with him! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
A Dream Come True How cute is she? We can’t get enough of her! She’s already 6 yrs old, where has the time gone? So adorable! |
Twins! Still just in shock & awe every day that these beautiful angels are ours. |
Congratulations!! We are so excited to offer our congratulations to this amazing Georgia adoptive couple Kevin and Tequila! Their adoption of baby Maddox is finalized and this family is official!
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Welcome Baby Boy! We’re sending an update on our adoption of Judah. He’s 6 weeks old and we absolutely love every minute of parenthood. He’s been a blessing to us and so many others. We love him so much! Thank you to the entire crew at Lifetime! – Ben and Victoria The birth mother found out she was pregnant at 36 weeks. She called Lifetime, created her adoption plan, and 2 weeks later they now have a son! |
One Year! It was a year on the 19th that Jared’s adoption was final! So hard to believe! He is now 18 months and all boy! He loves to get dirty, run, jump, play with tractors and with daddy’s duck calls! Here are some 18 month pics! Love Shay, Kerri and Jared |
Gratefully in Love I wanted to give a big thank you again from all of us for facilitating our adoption of baby DeAngelo Singh. He is now 5 months old and we all are so gratefully in love with him and ecstatic that the feeling is mutual. Developmentally, he is on or ahead of target, he is bright, strong, expressive, and observably attaching to us all as one would expect of any infant his age. Best of all, our family feels complete. Thank you, thank you, thank you! – Dane and Demitra |
Had to share! I had to share Jack’s bear costume picture because it’s so so cute! I hope everything is going well at the Lifetime office. Jack is so special and sweet! I went back to work this week from FMLA leave and it was bittersweet! Love, Sarah, Colby and Jack |
Brothers Here is Christophe at 9 months. He is crawling now and getting into everything. In addition, he tries to talk and keep up with his big brother, Kalev. Kalev looks after Christophe and redirects him. He is very protective of Christophe and makes sure that he is safe.
Regards, David and Rispba |
Thank you! I tried to send a huge assortment of pictures! She stays busy and loves to be outside! Thanks again! We will always be forever grateful for Lifetime!!!! – Jamie and Kelley |
Smiles! She is starting to smile now! She loves bath time and loves playing on her activity mat! She hates her car seat and diaper changes though! Her cooing and fun sounds are adorable, and she is stealing the hearts of everyone at church! – Kyle and Jeanna |
Wild and Crazy We are celebrating our precious Isaiah turning one today! We got to FaceTime with his sweet birth mom and are celebrating with friends and family tonight. Over the last week, we’ve had a lot of fun reminiscing about our trip to go get Isaiah–booking last minute flights, changing plans at the last minute at 2 am, and meeting him and his birth family. It was wild and crazy, but never have we felt so strongly that God was in control and guiding every step. What a beautiful adventure! Thanks for everything… Ross, Carol, and Isaiah |
Thank You We don’t know where we would be without her! She is 9 years old now and continuing to grow like a weed! She is our world and everyday is a new adventure with our beautiful daughter. Thank you for such a beautiful and precious gift!!! Much Love Always, Josh and Tiffany |
Life is Great! Words cannot describe the way Henry has changed our lives and our hearts! We did not know it was possible to love someone the way we love our sweet little boy. It has been so fun to watch him grow over the last (almost) 18 months… crawling, walking, running, and now climbing on everything! His silly little personality fits in perfectly with our family, and it’s pretty amazing that he even has dimples like Mommy! Veronica and the team made our dreams come true, and helped us start our forever family. We are forever grateful that our path to starting a family lead us to adoption through Lifetime. – Matt and Jennifer |
Best Brothers Here are some photos of Ben and the family. We were apparently pregnant at the same time as Ben was being born, so he became an instant big brother and almost has a twin that he does everything with! – Reid and Lauren |
So Grateful! Here’s a recent picture from apple picking a couple weeks ago. I’m so grateful God has allowed me to be a mom to such an amazing little boy. We are so grateful! – Craig and Angela |
Beautiful Girl! We’re excited to congratulate Georgia adoptive couple Goodman and Felicia! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
Happy Baby Ahava is doing well. She’s such a little busy body. She’s walking now. She’s a little wobbly, but she improves her balance each day. She is a very social and happy baby. She is so smart. She figures things out very quickly. – Bobby and Chaun |
Precious Baby Girl We’re excited to congratulate Colorado adoptive couple Randy and Sarah! They just adopted a precious baby girl through a Lifetime adoption! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
Love the Blog! Thank you so much for the beautiful blog about our family. I shared it on my personal page and it’s touched so many already. I consider it a lovely keepsake for our family. |
Don't Give Up! We now have this little beauty to complete our family. We’ve had three failed in the past (almost) two years. On Thursday, we got the call that our baby girl was born on Wednesday and flew out that night. We got to meet her on Friday. So in love! – Michael & Joy |
Our Daughter's Second Birthday Today is our daughter Gracie’s 2nd birthday and I can’t help but think how much of a part Lifetime played in her becoming a part of our family. We are so thankful for all that the staff at Lifetime do for the adoptive parents and birth moms throughout the entire process – before, during, and after. Grace is the happiest little girl full of love and we can’t wait to see what God has planned for her. She loves her little brother and brings so much joy to our lives that we didn’t even know was missing until she became a part of our family. We cannot imagine our lives without our precious daughter and thank God daily for Lifetime and the selfless decision made by her birth mom so that our family could be blessed with one of the greatest gifts ever. We are thankful for Gods faithfulness, perfect plan, and perfect timing. |
Growing Fast! Brooklyn is doing great. Growing fast! We can’t believe she is almost 2. We will be celebrating her 2nd Birthday at Disneyland Paris. She loves Peppa Pig, Doc McStuffins, and playing outside. |
Big Boy Here is our big boy… 7 months old. We cant believe it he is growing so fast. He is such a blessing and truly a happy baby. Thank you so much for all you have done to make us a family. That face is too much!
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Exciting and Busy! It’s been an exciting month around here. I took a new job as an elementary principal and life has been busy! Jared is doing so well and growing everyday! He went to his first rodeo and loved every second of it! The picture in the yellow raincoat is visiting me at school on the first day! Thank you for all you do for adoptive parents, birth parents, and children! You are truly a blessing to so many! |
Happy Birthday! We can’t believe Grayson is almost 2 already!! He is growing and learning and we can’t remember what life was like before him! We’ve gone on several trips including Disney World. He loves going to the farm and the zoo. He knows all his animal sounds and can count to 10. We are getting ready to celebrate his birthday with a Mickey Mouse themed party (his favorite!). I also have to tell you a funny story… on a whim I entered Grayson and Ryan into a Father Son look alike contest at our county fair. They ended up WINNING!! The newspaper ran a story about it, no one could believe he was adopted because he looks so much like us. I hope you are doing well! Thank you for checking in! |
From the Moment We First Met Lucas Lucas is doing amazing. Growing up so fast! He is learning his colors and can count to ten. He loves to play outside and with anything that involves water. He always enjoys watching movies that having a lot of singing in them. He will sing along and dance for hours. We are counting down the days to when we get to visit Disneyland and he is super excited! I hope all of you at Lifetime are doing well and I pray for all the birth parents and adopting parents. – Rhonda & Lawrence
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Happy Birthday!! Yes, our sweet Braely is ONE! She is walking everywhere and exploring everything. Her personality is so happy and easy going and she brings joy to everyone she meets! Braely loves music and to dance! Her and her brother Liem have such and bond and when they play together it melts our heart! She is loved beyond measure! – Chantel |
Our Little Miracle I just want to share a new picture of our happy, miracle boy! The past 2 months have been so surreal and I don’t even know if I have stopped to thank you all at Lifetime! There is no doubt that God guided our steps and hand picked Jack for our family! |
Just Four Fun Happy 4th Birthday, Eli! |
Baby Ollie Visits Lifetime! Lifetime is so happy for new adoptive parents Nate and Jen! We enjoyed a visit with Nate, Jen, and their adorable baby boy, Ollie. |
An Absolute Joy The year has flown by! It’s so hard to believe how quickly things change. Aviya is walking, talking some, and has quite the personality. She’s already been on two international trips (Antigua and Costa Rica) and we will be in South America in November. |
She's Our Most Wonderful Blessing! We are grateful to you all every single day of our lives! You gave us our world – the most wonderful blessing! |
His Adoption is Final! Well, the sun and the moon aligned for us on this eclipse day, and we finalized Jeremiah’s adoption! So fast and so thankful! |
Born in Our Hearts Words cannot express the joy and grateful hearts of Eric and Amanda when they received the call. Two hours later, they were not only blessed with a beautiful baby girl, but also loving birth parents. |
Our Forever Family We’re so excited for Lifetime adoptive couple Dave and Pam, who just finalized the adoption of their son, Zach! They emailed Veronica, their Adoption Coordinator:
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Adoption of a Lifetime It’s almost impossible to believe that six months ago we got a phone call saying a baby boy had been born, and that the birth family wanted to meet us. |
The Cutest Little Braves Fan Can you believe Maddox is 15 weeks old?! I still pinch myself. I cannot believe he is real. |
Happy Boy We began our morning with a sweet (and so cute!) email from Lifetime parents, Luke and Lindsay: |
Loved Beyond Measure Congratulations to Nick and Jamy, from Wisconsin, on their recent adoption of siblings! These adorable brothers are under 18 months old and already loved beyond measure. |
Full of Smiles What a sweet family of three! Please contact Lifetime if we can ever assist you or a loved one along a path to adoption. We’re happy to help in any way possible! |
Blessed by Adoption We arrived home late Friday night and received the package you’d sent. We absolutely LOVE the book God Found Us You! What a great story and a perfect way to talk with Jacob about his adoption. You guys think of everything, and we can’t thank you enough! |
Beautiful Baby Girl We’re excited to congratulate Florida adoptive couple Eric and Amanda! |
His Smile Lights Up a Room What good it does our team and others with adoption on their hearts to see these precious updates from Lifetime families! From Shay & Kerri: |
This Takes the Cake Cute First Birthday Alert! |
It's a Boy! We’re excited to congratulate Tennessee adoptive couple Colby and Sarah! |
A Dream Come True We’re excited to congratulate Texas adoptive couple Kyle and Jeanna! They just adopted a precious baby girl through a Lifetime adoption! Wondering how Lifetime will become part of your adoption story?Help us learn more about you and your adoption dream by applying online. |
Celebrating Our New Arrival We’re doing well and are in the depths of potty training! We figured we better work with him on this while we have the time before we go back to work. |
Blessed by Adoption Paxton is doing well. He continues to be one of the most loving and content little boys we know! He is becoming quite independent, he will scurry right off to his room or playroom and just play by himself. He loves to go bye-bye, he will crawl over to me and start waving both hands asking me if we can go somewhere. It is amazing how God orchestrated everything and how perfectly Paxton fits into our lives. We are so blessed! |
Look Who's One! We love getting updates like these from Lifetime adoptive couples! Greg and Tina from Wisconsin write: |
He's Been Our Greatest Joy! William has been our greatest joy! Here are some recent photos of him. He completed second grade on the honor roll and we’re so proud. He recently tested and was placed in the advanced categories for math and language arts. He is one smart kid and we hope he continues his love of learning. |
We're Blessed to Be His Parents! Words cannot express how thankful we are for the gift you gave us of our amazing son! Cooper is such a sweetheart, and we are so blessed to be his parents! Thank you for the support and encouragement you provided us during the wait. |
Adopted in Love We’re excited to congratulate Florida adoptive couple Chris and Diana! Wondering how Lifetime will become part of your adoption story?
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Bouncing Baby Boy Look who’s five months old! |
Thank Heavens for Little Girls What a precious little girl! We love this update that adoptive couple Darryl and Dana just emailed us: |
Just Like Daddy Look who is sitting up at less than five months (and ate all my mangoes!) Keeton is like daddy…one has sweet tooth the other sweet gums! |
Happy Birthday Little Darling! We had such a such a great birthday/holiday weekend! Matt turned 30 on July 1st and then Sophia turned one the next day! She loved her Mickey and Minnie themed party, as she loves watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse during her breakfast. |
Our Boy is a Joy! We just wanted to send you an update! We finalized Isaiah’s adoption on Tuesday, and we can’t believe how fast time has gone since he was born! To say that we love this little guy would be a huge understatement. |
A Family Brought Together for a Lifetime This morning I recommended Lifetime to an adoption support group I’m a part of on Facebook. As I was writing about your support for birth moms and adoptive families alike, I found myself hoping a member of the Lifetime family would read the impact you’ve had on our lives! |
Adopted in Love We’re excited to congratulate Connecticut adoptive couple Tommy and Kaycee! Discover how Lifetime can make your dreams of domestic adoption come true!
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Our Hearts Are Full Karsin is almost three months old and we’re still in awe that he is here! Karsin is growing like a weed at almost 10 pounds, far cry from his NICU lowest of 5.8, and 22 inches long! He loves to talk, giggle, watch the puppy and seeing all the visitors he has had since we got home!! |
Our Lifetime "Baby," 18 Years Later! Thought you might like to see the joy your organization brought to one family’s life! |
Our Dream Come True We are so happy for Jamal and Niambi on the adoption of their son, Chance! If you are thinking about adopting, please call or text
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A Miracle Was Born Dan and Hanna stopped by Lifetime’s Florida office to say hi with their son Kallen! Are you thinking about adopting a baby?
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God Heard Our Prayers We are all doing well. It’s hard to believe a year has already passed us by! |
Adopted in Love We’re excited to congratulate Illinois adoptive couple John and Lesa! Discover how Lifetime can make your dreams of domestic adoption come true!
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God Found Us You What a cute update from North Carolina adoptive couple Steve and Brianne! They emailed their Adoption Coordinator: Discover how Lifetime can make your dreams of infant adoption come true!
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Our Boy is a Joy! Gage is SO much fun, he is seriously the happiest baby, he loves on absolutely everyone and always has a smile to share! He knows no strangers! |
Isn't She Lovely This all feels like a dream! We are so in love with baby Brynlee. We can’t take our eyes off of her! She is perfect in every way, God truly had His hand in every part of our adoption journey. We’re grateful for all the time we were able to spend with Brynlee’s birth mom at the hospital. We will cherish those moments and share them with Brynlee as she grows up. |
We're Head Over Heels in Love With Her! Tori is doing great! She loves to kick her legs and is very strong! She has more than doubled her birth weight, which is awesome! She changes and grows more every day and doesn’t even look like the same little three pound, seven-ounce baby she was. |
A Miracle is Born We’re excited to congratulate adoptive couple Dane and Demitra! After a short adoption wait, they just brought home a precious baby boy, DeAngelo, through a Lifetime adoption! |
Blessed With Twins! Lifetime would like to congratulate Connecticut adoptive couple Bob and Maureen! They just adopted twin boys, Andrew and Ben, through a Lifetime adoption! |
Baby's First 5k I saw that Lifetime recently began using Facebook Live! That is so exciting. It is amazing how technology can make us all feel that much more connected. I had to share Mother’s Day photos from our first 5k together! |
Our Adoption Dream Came True! We truly can’t believe he’s here…it still feels like a dream! 🙂 Here’s a photo of his big sister admiring him proudly. |
I'm the Answer to Mommy's & Daddy's Prayers Lifetime would like to congratulate Florida adoptive couple, Chris and Kristi! They just adopted a precious baby boy, Brodie, through a Lifetime adoption! |
We Became a Forever Family! We finalized Addie’s adoption last month! It was such a great visit and a really great hearing. The judge was so nice and spoke some really kind and encouraging words to us. We were also able to visit with Addie’s birth mother and met Addie’s birth father and his family. It was simply awesome. We are so blessed! |
Adopted in Love Our adoption just became official yesterday, as we had our final court hearing! Here are a couple photos from that day. |
Born in Our Hearts Callie is getting big and climbing everything she can. We are considering a bubble wrap suit. 🙂 |
She's the Light of All Our Days Our daughter Scout is almost five months and the light of all of our days! |
Happy 1st Mother's Day, Mommy! We had a fabulous first Mother’s Day. |
Lifetime Made Our Dreams a Reality Wow! We cannot believe that Maddox will be three weeks old on Wednesday. Time is flying by! It seems like he was just born yesterday. |
My First Mother's Day was Truly Extraordinary! Although we did ordinary things this Mother’s Day weekend like going to church and spending quality time together, it was an extraordinary weekend because of Ahava. Our first Mother’s Day was truly extraordinary! |
Look Who's ONE Can you believe Miss Brooklyn, our miracle baby, is one already? She is beyond a blessing! |
Thanks to Lifetime, Our Family is Complete! Lifetime would like to congratulate Oklahoma adoptive couple, Jason and Rebecca! Their of adoption of sweet baby boy Thomas was recently finalized in court! Thomas joins proud big brothers Ben and Jones and happy big sister Annie to complete this beautiful family. Discover how Lifetime can make your dreams of domestic adoption come true!
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Our Little Blessing It is so hard to believe that 10 months have already passed since our little blessing was born. Thank you to everyone at Lifetime for making it all possible. We love you all! |
Simply Amazing Lifetime would like to congratulate Pennsylvania adoptive couple, Frank and Lisa! They just adopted a precious baby girl, Tori, through a Lifetime adoption! |
Adoption Changed Our Lives in Awesome, Exciting, and Powerful Ways! Keenan is doing great! In fact, since we moved to LA he’s told us he wants to be an entertainer, so we put him in glee, musical theater, hip hop and broadway dance. He also started modeling in December and has been shooting for Gymboree. You can see him on the website, in stores and on mailers. |
A Baby is Wonder & Hope “A new baby is like the beginning of all things: wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.” |
An Adoption for a Lifetime While we knew we had the best support team out there with Lifetime, I think we didn’t fully realize how lucky we were to have had you all until we announced Zoe was a member of our family. |
Having Fun Being One Happy Birthday, Jared! Here’s a sweet update from Michigan adoptive parents Shay and Kerri: |
Adoption is LOVE We’d like to thank the entire Lifetime Adoption team! Our adoption of Dylan is final and we feel so blessed! |
Cute As a Bunny I just wanted to write for no other reason to say “hi!” I was thinking about Lifetime today and the gift you all brought into our lives. |
Hanging With My Peeps How quickly Ava is growing up! We are having a blast this weekend celebrating Easter. We hope you enjoy the picture and Happy Easter! |
Taking His First Steps! Bodhi is taking a few steps and likes to get to stuff. |
Sweet Baby Girl Lifetime would like to congratulate adoptive parents Jeremiah and Tammy from Oklahoma! |
Our Boy is a Joy Michael and Cynetra’s of adoption of little Kaden was just finalized in court last month! Discover how Lifetime can make your dreams of domestic adoption come true!
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Adoption is LOVEWe love this adoption update from Lifetime adoptive couple Steve and Regina of California! 
“And all along I believed I would find you. |
Sweet Baby Boy Lifetime would like to congratulate adoptive parents Steven and Brianne from North Carolina! |
Light of Our Lives and Joy of Our Hearts! Langston recently turned a year old and is walking all over the place! He is the light of our lives and joy of our hearts! |
Grateful to Be His Mom! Langston continues to be a happy and well-adjusted kid, who loves his friends and family. He is a trusted friend in school and can be counted on to do his best by administration, teachers, and schoolmates. |
Her Royal Fiveness I don’t know where the time went, I blinked and my baby turned five! |
Doubly Blessed by Adoption Alan and Rebekah just adopted for the second time through Lifetime! Big brother Eli is excited to welcome sweet baby boy Oliver into their family! Alan and Rebekah share: |
Cupid’s Cutie Here’s a fun Valentine’s photo and update from Florida adoptive couple Geoff and Natalie: |
Sweet Baby Boy Lifetime would like to congratulate adoptive parents Karl and Donna from Connecticut! |
She's a Blessing from God Can’t believe Eligia turned two yesterday! It seems like we just got the call – and that she has been a part of our lives forever – all at the same time. |
Full of Smiles In just one short week we will be celebrating our son’s birthday. I remember how I felt on this day last year, before we ever heard from his birth mother…filled with anticipation to parent, but devastated at how long we had waited. Little did I know, she had already chosen us to parent her child, who would be born days after we first spoke! |
Fun at One Just had someone reach out and ask me how my experience with Lifetime was and I am so happy to tell them about all of our positive experiences! |
Two Years Ago We Were Blessed by Adoption! Can you believe it has been two years since we were waiting to see if Lucas was going to be ours?! I remember feeling so many emotions, yes there were nervous feelings but I also felt peace like I knew he was my little boy and knew that we had so many people praying for us including all of you at Lifetime! |
Thank You, Lifetime! We just wanted to share with you that we finalized Sophia’s adoption today! We are so excited and grateful! |
He's Truly a Gift from God“Time is going way too fast! He is getting big and doing so much. He truly is a gift from God! Thank you, Lifetime, for everything! His laugh melts my heart!” Discover how Lifetime Adoption can make your dreams of infant adoption come true!
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Worth the Wait Thank you Maurice and Kim, for this encouraging update! |
Our Christmas Blessing, a Year Later! At this time last year, we brought home our wonderful blessing of Colton! |
Making the Grade William made the honor roll this semester and we are very proud! He loves to read and his teacher says he is reading at the third-grade level. |
Merry Christmas from Lifetime Adoption!We wish you a memorable and Merry Christmas, and abundant blessings in the year to come! If you’re thinking about infant adoption, please send us an email or call us at 1-800-923-6784.
We’ll provide you with the steps you’ll need to take to get started on the path towards parenthood! |
What a Beautiful Blessing We finalized Lela’s adoption and she’s officially a member of our family! Everything is going very well. Lela is growing fast and learning new skills every day. |
Happy Baby “We’re so happy. Ahava is thriving. She wakes up laughing and smiling every morning. |
He's the Light of My Life! Wow is life busy with a toddler! My boy is just the absolute light of my life and watching him grow and change every day is such joy. |
Holiday Blessings Our son is an amazing little boy who’s now six years old. He started 1st grade in August and he loves school. He’s very smart, curious, and excited about learning new things. When Yolanda volunteers in his classroom, he always actively and eagerly participates. He likes to have lots of fun, and he loves to try to make others laugh. |
He Brings Us Joy! We wanted to wish you and the staff a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Lucas is doing great! Lucas is growing so fast and learning so much. He brings our whole family so much joy! We are so blessed! |
Sweet Baby Boy Lifetime would like to congratulate adoptive parents Ross and Carol from Nebraska… |
Open Adoption Still Blesses Us, Years Later We wanted to catch you up on our wonderful “Lifetime baby” who is now 13 years old! He’s 5′ 9″ tall already! He plays soccer and runs track and does pretty well in school. He is also hilarious and very creative. |
Our Lifetime "Baby" is Now 10! Max will be 10 at the end of the month! Time sure flies. |
Baby's First Thanksgiving We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! |
Blessed by Adoption Lifetime would like to congratulate adoptive parents Scott and Christa from Florida… They just brought their baby boy, Dylan, home through a Lifetime adoption! Dylan joins their other son, Colin, who’s proud to have a little brother. |
Oh How They Grow Here’s a recent photo of Keegan so you can see how much this boy has grown! |
Sweet Baby Girl Lifetime would like to congratulate adoptive parents Jeffrey and Aja from Texas… |
The Greatest Miracle of All Gage is now six months old and all boy! He’s always on the move! He is crawling and even pulling to standing. |
Isn't She Lovely Ahava is growing so fast. We’re still in awe at how God found the baby that is meant especially for us. At times, I suddenly get a wave of gratefulness when I look at her. |
Lil Reindeer Reporting for Duty Counting down until his first Christmas! |
She's Our Gift From God It is so wonderful to watch this little girl grow up! Thank you Greg and Tina for another update. We are so excited to see her in the next stages! |
Lifetime Helped Make This Life Possible! Here’s a picture of us from our Halloween at our church’s trunk or treat. And also one from Avi’s dedication ceremony at church. |
Forever Family It’s official! We had finalization for Ezra’s adoption last week. What an incredible journey. I just love being a mom. Such a blessing! Here’s a photo of us after finalization! Hooray! -Craig and Angela |
Enjoying Every Moment Thank you so much for everything you have done to help us start our family through adoption. We will always have fond memories of the time we worked together. We are so excited to finally have Winston with us and are enjoying every moment. Thanks again! -Maurice and Kim |
Oh, The Places You'll Go! We can’t believe that it’s one year since Brooklyn came into our lives. We wanted to share some pics of her as we have been meaning to do so for awhile. We recently took a family vacation to Switzerland, Italy, and Germany. -Graham and Bonnie |
Happy Day! Jared turned six months old today, and his adoption was finalized! |
He's Our Answered Prayer We are enjoying our sweet baby boy so very much. He has answered our prayers a thousand times over! |
Cutest Pumpkin in the Patch We wanted to share with you some of our recent adventures with our little guy! We celebrated Branlin’s second birthday back in August and he is growing like a weed! |
Our Adoption Story We got the call from Lifetime a week before our birth mother’s due date and flew out to her town a few days later. She ended up being a week late and baby Braely was born on September 1st. She is a tiny, precious little girl! David, Chantel, Liem and Braely |
We Were Blessed With a Miracle! “We can’t believe it has already been three months since we were blessed with a miracle!” If you are thinking about infant adoption, please contact us or call 1-800-923-6784.
We’ll provide you with the steps you’ll need to take to get started on the path towards parenthood! |
Thank You, Lifetime, for All Your Guidance! We want to thank you for all your guidance and care during this transition time in our lives. Just when we thought an adoption wasn’t going to happen before we moved, it happened! |
A Forever Home Happy day for David & Deanna…they just finalized their daughter’s adoption! Pictured in the lower photo (left to right) is Adoption Coordinator Tiffany, David, Deanna, their daughter Madison, and the judge. David and Deanna say, “Thanks so much. Can’t thank you enough for EVERYTHING!” If you’re thinking about adopting a child, explore the next steps with Lifetime. Message us or apply today at LifetimeAdoption.com/apply. |
So In Love Lifetime would like to congratulate new adoptive parents Kyle and Taylor. They just brought their baby girl home through a Lifetime adoption! Their daughter was born weighing seven pounds, two ounces, and was 20 inches long. Kyle and Taylor emailed their Adoption Coordinator, Diane: “We are so relieved and so in love. She is beautiful and so sweet! We’ve decided to name her Zoey Elizabeth!”
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We Can't Thank Lifetime Enough! We got the finalization date for Jared’s adoption today! He will be an official member of our family next month, on his six month birthday! We will never be able to express how blessed and thankful we are that we were called to Lifetime! Jared is growing like crazy, rolling over, sitting up and has two and a half teeth. Thank you will never be enough for all you have given us! Love and God Bless all of you! -Shay and Kerri |
Twice Blessed Lifetime would like to congratulate adoptive parents David and Chantel. |
Life is Good Many blessings to Lifetime’s adoptive parents John & Christine! If you are thinking about infant adoption, please contact us or call 1-800-923-6784. We’ll provide you with the steps you’ll need to take to get started on the path towards parenthood! |
Our Two Lifetime Babies! Here’s a recent photo of our TWO Lifetime babies, Connor and Cate. Tonight, we’re sitting here thinking about how blessed we are. I’m overwhelmed with love. Thank you for blessing so many families! The families working with y’all are so lucky. I love these babies more than words can express and we have your wonderful staff to thank for everything. -Blake and Christy |
Pure Joy Brooklyn is doing great growing by leaps and bounds. She now has six teeth and cutting four more. She loves to talk is crawling, standing and so eager to walk. She loves jumping in her jumperoo and is on the go. She waves hi and bye-bye and loves to give high fives! She loves playing and cuddling with her big brother and chasing him around. She is pure joy and we love watching her explore and learn new things. We’re forever grateful for Brooklyn’s birth mother, and she’s often in our thoughts and prayers. -Bonnie & Graham |
God Brought Us to You Lifetime would like to congratulate new adoptive parents, Lynn and Leah. They just brought their baby girl home through a Lifetime adoption!
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Blessed by Adoption Lifetime would like to congratulate new adoptive parents, Maurice and Kim. They just brought their baby boy home through a Lifetime adoption! They’ve truly been blessed with a wonderful experience and a lovely birth mother. |
Our Lifetime Family, 10 Years Later! We just had to share; Parker is 10 now, Charlie is 8 and Lassiter is almost 6. We can’t believe how fast they have grown, nor that is has been 10 years since we first contacted you. Lifetime made this all possible since. The boys are all in elementary school now, not babies anymore. The baby part is a blip in the calendar. Watching them grow into their own person with the individual personalities is amazing. -Laura and Mead |
Lifetime Helped Build Our Family Today we finalized Camden’s adoption! We are so thankful for you and everyone at Lifetime Adoption! Lifetime made the adoption process so much easier than we ever thought possible. We are so grateful and look forward to another adoption in the future! -John and Jennifer |
Our Little Blessing We love getting updates on Lifetime’s completed adoptions! Congratulations to Shay & Kerri for this blessing! They write, “Our little man is four months now! Just wanted to share a picture of our little blessing”
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A Forever Home Lifetime is celebrating the finalization of Jonmark and Amy’s son’s adoption! Here he is pictured with the judge and his parents after his finalization hearing. They share, “It’s official! We are so blessed! Thank you for all of your help.” Congratulations to your family from all of us at Lifetime! If you’re thinking about adopting a child start today by applying online (it’s free!)
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We're So Thankful for Lifetime! Through Lifetime Adoption the path of our lives changed overnight by an early evening phone call in November. We’re so happy to announce that our once four-pound seven-ounce baby is now not only crawling and teething but legally became a part of our family! Here’s a photo from Kayda’s adoption finalization. We are so thankful for Lifetime Adoption’s assistance, guidance, stories, faith, and wisdom they share with both adoptive families and birth mothers. Our love for Kayda’s birth mother cannot be matched with words and these women deserve the utmost respect that Lifetime offers. We will forever be a Lifetime family! With Love, Kyle and Taya |
My Lifetime Baby...18 Years Later! Single adoptive mother Theresa adopted her son Spencer through Lifetime 18 years ago. Both have stayed in touch with Spencer’s birth mother Laura throughout the years. They’ve enjoyed their open adoption! Theresa recently wrote to us, “we have stayed in such close contact with his birth mom and bio siblings that he is really close to his brother. It turns out they both play football and are somewhat shy, so they have really bonded and we go to each other’s football games now…It’s truly a miracle how our families have really blended…we even went to his birth mom’s grandchild’s 1st birthday party….his siblings love Spencer so much!” In 2009, Theresa, Spencer, and Laura appeared in a special about adoption shot at Lifetime Adoption Center. In the special, curated by PBS, they talked about their adoption experience:
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What a Happy Boy! We got a visit from this little guy this week! SO CUTE! It was so nice to visit with new adoptive parents, Silas and Dawn and their nearly six-month-old baby boy. (He already has 2 teeth!) Such a happy boy!
If you’re thinking about adopting a child, apply online or contact us to learn more about the possibilities for your family’s future: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply. |
Such a Cutie Mia is getting so big. She is now on the charts with the rest of the 1-month-olds. We had a welcome shower for her where she was showered with love. She appeared in some hospital pictures on her discharge day, and we’ve been the paparazzi at home. Her next official shoot is at three months; time is flying! She is such a cutie! -TJ and Adriane |
We Adopted a Baby Boy! We had a family visit us who recently adopted through Lifetime! “Baby Molaki is beautiful! Such a nice family…they said their experience was amazing and they are already talking about doing it again with Lifetime! Beaming!” shares Linda, Lifetime Director. Would you like to learn more about how you can make your dream of adoption come true? Take the first step today by filling out Lifetime Adoption’s free online application to adopt:
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Our Dreams Came True With a Phone Call! We can’t believe how much Carly has grown, from a tiny two and a half pounds to a fun two and a half year old. She is full of laughter, excitement, adventure, and smiles. Our hearts overflow with love for her and God’s faithfulness to answered prayers. You all hold a very special place in our hearts and always will. Blessings to all of you at Lifetime and to all the special birth mothers! Adoptive parents in waiting: May the smile on her precious face remind you of the smiles that await you. Our dreams came true, with one phone call, and so will yours. God’s timing is always perfect. -Casey and April |
Our Lifetime Blessing This morning Evelina was so cute with her Cooper the Bear (the sweet Lifetime gift we received) that I had to share! I have passed on the need for families to friends and hope many of them will contact you one of these days. The video is a short reminder of the blessings Lifetime is providing! Hope everyone is happy and well at Lifetime, Anne (and David)
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We'll Forever Cherish Lifetime in Our Hearts The date hasn’t been set just yet for Madison’s adoption finalization, but once it is, we look forward to coming to visit the Lifetime staff! Can’t wait! Here are some recent pictures from her Sip ‘n See Party. There were 80 to 100 guests who showed up to celebrate. Thank you so much, our beautiful, awesome Lifetime family! It’s been so busy here with getting her nursery beautiful, shopping for all needs, and showering Madison Grace with abundant love! We’ve already recommended you all to others we know who are adopting. Madison has been such a blessing – THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO! We thank God numerous times a day for His plan and we will forever cherish you all in our hearts. From the many talks to the long distance hugs, shared tears, and words of encouragement and then the words of celebratory excitement, you’ve always been there for us. We love you all! -David and Deanna |
Our Dream Come True (times ten)! Brooklyn is so amazing! She is very social and alert and smiley and loves everyone. She fits into our family so perfectly and everyone tells us that she got the best family ever! Great fit for her too! She is my focus & my everything… and is so loved! I still watch her sleep at times and can’t believe she is finally here. My dreams come true times ten! She sleeps through the night now! Total peach. Smiles, |
Make a Wish This picture is from our Disney trip for Aiden’s 2nd birthday with the Lifetime family! Also, we’re glad to report that Aiden’s birth mother and Toni are still very close, and FaceTime at least twice a month. Through the grace of God, his birth mother was able to share her experience with her family. They have also seen Aiden through FaceTime. -Gerald and Toni You can hear Gerald and Toni’s adoption story at AdoptionWebinar.com. Toni answered waiting adoptive family’s questions, parent-to-parent. |
TWO Cute We just had Hank’s pictures done for his 2nd birthday, so we’ll send a few in the mail for his birth mother. Hank is amazing. We can’t believe he’s going to be TWO in just two short weeks. Time is flying by. We’re busy getting ready for his baby brother to be born. I’m 35 weeks along. He is very excited to be a big brother and talks about his baby all the time. It’s just amazing the journey God had planned for us all. We were hoping to make it up for a visit to the Lifetime office before the baby was born, but we might have to wait until the fall for another visit. Warmly, Dustin and Miranda |
Our Handsome and Happy Boy We wanted to reach out to you to share how Weston is doing. Can’t believe how much Weston has grown in eight months, he’s getting so big! He already has six teeth in. Everywhere we go people stop us to comment on what a handsome, happy and well behaved baby he is. He is a good eater. He loves fruits and vegetables especially avocado, asparagus, and broccoli. He is even starting to self-feed some food. We are going for a long weekend to visit his birth mother and her family in two weeks. We’re going to go with Weston’s birth mom and her daughters to the beach during this visit! -Kevin and Jess |
He's the Center of My World Gavin is doing well, I can’t believe he’s almost 18 months either. The time has gone by so fast it’s like a blur. He’s so precious and the center of my world. He’s definitely a little character. He’s energetic, funny and even on his bad days he still smiles his seven little teeth. I get a text every now and again from his birth mom, she also can’t believe how handsome and big he’s gotten. She doesn’t want to meet him in person which is a little sad but understandable. Here’s a photo of Gavin at the end of his 16th month. He really keeps me on my toes but sometimes I think about giving him a sibling. The summer has been nice and low-key some travel both local and abroad and a few play dates and a lot of mommy and Gavin time! -Natacha
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He's the Light of Our Lives! Allen and Angelina were blessed to be matched with their birth mother just 10 days after contracting with Lifetime! They write, “We are enjoying Langston; he is the absolute light of our lives! Thanks for all you did during our adoption journey!” Would you like to learn more about how you can make your dream of adoption come true? Take the first step today by filling out Lifetime Adoption’s free online application to adopt:
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Thank You Lifetime for Bringing Us Together! Lorenzo’s adoption finalization was just two days after his third birthday. So that was pretty amazing! Jody’s parents were there and it went very quick. We’ve made great strides with Lorenzo. For a while, I think he was struggling with adjusting due to learning right and wrong behavior. He would have small anger and frustration moments when he didn’t get his way. But he’s fabulous now! He has a toy train set and he loves pretending he’s Thomas the Train. He absolutely loves swimming so going on our boat has been the highlight of the summer so far. Our family members are planning a “welcome to the family/gotcha party” next month. We wanted some more time to bond with Lorenzo before he met the rest of the family. And trust me we’re big! He’s met some but not all. He’s grown about three inches since coming home, so we’ve gone through a few “eating everything in sight” and “sleeping a lot” phases. He’s already outgrowing some of his 4T stuff too. We think he’s definitely going to be a tall boy! We can’t thank you all at Lifetime for being the thread that tied our families together. Lorenzo’s birth mother is an amazing woman and gave us the best gift we could ever ask for. We keep in touch with her quite often and she’s doing great. She’s enrolled in college and almost done with her first term at becoming a nurse. We are so proud of her! We haven’t talked anymore about when a good time would be for Lorenzo to see her again but we will wait for a few more months to pass. It will be great to see her again! Once again thank you so much for everything! -Pete and Jody
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Happy Family From meeting Kayla in 2009 to now! She has grown into a beautiful little girl. We are so happy for Weston, Lisa and their family! They write, “We always try refer people to Lifetime whenever we can, and will definitely continue to spread the word. We were lucky enough to be matched and bring our daughter home within 3 months of being active! Kayla’s now 7 years old! Hard to believe isn’t it? She continues to amaze us every day and is a great big sister to our 4-year-old. After 8 miscarriages, Lisa gave birth to Miss Livie Marie.” If you would like to work with Lifetime on your adoption journey, please contact us anytime at 1-800-923-6784. |
The Girl of our Dreams We loved working with Lifetime. Thank you for being such an integral part of our family! Our daughter, Hannah is three and a half now and such a joy! We are daily blessed by her sweet and generous spirit. We are so thankful that God chose her for us and us for her! We are so thankful that God called us to adoption. With Gratitude, Jen and Scott |
Exceptional Experience We were so incredibly pleased with everything that Lifetime offered us. Our experience with you was exceptional. The support, love, and guidance is something that is very hard to find, especially in a situation as delicate as adoption. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for everything that Lifetime did for us!!! -Josh and Kristi |
Oh, How They Grow Eliana is growing up so fast! She’s now two years and four months old. We are just so blessed to have her in our lives! Here’s a snapshot of her taken on the 4th of July. Best, |
Chosen Family At the beginning of the month, we finalized our adoption of Gabriel! Many friends and family came to the hearing and we celebrated afterwards with a big BBQ in our backyard. We’ve been so blessed these past five months with our sweet guy. He is active and inquisitive, constantly smiling and on the move. We know that God worked out every detail of this adoption from start to finish. We feel honored to be chosen by the Lord and Gabriel’s birth mother to parent our son. The waiting was a challenge–but it prepared us to never take a moment of this experience called parenthood for granted. He’s growing so fast, and it’s hard to believe that six months ago we had no idea how drastically our life would soon change for the better. We appreciate all that Lifetime did to support us in our time of waiting, and also for introducing us to the amazing young woman who changed our world forever by choosing us to parent Gabriel. Thank you! Sincerely, Kristin and Nicholas |
Blue Eyed Girl Happy second birthday Stevie, from the ladies of Lifetime Adoption! Would you like to learn more about how you can make your dream of adoption come true? Take the first step today by filling out Lifetime Adoption’s free online application to adopt:
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It's a Good Day! As Ava likes to say, “It’s a GOOD DAY!” Today is a good day because Ava’s adoption became finalized today! Thank you for all you did to make our family complete! Here’s a recent photo of the three of us. Have a blessed day! Ryan and Laura |
Beauty & Wonder We are excited to continue to watch Hanna grow into a beautiful child. Every day is full of new adventures. We feel so lucky to have her in our lives. She enjoys visits to the zoo, swimming in the pool, bubble baths, tea parties, playing in the water with the dog, running around in her princess dresses, painting our nails, feeding the neighbor’s fish, playing on her new outdoor fort, planting flowers, learning to fish, making new friends, picking wildflowers, making s’mores around the campfire, going to the amusement park, going to Hershey Chocolate World, and going to the local parks. No matter where Hanna goes she makes friends quickly! We pray every night and thank God that Hanna is here and that her birth parents are doing well. Regards, Mike and Jess |
He Fills Our Lives With Love and Joy Here’s a recent picture of Anthony. We can’t believe it has been a year already! It went by so fast. We love him sooo much. He has filled our lives with so much love and joy. My family came over to celebrate his birthday and they said, “Anthony has brought so much love and light into their lives. I know he has done the same for you too.” 🙂 -Juan and Maricela |
Our Lifetime "Baby", 8 Years Later! One of Lifetime’s adoption coordinators shared: “What a way to end the week! I just got a call from adoptive parents, John and Denise, who completed their adoption in 2008. They wanted to say “hi” and let me know that their son is a straight A student going into the 3rd grade. John & Denise said they are very proud of their son and that he has a beautiful spirit. They recently took up running as a family together.” (These updates are so inspiring! Look at that smile!) If you dream of adding a child to your family through adoption contact us or apply today: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply. |
Bouncing Baby Boy Congratulations, Jonmark and Amy, on your bouncing baby boy! We are so excited for you! The adoptive couple write, “We are ecstatic! He is perfect and we thank you guys so much.” |
So Blessed Look who turned two months today…Our miracle sent from above, Brooklyn Marie. Thanks to Lifetime and our amazing lawyer Kathleen. It was a very long bumpy challenging blessed road that led us to our perfect match. So blessed! -Greg and Tina |
Adorable Sweet Baby Congratulations, TJ and Adriane, on your lovely baby girl! We are so excited for you! One week after she was born, little Mia left the hospital with TJ and Adriane last night. She is doing wonderfully, and the adoptive couple is still pinching themselves with this beautiful “drop in lap” adoption situation. -The Lifetime Staff |
One Cool Dude We just had to send this picture of Hank! We were headed to the pool last night and he was one cool dude. We cannot believe he will be TWO at the end of the summer. He has the biggest personality and keeps us laughing! We sent his birth mom an update, and over 30 pictures with updates on the back of them. Blessings to you all, Dustin and Miranda |
Precious Milestones Brooklyn is doing very well! Seven months, two teeth, sitting up and ready to crawl. She is saying a few words…her first was “DaDa” : ) -Graham and Bonnie |
A Heart to Call Home Yesterday’s adoption finalization was such a pivotal and moving day! My cousin and a couple friends were there. Here are a few pics: one was taken after our finalization proceedings; Mason’s teddy bear was from the judge and it has his name on it. The other photo is of Mason in the onesie he had under his “court outfit.” -Andrea |
Forever Ours Congratulations, Roderick and Kim, on the finalization of your daughter’s adoption! We are so excited for you! -The Lifetime Staff Would you like to learn more about how you can make your dream of adoption come true? Take the first step today by filling out Lifetime Adoption’s free online application to adopt:
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Sweet Baby Girl Talia is doing great. She is such a sweet baby. She has been smiling up a storm lately! We are waiting for her to giggle while awake…she does in her sleep! We all are so in love with her. My friends threw a baby shower for us this last weekend. It was so nice. So many friends and family have been praying for us and supporting us, and it was awesome to be able to thank them and celebrate this precious girl. Sorry it took so long to get back to you. Life with a baby! Haha. So thankful to you and Lifetime for all you have done for us. I especially thank you for the personal attention you gave me when I was feeling frustrated or down. What a long journey to our miss Talia, but so worth it all now that she is here. -Mark and Stephanie |
Ready Or Not, Here I Grow!Hope everything is going great at Lifetime! We wanted to send you a cute video of Killian. He has grown so much and continues to grow every day! -Carter and Nova-Dawn |
Worth the Wait Things are going well and Jared is growing like crazy. We can’t believe he is a month old today! We had our pics done last week…here are a few sneak peeks! Thank you so much for helping us become a family! -Shay and Kerri |
Our Adoption is Final! How are you? We are doing great! We just wanted to let you know that we finalized Anthony’s adoption on last week. Here’s a picture of Anthony and us with the judge at the adoption hearing. We are so happy! We love him soooo much. We can’t believe he will be turning one next month. We are already planning his birthday party. 🙂 Thank you and everyone at Lifetime! -Juan and Maricela |
Cute as a Button Just wanted to touch base and let you know that we’re sending Joshua’s birth mom photos of him every month. We are in communication with the family who adopted his birth mom’s first baby. We’re really excited about that! The adoptive mother and Lisa talk often and share pics of the boys, and she’s shared a lot of information that we really appreciate. And it is nice and comforting to know that Joshua has another family in them. We think it will be important for Joshua when he gets older, so we are looking to continuing to grow that relationship. Here is the latest pic of Joshua, who is now 19 pounds! He is growing up so quickly and it has only been six months, can you believe it!? Well, take care and say hello from us to the Lifetime team! God Bless! -Daniel and Lisa |
Our Greatest Love of All We are overjoyed that the baby girl that’s been growing in our hearts is now home in our arms. Our daughter, Aviya is truly a blessing and we fell in love with her at first sight! Lifetime has been AMAZING and has made this process smooth as it could be. Tiffany answered our every call and email and helped calm all of our fears. We have ALREADY recommended Lifetime to several of our friends because we trust and appreciate their warmth, genuine concern and professionalism. We pray that other adoptive families and birth moms are guided and supported as we were. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” |
Born in Our Hearts Congratulations, Kevin and Jessica, on the finalization of your son’s adoption! We are so excited for you! -The Lifetime Staff Would you like to learn more about how you can make your dream of adoption come true? Take the first step today by filling out Lifetime Adoption’s free online application to adopt:
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They're Such a Blessing in Our Lives The kids are doing excellent and are growing so much! We are all very happy and the kids are doing amazing and are in a good place. We are so proud of them and they are such a blessing in our lives! At now five and six, they continue to blow our minds with their progression. They are currently finishing the 3rd grade in home school, are taking karate (where they are getting 1st and 3rd place metals in tournaments), they sing in the county children’s choir, are young leaders at our church and are loved by our entire community. We can’t go anywhere without them being recognized and loved on. They are so loving, and giving and kind. We are so amazed by them. Though there were some more challenging times than others, they have persevered in ways I can only credit to God! They have both humbled us and enriched our lives in ways we can not explain in words. The latest and greatest is they are wanting us to adopt more children. As always, thank you for all you have done for us! Raphael and Kimberly |
God Brought Us to Lifetime! We are quite the busy family! I hope you are doing well and I know that God is using you in all those webinars. I had no idea then how wonderful and crazy this journey would have been. I loved that closeness that one of the birth mothers in your webinars had with the adoptive family. I specifically asked God for a young couple that we could bond with. God only grants us His will and I was blessed that my desires matched! Jameson’s birth father has the sweetest heart. Since our placement, we have spent days with our son’s birth grandparents on the birth father’s side. So many tiny amazing details in our story and it is all glory to God. People constantly ask how we are able to be so open. Honestly, I know not all adoptive parents can be, but God has just given me His assurance and confidence that I truly have no insecurity. It’s bigger than me. I just want to show them love because God loves and blessed me with this story. We still have contact with Jameson’s birth mom and I pray in her time she will come around more. Jameson has had a story of his own; he has torticollis and needs a helmet. It has been busy and stressful but I wouldn’t change it for anything. I can’t believe he will be nine months this weekend! I know without a doubt God brought us to Lifetime. I felt a pull to Lifetime that no one understood. We had many local Christian agencies near us, but what I loved about Lifetime was they put the birth families first. Now, as an adoptive-mom-in-waiting, that was hard when I was in the wait. It was during that wait I was learning about love, God’s love. I learned a selflessness that He has used for me to open up to our son’s birth family in a way that many don’t understand. What came to mind was the “seek first the kingdom of God” verse. I had to remember why I chose Lifetime and that was because there was so much emphasis on the birth parents. I would not change a thing about our story. I love all of the staffs’ hearts and willingness to be God’s hands and feet by bringing families together and letting love cover it all. Much love, Becca and Kalani |
Thank You for Bringing Us Together We are doing great; can’t believe our Lifetime baby is four already! We have an amazing relationship with Gaige’s birth mom. Gaige understands adoption so well. She knows who her birth mother is and has told her thank you for her mommy and daddy. We surprised Gaige’s birth mom with a nice dinner out for Birth Mother’s Day. It was a great evening! We especially enjoy sharing our adoption story with others, breaking the negative stigma that some have. Thank you for bringing us together. We can’t imagine life without Gaige! -Derric and Lori |
So Happy We Chose Lifetime! We’re excited to celebrate new adoptive parents, David and Deanna, who welcomed their newborn daughter this weekend! “It’s been unbelievably busy these last few days! Thank YOU SO MUCH. Actually thank you isn’t good enough because how grateful we truly are can’t be put into words! We are SO happy we chose Lifetime on our special journey…God had His plan and He intervened and everything worked out better than perfect! We love all of you very much. It truly is by the grace of God that she is ours and she is absolutely perfect! Love you – huge hugs!” -David and Deanna |
Adopted in Love Hi Linda! We were hoping to stop by your office soon, to visit with Weston. His adoption is going to be finalized next week in court! Here’s a recent picture of Weston as well. Hope you have a nice Mother’s Day! -Kevin and Jess |
Heaven Sent Our daughter Kestrel is two months old! She now weighs 4 pounds 12 ounces, over twice her birth weight of 2 pounds 4 ounces. She’s grown more out than up, but has grown from 15 inches long to 17. Kestrel now regulates her own body temperature. That means she’s out of the incubator and into a crib. It also means she can start wearing clothes! Kestrel began the slow transition to bottle feeding. Two of her eight daily feedings are by bottle, but she typically falls asleep halfway through. She usually gives a good burp without prompting and gives us “the hand” when she’s had enough patting on the back. Kestrel is more alert now, opening her eyes wide and looking around her room. When she hears someone talking, she looks around to try to find them. The hospital asked Laura and Kestrel to be models for Kangaroo Care. Kestrel has provided her first photo release form! In addition to Kangaroo Care on the chest, we are holding her in our arms or on a boppy pillow so Kestrel can see our faces. She is also getting foot and hand massage as assigned by her occupational therapist. We look forward to being together with Kestrel on Mother’s Day. We hope to all be back home by Father’s Day! -Eric and Laura |
My Handsome Little Man Mason is now FOUR MONTHS OLD! Here’s a photo comparing him at four days old, and now at four months. He just had his first cold. Awww…even at his “lower energy” self, he’s still a cute bundle of joy. -Andrea
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Colin is Four, Watch Him Soar! Happy birthday to Steve and Regina’s “Lifetime baby”, who just turned four! His adoptive mother writes, “HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY to my smart, silly, curious, cheerful, reptile-loving boy! It felt like yesterday we were driving to the hospital to wait for your arrival and our lives have been blessed and changed for the better since the day we met you. Mama and daddy love you to the moon and back!” |
Blessed Beyond Measure Congratulations, Henry and Anna, on the finalization of your son’s adoption! We are so excited for you! -The Lifetime Staff Would you like to learn more about how you can make your dream of adoption come true? Take the first step today by filling out Lifetime Adoption’s free online application to adopt:
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Fun at One Hi Veronica, It’s so great to hear from you! We are wonderful! Here’s a few pictures from Ari’s first birthday 🙂 so much love! Bless you all, Brian and Malisa |
Bundle of Joy Hi Tiffany, We just wanted to say hi and keep you guys in the loop with Camden. He’s doing amazing and is the cutest thing on earth. We think he wants to be a baby model! -John and Jennifer |
Thank Heaven for Baby Boys Congratulations, Robert and Brie, on your beautiful baby boy! We are so excited for you! -The Lifetime Staff Would you like to learn more about how you can make your dream of adoption come true? Take the first step today by filling out Lifetime Adoption’s free online application to adopt:
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Isn't She Lovely Here are some more recent pics of Brooklyn. : ) We think of her birth mother, and hope she’s doing well! -Graham and Bonnie
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A Light in Our Lives Hi Diane, Hope all is well with you! We need to find a time to come up and visit again once school is out for the summer! Hank is growing like crazy! He’s so smart and is such a light in our lives. He keeps us on our toes and makes us laugh every day. Talk soon, Dustin and Miranda |
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Here are some pictures of our June bug! Can’t believe she is already four months old! Life has just been soo much fun with her! We hope all is well with you! -Jordan and Julie |
Sweet As Can Be I wanted to update you all at Lifetime and let you know that our adoption was finalized a few weeks ago! |
A Smile As Sweet As Spring Hope you are and the Lifetime staff are all doing well. And I hope this Spring brings you many blessings of hope and abundance. I wanted to send some recent photos of Brady. He will be two next month – so very hard to believe that this wonderful life blessed our family two years ago. Time is rushing by too quickly! Best, always, |
Our Boy is a Joy! Thought we would send you a picture of Micah from his first birthday party. He is doing great and is the most adorable child. Complete strangers have come up to us wanting to play with him! Micah’s birth grandma recently came to visit, and they hit it off. We’d like to thank you and Lifetime for our beautiful little boy! -Jeff and Cindy
If you’re thinking of adopting a child, apply online to help us learn more about you and your goals: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply. |
Cute as a Button Great to hear from you! Brooklyn is doing great; she just turned five months yesterday and is now 15 pounds…happy and healthy! We are happy to share pics. Hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend! -Graham and Bonnie |
The Sweetest Addition Hi All, We are over the moon excited about our sweetest addition to our family! Corbin Edward! We are all home now and doing wonderfully. He’s is doing so well! Sleeps, eats and poops a lot! We’re loving being parents and he was worth every minute of our adoption journey! Our guardianship was approved and signed by the judge. He’s all ours! His adoption date should be happening in the next month or so. We can’t thank all of you enough over at Lifetime for all the support and words of encouragement along our journey. The hospital experience was amazing and so special being with birth mom, birth mom’s mom, sister and the birth father. One of the best moments was when the birthfather said when he met Rick and I he couldn’t imagine placing his son with more of a perfect family! We all bonded and it was so bittersweet to say good-bye to all of them. Thanks again and love to you all! Hope you all have a blessed Easter! -Rick and Jessica |
Our Smiles Never Fade Dear Lifetime Family, Wishing you an Easter that’s full of little moments to make you smile! Here’s a recent photo of Matthew; he’s almost seven years old now! We will always remember your help and support as we waited and prepared for our child. Life is now full and unpredictable some days, yet our smiles never fade. Matthew is having lots of fun playing basketball and reading. -Nick and Lynn |
Hoppin' Down the Bunny Trail Happy Easter from Lifetime family, Jesus and Ronna! We just love this darling update of their sweet daughter. It’s always wonderful to hear from Lifetime’s families years after they adopt! If you’re thinking of adopting a child apply online to help us learn more about you and your goals: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply. |
So Thankful to Lifetime for Bringing Families Together! Grace’s adoption was just finalized! We have been so blessed through this entire process. Grace is such a happy baby and brings so much joy to our lives we can’t imagine life without her! It’s hard to believe she is almost six months old. We have been blessed to have a wonderful relationship with Grace’s birth mom and family. The support and love we felt from Lifetime through the course of the adoption was such an encouragement. Words cannot express how thankful we are to all of you at Lifetime for what you do in bringing families together. Here’s a photo from the day the adoption was final. Hope you are all doing well! -Jake and Alicia
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Let Them Be Little...They're Only That Way for Awhile Hello beautiful ladies! 🙂 Made me realize I haven’t taken any pictures of him lately. I can’t believe he’s growing so fast…in two months he turns the big FOUR! So blessed and grateful for each day I’m given to hear this boy call me “mama”. With love & gratitude, |
So Thankful for Lifetime for Bringing this Little Miracle into our Lives! Hi ladies, Just wanted to drop you a line about Michaela. She turned three on December 31 and we had some photos made. The photographer was quite taken with her. She has such a great personality! When people ask her her name she replies: ” I’m Super Girl Michaela!” (In the photo of her with her hands on her hips, she is telling the photographer that she is “Super Girl”.) She was playing at Chick fil’ A just today and I heard one of they other kids ask her name and that was her reply. She is smart and funny and has the sweetest spirit. So thankful for Lifetime for bringing this little miracle into our lives. God Bless to everyone there. Have a great 2016. -Mike and Julie
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Every Day is an Adventure I’ve been so busy, but I wanted to reach out to let my Lifetime friends know that Maya and I are doing wonderful. She’s two and a half now and every day is a splendid adventure. Here’s a recent picture and I wish all of the Lifetime families God’s Blessings! Love, Traci |
Our Boy is a Joy! Hi Veronica, Say hello from us to the Lifetime team! ; ) |
Overjoyed to be Parents! We made it home early yesterday morning and we are enjoying time in our home with sweet Gabriel. Thank you so much for your help in facilitating our conversation with his birth mother. It was such a blessing getting to know her heart, and we are overjoyed at the opportunity to be parents. -Nicholas and Kristin
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Baby Hope's First 6 Years!Discover how you can make your dreams of adopting a baby come true! Call Lifetime Adoption at 1-800-923-6784 or take the first step and fill out our free online application to adopt! |
Sweet Boy! Happy New Year, hope you and the staff are well, its been a busy year. Gavin is doing well. I’m currently planning his first birthday party in February. I cant believe he is going to be one, time has really flown by. It feels like it was just yesterday when I held him to my chest for the first time, he was so tiny and now he’s my sweet little touching everything and crawling everywhere little man. He is an amazing little boy, and a joy to be around, he just loves people and everyone is drawn to him and his little personality. I’ve never been happier being his mom. but he does keep me on my toes. I’ve enclosed some photos from this past month of Gavin. All My Best, |
The Greatest Miracle of All! Gracie is so perfect and she brings joy to our family each and every day. She was worth the wait and throughout our story a lot of little things happened that helped us to know that God had his hand in every piece of the adoption. Thanks so much for helping us to add Gracie to our family, Casey & Lisa |
A Delightful Sight! Hello ladies. Ryan & Laura |
The ONE and Only Lucas! How are you doing? I can’t believe it has been a year since we received the call from you, about a little boy that was soon to be ours! We had a Winter Onederland party for Lucas last weekend. He is growing and learning so fast! He brings us so much happiness and laughter! We are truly blessed! Sincerely, Lawrence, Rhonda and Lucas |
The Amazing Gift Congratulations, Andrea, on your baby boy! We are so excited for you! -The Lifetime Staff |
Kiddin' Around! Happy New Year! We wanted to share our pictures from the last few months. We are sure having fun and loving every minute with Miss Audrey! Enjoy! XOXO Charlene, Sean, Audrey and Ginger too! |
A Star is Born! We wanted to give you all an update. This have been so crazy the past 3 months (I can’t believe we have a 3 month old now!) We survived the holidays. I’ve never seen so many adults be obsessed with one tiny baby. He was definitely a missing piece we didn’t even know we had until he was here! He is getting a huge personality and we couldn’t be more in love with him. Our finalization should be happening by mid March. We can’t wait! Here are a few pictures of him. Enjoy! Thank you so much for all your help 🙂 -Ryan & Rachael |
A Gift From Above! Such a sweet note from one of our adoptive parents: “This was the best Christmas EVER!!” Congratulations Roderick & Kimberly! We wish you the best. -The Lifetime Staff |
As Pretty as a Picture Hello Diane and everyone at Lifetime, We continue to be so grateful to you for helping us become a family. Here are a few recent family pictures of Lauren. Each year since she was born, Lauren gets a new Holiday Barbie from her sweet birth mom, who carries on this as a Christmas tradition that her own mother started for her when she was born. We hope you are all well and that the families and birth mothers that you are working with have a blessed year. Love, |
Pleased to Meet You, Little One Mark & Tiffany, Congratulations on the newest member of your family! He is so handsome. Wishing you and your family so much happiness! -The Lifetime Staff |
Sweet Beginnings! Jordan & Julie, Congratulations on your beautiful baby girl! We absolutely loved meeting her. She is such a little miracle! -The Lifetime Staff |
Typical Boy! Hi Diane, William is doing very well in first grade. He is right on target for reading and enjoys going to school. He finished up pee wee football in October and has now started winter basketball. He was the first to make a basket during last week’s game. William is a typical 6 year old boy…loves riding his bike and playing with his friends. Sincerely, Bubba and Camisha |
Super Son Hi Libby and Diane! Hello from Texas! Rich and I wanted to send you both an email to wish you and everyone at Lifetime a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! David is now 5 years old and in kindergarten. He loves playing on his t-ball team, playing Scrabble and building things out of Legos with his older brother Ryan. He is a very happy little boy. David has brought us so much joy. Have a wonderful Christmas! Jennifer and Rich |
All of God's Grace in one Tiny, Precious Face! It’s been a little while since we sent you an update! So, I wanted to write you and tell you Merry Christmas! Adley is growing so fast! I truly can’t believe it! She’s such a joy and the most precious baby ever! She’s counting and saying her ABC’s already! She is so smart! She is truly a gift from God. She amazes me more and more everyday! I just thought I knew what love was before Adley was born, little did I know, she is what love is! She still has the entire family wrapped around her little finger! I just cannot explain this little doll! To hear her holler “Moma, come fix the tv or Daddy, come help me”, is what we waited for! My Moma and I were talking the other day and she looked at me and said what did we do before Adley? (Keep in mind we have a huge, huge family!). I barely remember those long, sad days while we were waiting now! She has changed our lives and I cannot believe she is almost 3 years old! We still send messages to her Birth Mom. She is doing very well! We send pictures every now and then and she loves to get the pictures to see how much Adley is growing! She is still just as sweet as she was the very first day we met her! We will always think of her as a true gift from God also! Adley is loving Santa this year! I’ve attached some pictures for you! We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Keep doing God’s work at Lifetime, you don’t realize how many lives you are blessing everyday doing what you do! We love you!!! Here’s some pictures of what we call “All of God’s grace in one tiny, precious face”!!! -Ronnie & Sandy |
Close To My Heart Hi Veronica, First off, we would like to thank you and Lifetime for our journey and for helping unite us with our beautiful daughter. Shortly before Thanksgiving, we received your call that a birth mother had chosen us and was on her way to the hospital to deliver. Our lives changed for the best in one moment and one phone call. Our experience with Lifetime has been flawless. They are passionate about giving encouragement through prayer and scripture as well as offering education to ease the process. We never felt alone and would recommend Lifetime to anyone considering adoption. It is hard to express in words our love for not only our daughter but also for her birth mother. After one wonderful month, we look forward to many more precious moments and sleepless nights! Kyle & Taya |
Cute-N-Cuddly! Xia Janae’ is nearly 18 months now!!! Check out this group of photos of our perfectly mischievous elf!! Thanks for all your help. Blessings, Michael and Trish and company |
Best Gift Ever! Hello Veronica! We just wanted to wish you and everyone at Lifetime a very Merry Christmas! Lucas is truly the best gift ever! He brings joy to our lives each and every day! We are very grateful for our blessings! Best Wishes, Lawrence, Rhonda and Lucas |
Sweet Tooth Hi Linda, Big boys who are teething love pumpkin and sweet potato baby cookies! Hope he still likes his veggies? -John & Christine
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Growing by Leaps and Bounds Hi Veronica, Merry Christmas! We hope you are doing well. Max is great! We started homeschooling about 2 years ago and he is really thriving. He LOVES people and is extremely social. He can talk to anyone! His activities are Cub Scouts, he’s currently at Wolf rank, and Drama Kids, a theater group that meets every week and puts on a play in the spring. Max listens to music every chance he gets; he really loves all music but his favorites are Elvis and country. We have been fortunate to be able to travel several places-camping in Colorado, to the beach in south Texas, two Caribbean cruises, and of course multiple trips to the farm in Kansas to see his grandparents, aunts, uncles, & cousins. Max is a brings such joy to our lives. He’s quick to show affection and has a smile for everyone, even strangers. He loves life and is a happy little guy. He is such a blessing to our family! Again, we hope this finds you well. I’m happy to send pictures any time! Take Care, Jacob and Kim |
My, How You've Grown! Preparing for Christmas – one of our favorite times of the year. Can you believe how big our little guy is getting? Merry Christmas to our friends at Lifetime! We pray for you, for the precious birth mothers (current and past) and for the waiting families. Love from us… Ryan & Laurie |
Family Matters Hi Libby!! So good to hear from you! Jude is growing SO fast, and is seriously the happiest baby ever! I love sharing our unique experiences, and feel passionate about providing hope to waiting families! So so grateful and proud of our Lifetime family!!! 🙂 And of course I can’t end this without sending some pics! -Steve & Erin |
Ours Forever Hi Veronica, I just wanted to let y’all know that Lylia’s adoption was final yesterday. It took a while but it’s done! When we told her she’s ours forever, she threw her fist in the air and yelled, YAY! Thank you for everything the Lifetime staff did for us. Kevin and RaiAn |
Our Little Sonshine Hi Libby, I’ve shared our story so many times and even had people tell me they checked out Lifetime Adoption. They will mention they saw our story online, and how they really seem to love seeing all the adoption updates. I hope all you wonderful ladies have a great week! Carter & Nova-Dawn |
Wrapped in Love Hello Linda, I attached a few of her professional pictures we received back. Love, Love them. She is our precious, sweet miracle!! Talk to you soon. Sheila & Cliff |
Love Times Two Congratulations David & Amanda! Love, The Lifetime Staff |
Happy Boy Hi Libby!!! It’s great to hear from you! I have attached some new pictures of our Halloween costumes, our recent Polar Express Train Ride, and just a fun one of Branlin playing in the leaves. Josh & Kristi |
Treasured Days Oh boy! Our journey has been something else. Crazy wonderful! We just spent a few days up North with our family and Jameson’s birth grandparents came to see us for a few days. It’s amazing the love and bond that is there. Love, Becca & Kalani |
A Girl of Grace Hi Lifetime Staff, It’s been a little while since we’ve been able to send an update, but please know we think of all of you often and continue to pray for all that you’re doing in the lives of birth parents and adoptive parents. We can hardly believe how fast the time has gone. We just celebrated Carly’s second birthday a few weeks ago. We celebrated with a trip to the zoo and of course, Carly’s favorite, cake. She is growing so fast and is now running and climbing on everything. Her favorite things to do are to play with her brothers, go down the slide, hug her baby dolls, and keep mommy and daddy chasing after her. We are always so grateful for all that you have done for our family. Our adoption story is beautiful and our love for our daughter is immeasurable. She completes our family and our hearts are so full. We often are told how perfectly her personality fits in with her brothers. She brings joy to everyone she meets. Thank you to each and everyone of you! Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year! Blessings, Casey & April P.S. The pictures are from her two year photo shoot/ family photo shoot. The Christmas one of her with her baby doll was captured to show how far she’s come. The baby doll in the picture was the same size as her at birth , and the nightgown she is wearing, was the nightgown Carly wore on Christmas day in the NICU. |
And Baby Makes Three... Hi Veronica, We are so thankful to have found Lifetime! After working with several agencies with no success, we have finally been blessed with a son, and our lives have been changed forever! We would like to thank all of the staff for their dedication and support in helping us become a family. –Lisa & Daniel |
A Double Blessing Hi Linda, We’re planning a birthday party for the twins, but it won’t be until January because of everyone’s work schedules right now (holidays). We had a little party for them on Tuesday. I will forward a pic once I have the boss’s (Retta) seal of approval on one that looks nice…lol. Rayne and JD are such an absolute blessing, and we thank God for them every day! And we appreciate so much all of your help in bringing us together! –Matt & Retta & Rayne & JD |
A Boy is a Joy! Hi Linda, We are doing great. Our little boy is getting so big. Thanks! Chris & Kelly |
A Daughter is Love Dear Veronica, We are not quite sure where the time has gone as our princess is turning 6 today and just lost her first tooth! Katie is really enjoying hearing all of the details of the day we got “the call” and her very special birth story! She loves Kindergarten, her teacher, playing with her friends and reading. She has read over 100 books so far this school year! She is really loving art class and has been drawing every chance she gets! She even had 4 of her paintings displayed in the school art show recently. She also enjoys singing and acting and will again be in our Christmas program at church. Katie is also turning into our little athlete! She continues to swim on the swim team and runs 5Ks and has recently taken up ice skating lessons. She has also learned to ride her bike this year and rides up to 8 miles at a time. We have also enjoyed traveling to several states this year to visit family and friends. Thank you again, Veronica and the Lifetime Staff, for everything you did to help us create our forever family. We will be eternally grateful for all of the love and support you have provided us and Katie’s Birth Mom. We continue to pray for each of you, the Birth Moms and Adoptive families and that God will continue to bless your ministry! Love, Tricia and Roger |
Cutest Pumpkin in the Patch Michaela is growing, changing, and learning, learning learning. Here is a couple of pics from the pumpkin patch and one in her Cinderella costume. I so enjoyed watching her at Halloween and I know that Christmas is going to be magical this year. Tell everyone at Lifetime we are doing great and we thank God everyday for how blessed we are! -Mike & Julie |
One Big Happy Family Lifetime received such a sweet picture update from on of our families! We are so happy for you John, Melissa and family! |
What a Guy! Hi Linda, It’s great to hear from you. Everything is going really well. Landon is growing and spreading so my joy. He is truly our blessing. Here are some photos. Thanks again for checking in. We cannot thank you and the Lifetime Family enough. Best Regards, Nick, Lillian, & Landon |
I Grew in Mommy's Heart I cannot believe its been 1 year since I was matched. I remember everything about that morning, including calling you back at 10:10 am ET and saying yes. Lindsay turns 1 in a few short weeks. She has been a constant joy and entertainment. I would not trade a moment of our time together (even the teething, she has 8). She is my Lovey. As I celebrate her year of firsts, I wanted you to know I have not once forgotten about Lifetime or you and the gift you have given me. You and Lifetime are in the business of making dreams come true. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am so blessed to call myself Lindsay’s mom. Love and blessings, Cynthia |
Hauntingly Cute Here are a couple of pictures – I’m afraid he has only gotten cuter… – Josh & Lindsay |
A Match Made in Heaven Here are a few photos from one of our Lifetime families! Congrats Scott & Christyna! -Lifetime Staff |
Oh, How They Grow! Linda, Just wanted to say hey and send some pictures of our big guy. He is growing up too fast! Hope all is going well. I know it has been almost two years now, but we will forever be grateful for all of your help! Thanks, Jason & Angel |
My Boy, My Joy Hi Veronica, Thanks again for you and your team’s support through this process; we really appreciate it! Here are some recent photos of Joshua:) -Daniel & Lisa |
What a Guy! Good afternoon Libby, I hope the Lifetime Adoption Staff are doing well. Please find attached a few photos over the last several months of our Brady. He’s growing too fast!!! Best regards, Lauren & Kenny |
Busy Boy! Hank is 15 months and starting to talk and getting into everything! -Dustin & Miranda |
A Delightful Sight Welcome to the world Madelyn! Healthy and beautiful. Congratulations Cliff & Shelia! -Lifetime Staff |
It's the Big ONE Lennon has turned one! Congratulations Zachary & La Lynda! -Lifetime Staff |
Wrapped in Love Hi Libby, Anthony is almost four months. He is growing so fast. He is a beautiful baby and we love him so much! I can’t believe time has gone by so fast. 🙂
Juan & Maricela |
The Beginning Of All Things Wonderful Keith & Monica, The Lifetime staff wants to congratulate you on your new bundle of joy! |
Our Little Sprout Hi Everyone! We continue to love and enjoy every moment with our precious baby girl. We are so blessed! Enjoy! Char, Sean, Audrey and Ginger |
Little Sister! John & Melissa, Congratulations on your sweet daughter! Lifetime staff |
Thank Heaven for Little Girls Hi Libby, Hard to believe that our baby girl turned two last Friday. Wow…where does the time go. She is growing to such a young lady. We enrolled her in pre-school this year. She’s one smart cookie that is for sure. Learning Spanish even…she’ll have to teach her mommy and daddy;) lol Well, you all take care and many blessings. Have a great holiday season as it approaches rapidly. Thanks to you and everyone at Lifetime for making us having a family possible. Paige has brought so much love, joy and sunshine to our lives and she touches everyone’s life that she meets. She gets oos and ahh’s everywhere we go it’s cute. What a blessing and you know it’s funny how after you get to the other side the pain of the wait does seem to go away;) Enjoy the fall and many blessings. Chris & Amy |
Pretty in Pink Hello there, Just wanted to share a few pictures of our beautiful, smart, fun loving, & thriving little Blessing! She just turned 4yrs old! Thank you all again for all you have done and are doing! Many Blessings, Jesus & Ronna |
Forever and Ever! We wanted to give you another update, and send a few pictures along. Today we received the birth certificate for Eligia, so our adoption journey is finally at an end, and she is totally, forever ours. We are so happy, and relieved to finally get this last piece of the puzzle. Thank you again for all you and Lifetime have done in bringing our baby home. She is a treasure beyond imagination. Darryl & Melissa |
Love at First Sight Geoff & Natalie, Congratulations on your little bundle of joy! -Lifetime staff |
Sweet Girl Here is our lil pumpkin!! Things are going well with our birth mother too. She calls or texts ~once a month or so and we send her pictures etc. She has been very sweet with us and we are hoping she will come for Ryanne’s first birthday party….. 🙂 Adam & Tess |
Baby, You're the Best! Linda- We are doing well. Isaiah is such a blessing. Its so fun to see all the new things every week. Now that he is 6 months, almost 7, we can really start to see more personality. Craig & Marissa |
The Dream Team Hi Linda! We are doing great, just working on the sleep schedule. We really can’t complain, but it would be nice if he slept just a bit longer at night 🙂 Josh & Lindsay |
Little Man! I have attached a picture of our happy family:) Chase is growing like a weed! Heath & Amy |
Growing Like a Weed! Hello, We are doing just well. Chase is growing over night! Best regards, Charles & Rosa |
Partners in Crime Hello, Elyse is doing well. Dallas is so happy about is sister here are some pictures! Ingrid & Deshon |
A Blessed Greeting Hi Diane, It has been a crazy beautiful journey! The hardest part is the lack of sleep lol but we are so blessed and I know God had it all apart of our story. Thank you for everything! Blessings, Kalani & Becca & Jameson |
A Day of Grace Hello Patty and Diane, I hope you are both doing well, I just wanted to touch base and send you some photos of Gavin being presented to our Lord in front of friends and family…He was great not a tear in sight just smiles and more smiles…I was truly a proud mom. He had two godmothers and his godfather presenting him…I think Gavin loves being in the spotlight. -Natacha |
Our Two Lifetime Boys We are having a great summer! Isaac turned 7 and Julian is 2 1/2 going on 5! Our two Lifetime boys are super active, super smart and super sweet! Thank you so much Team Lifetime for bringing us together!
We just got back from visiting Grandma and both boys caught their first fish! We had a great time touring around NE and hanging out with family.
It’s time to get ready for back to school so Isaac will return to the German Immersion school where he will be a second grader. Time sure flies, it seems like only last week we held our tiny bundle for the first time!
Julian is a VERY active little engineer, always taking things apart and putting them back together, making sure he knows how everything works!
God bless our boys’ birthmothers and bless Team Lifetime for bring our family together. I can’t imagine life without you all.
For families still waiting to adopt, Isaac came to us under six months into our contract, Julian came at 23 1/2 months. It’s in God’s hands and completely worth the wait! Bless you all!
Lyn and Michael |
Our Bundle From Heaven Hello Veronica and Lifetime staff,
Wow!!! Time is flying by. Tomorrow Matthew will be one month old. Here is just a few pics of me holding him on the day he was born and at home after a few weeks. Words can not express our gratitude, joy, and love. We are so blessed to have been chosen by a wonderful birth mother.
Eugene and Raechel |
I'm #1! Hi Jen! I’m sitting here tonight just in awe of how much my life has changed in just one short year. A year ago I was sitting in a hospital room with a tiny baby boy who was going to call me Mama. I didn’t know how his health was going to be, I didn’t know how the next few days and weeks would play out, and I didn’t know that I could possibly love someone so deeply the first time I saw them. A year ago, our lives were forever changed. Hank is the sweetest, happiest, most loving little guy I have ever been around. I always questioned the journey God had planned for us. I wanted everything my way and on my time. It wasn’t until we completely turned it over to Him that he blessed us with the most amazing gift ever. Being parents. “I’ve found all I’ve waited for, and I could not ask for more!” I just wanted to thank you again for your endless support throughout this journey. I know we couldn’t have done it without you! Blessings, Miranda, Dustin, and Hank |
Forever and Ever Hello Ladies, We finally made it…this little person is all mine forever and ever…Gavin was good throughout the whole process until it was time for pictures. he had enough waiting at that point. It was a really really good day! Thank you both and the the rest of the staff for getting us here. Natacha and Gavin. |
It's a Boy Thing! Hi Veronica and everyone else at Team Lifetime! I wanted to let you know how well baby Remington is doing! He smiles and giggles and is a happy healthy three month old. ? Big brother Brooks adores him! We are so very blessed. Hugs, Cindy & Chris |
A Blessed Greeting Good morning! I wanted to let you, and all the wonderful people at Lifetime, that we have finalized Eligia’s adoption! We are so thankful to you for your help in completing our family. Eligia is a happy, healthy, delightful baby girl, who is a favorite and a head-turner every where we go. I have been told how she looks just like us! She is the one that was missing in our family for all those years. Darryl & Melissa |
Little Love Bug Hi Diane! We wanted to share a couple of photos from Rebecca’s visit this month. It’s been one year since she last saw Lauren, and we had a great visit with her! In the first Photo, Lauren is “reading” “Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born” to Rebecca. In the 2nd one, Lauren is showing Rebecca her back yard play skills. We are so fortunate to have Rebecca in our lives, and will have lots of pictures for Lauren’s memory books that she can treasure someday when she better understands her story. Rex & Polly |
The ONE and Only Killian! Hi Veronica, We got to celebrate Killian’s 1st birthday last weekend! It was so wonderful. Killian’s great grandmother got to come down and celebrate with us. We love getting to see her. Killian is also up walking around getting into everything. He loves going through my kitchen cabinets, taking his big sister’s dolls, and playing on his big brother’s drum set. He brings so much joy of our lives. I especially love it when I get to come home from work and he smiles and waddles over to me to give me a big hug! Killian even has his own dog, lol. This past winter, we rescued an abandoned 5-6 week old puppy from the cold weather. He is now about 8-9 months old, weighs roughly 75 lbs and is very protective of Killian. He will stay right with Killian. It’s funny to watch because Killian will get so mad at Leonidas (the dog) for following him around. Carter and I had an old Youth Pastor (his nickname was PK) come down and visit 2 weeks ago. PK and his wife prayed with us several years ago when Carter and I first thought about adoption. He and his wife have been so supportive of us but they moved right before we got Killian. Well PK got to meet Killian for the first time. It was really amazing. Killian went right to him, held out his arms to be held, and then just started baby talking to PK. It was a blessing to get to witness that. I hope all is going well for all of you. I enjoy getting onto Lifetime’s webpage and seeing all the updates and cute babies added. I hope you have a wonderful day!! Growing in Grace, Nova-Dawn & Carter |
Joy! Hello Veronica! Lucas is doing great! Growing like crazy and brings us so much joy! Here are a few pictures, we took pictures at court but Lucas was asleep and you couldn’t really see him! Hope you have a great day! Sincerely, Rhonda & Lawrence |
Bundle of Joy! Hi Libby, We are so happy with our bundle of joy! He is growing so fast. 🙂 Attached is a newborn picture and another one I took today with his Halloween costume. He is our beautiful baby boy! We love him so much. 🙂 Juan & Maricela |
What a Trip! Hello Patty, Veronica, and all of you over at Lifetime! Time sure does fly when you’re having fun, doesn’t it? Our little family is doing great! Lissie is now a little over 2 years old and it’s been busy and fun. She is talking and exploring and constantly learning new things that she loves to share with those around her. She has a wonderful sense of family and really cares about and shows excitement for family members all over. She attends preschool with 2 of her cousins and is often seen “taking care” of them on the playground. When we travel to see family, she knows who they are and where they live and talks about them for days following any trip. We have even been blessed with face to face and FaceTime visits with her birth family, extended and immediate. It’s been so great to have that connection for her and for all of us. We’ve been able to see pictures of her birth mother at the same age as Lissie and it’s been so great for her to see who she looks so much like. She squeals, “That’s me, mom!” We pray for Lifetime Adoption and all the families we know are waiting for their perfect match…as well as the many families that are choosing adoption for their children. The waiting and the wondering can be challenging for all parties, but I know it brought our family closer together and the wisdom and patience gained from the experience has overflowed into so many other areas of our life. I hope you enjoy the pictures from our family vacations to the mountains this summer! It was so great to be unplugged and dirty for a week! Kevin & Jess |
Sister, Sister Hi Diane, I just wanted to let you know that our adoption was finalized last week! Thank you and everyone at Lifetime for making our dreams come true! Again, thank you Diane for being so supporting, especially during the first few weeks. May God bless you all! Omar & Marci
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Summer Fun! Hi Amy & Libby! I just wanted to say hello and let you all know things are going well. Our birth mother came up for a week for Aiden’s first birthday and to visit and tour our city in the summer.
-Gerald & Toni |
Little Man! Hello Diane & Patty, I hope you are well, it’s been a while but I wanted to touch base with you both and let you know how both Gavin and I are doing. Its been the best summer ever. Gavin is now 4 months going on five and he has gotten so big and he is constantly laughing or cooing…the only time he ever cries is when he is hungry, tired or needs changing other than that i could not have asked for a more content baby boy. his little personality is showing more and more everyday. He is finally okay with bath time he use to hate getting into water and bath time but not anymore. He finally is rolling himself over onto his tummy which makes me a little nervous since he flips over with such force. His appetite is amazing he can suck down a bottle in record time, I’ve decided to start introducing him to solid foods at five months, he is outgrowing his clothes faster then I can buy them but still pretty fashionable for a little boy of 4 months. I know people say this all the time and I never thought I would be saying this myself but i really can’t remember what it was like not to have Gavin in my life. Much hugs to you both and everyone else at Lifetime. -Natacha |
Love at First Sight Hi Amy, Thank you and thank everyone at Lifetime for us! Our family is now complete and we are very happy! We love Anthony soooooo much. Juan and Maricela |
Independent Girl! Hi Diane, Hope you’re doing well. Darcy is growing so fast! It’s so hard to believe she’s almost 7 months old already! We just love her to pieces, and she is getting so independent. Chris & Rachel |
The Newest Addition! Here are some of our new family photos! Rod & Mandy |
Thank Heaven for Little Girls Congratulations on your new bundle of joy Terry & Rochelle! From the Lifetime Staff |
Boys are Blessings Congratulations Jay & Tonya on your new baby boy! -Lifetime Staff |
Outdoors-Girl! Here are a few pictures for you to share. Hannah loved the snow, and loves being outdoors!! She has been talking about camping and we are planning to camp this summer (it will be Hannah’s first time). We are blessed to call Hannah our daughter. We would love for Hannah to have a sibling, and we are trusting that God with that desire. God has been so good and faithful to our little family, and we look forward to seeing what He has in store for us. With love, Jen |
A Little Blessing Congratulations Thomas & Ashley from the Lifetime Staff!! |
Growing SO Fast! I just sent out another email as a reference for Lifetime! I actually got quite a few here recently! So glad! I hope all is well with you! I still pray for you and all of Lifetime everyday as well as all involved in adoption! Here’s a new picture of Miss Adley! She is growing sooo fast! I just really want time to slow down! She is making small little phrases now when she talks! She mimics everything that we say and do! She is such a joy! We cant even remember what it was like before her! She is our entire world! I honestly didn’t know I could love someone this much! I cant even explain it! She is so precious! Even when she gets mad at me because were still waiting in line for her “French fries” and the drive thru is just too slow for her liking, she starts crying and I look back at her and she tells me to “turn round”! I couldn’t help but laugh so hard at her! She is absolutely God’s gift to us! Here is one of our pictures from Mother’s Day as well! Look at Miss Priss with her hands on her hips! LOL! She is a doll!!!!!!!!! Again, I hope you’re doing great and I just know you’re a blessing to all your adoptive families you’re working with right now! We love you!!! Love, Ronnie, Sandi, & Adley |
Busy Boy! Here are the recent pics of Little Luke as promised. He is already 13 months, walking, running and keeping me very busy! He is a total joy to be around. 🙂 -Lisa |
Sweet Angel Hi Diane,
I just wanted to share with you that we finalized our adoption a little over a week ago! 🙂 We had family and friends there with us to help celebrate our sweet angel being ours forever. It was right in the middle of Hank’s afternoon nap, so he doesn’t looked too excited in the pictures, but he kept everyone entertained during the hearing. The judge was getting a kick out of him! Dustin & Miranda |
Big Brother Love Dear Veronica, Thank you all so very much for your hard work in support of our adoption of baby Remington! Attached is a picture of baby Rem getting a little love from big brother Brooks With kindest regards and appreciation, Cindy & Chris |
Grown Leaps and Bounds! Happy Easter! Since Katie knows the story now of how you wanted us to get the perfect picture of our bunnies for our adoption profile, she reminded us this year that we needed to take pictures of her and the bunny for you. She even wanted to take pictures the night before Easter, in the dark, in her pajamas! Katie has grown by leaps and bounds this year. She has been attending Transitional Kindergarten this year (the first year of a two year Kindergarten program) and absolutely loves school. She started reading in February and has already read over 140 books. She enjoys writing, math and art too. She enjoys swimming on the swim team and riding her bike up to 8 miles at a time. She loves our family runs/bike rides on Saturdays and competing in 5Ks with Mom and Dad. Thank you again for caring enough about every little detail of our adoption profile that led us to the child that was meant to be ours! We pray often for you and the other Lifetime staff (and the precious birth moms, adoptive families and children that you work with every day). We will never be able to thank you enough for helping us bring together our forever family! Love, Tricia and Roger |
Baby Girl! Adam & Tess, Congratulations on your baby girl! Lifetime Staff |
Congratulations! Patricia, Jonathan and Aurora Congrats on your little miracle! Lifetime staff |
Growing Like a Weed! Hi Deena, I have attached a picture of our happy family:) Chase is growing like a weed! Heath & Amy |
Double the Love! Hi Diane, Here is a picture of our two miracles! Love to you and the Lifetime staff! Kelli |
Enjoying the Sunshine! Spending the weekend enjoying the sunshine and the first day of Trout Season in PA with our little guy Branlin! It’s hard to believe he will be 8 months old this coming week! Josh & Kristi |
Forever Family! Linda and Deena, God is good! We are elated to tell you that our adoption of our angels Alexis and Javon finalized via a video conference hearing yesterday. We are a forever family! We are feeling so joyful and so blessed. The kids were so excited about the final hearing that they could barely sleep the night before. They have been telling everyone that they have a forever family. Again thank you all at Lifetime for the persistence and hard work in making our dreams of parenthood come true.
Raphael, Kimberly, Alexis and Javon |
Growing So Fast! Miss Adley is growing so fast! She is our WORLD! Adley is the most amazing, smart, funny, gorgeous, and lets not forget sassy, little girl in the world! She is so smart! She loves puzzles, and love to dance and sing! She is copying everything that we say now! Her vocabulary is expanding now! 🙂 She is adorable! She keeps us all on our toes, that’s for sure! I love my husband, family, & friends dearly, but I never knew love like this until God placed Adley in our arms! God had a plan for us long ago and he knew this red headed, brown eyed angel would fulfill our hearts through adoption! It took me a long time to realize that while we were waiting and I want to spread a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel for all those waiting, KEEP THE FAITH! It will happen in God’s time and I heard that so many times from everyone, it was almost frustrating. 🙂 God’s time is Good time! He is NEVER late! We still text back and forth with Adley’s birth mom. She is doing very well for herself and has now re-married. She loves to see pictures of Adley and how much she has grown! While we were texting about a month ago, she sent me a text that brought me to my knees! Her exact words were “just look at her Mother, you guys are such good people with big hearts! You have no idea how good it makes me feel to know what good people you all are and it makes me feel so great knowing how loved she is by all of HER family. I know that she could not have any better parents in this world besides you and Ronnie.” It was the most heartfelt text and I just cried and cried. She truly is an amazing woman. We still hold her up high on a pedestal and pray for her daily! 🙂 With lots and lots of love, Ronnie & Sandi |
Precious Jude Just wanted to send you an update! Jude is beautiful and perfect. We can’t wait for the girls to meet him! Thank you again for all you’ve done. Steve & Erin |
Playing in the Snow! Well it finally happened, it SNOWED!!! That doesn’t happen all too often in our part of Arkansas. We got 5.5 inches which is A LOT for us. We had a blast yesterday playing in the snow and I couldn’t pass up getting pics with Killian. He had so much fun watching Ephraim and Tori running around. He wanted to go crawling in the snow. I hope you enjoy the pics I have attached! Little man has gotten so big and is almost crawling! He talks all the time and everyone says how he’s always a happy baby! Killian is so grown and tall that everyone mistakes him to be a year old and he’s only 7 months. Ephraim and Tori have a blast now that Killian is very active! Ephraim takes Killian into his room in one of his seats and plays his drum set for him. Killian gets the biggest laugh out of it, especially when Tori starts singing. I don’t know if I would call it joyous but I love it!
I really can’t imagine our lives without Killian in it! The Lord had blessed Carter and I before Killian with Ephraim and Tori but has also blessed so much more now. We are always thankful for Lifetime and for our birth mother. talk to you soon, Nova-Dawn |
So Much Joy! I just wanted to reach out and share with you that adoption was finalized on February 10, 2015. Aiden is now seven months old and brings us more joy than we could’ve ever imagined. I just wanted to take a moment to share our good news with you and to thank you again for all you have done for us. Gerald & Toni |
Birthday Fun! Hi Jen, I wanted to update our lifetime family of London. Some pics are from her birthday party and the other are from cave of the winds! Can’t believe how fast this year went by! Jeremiah & Audra |
Safely Landed! Announcement: the flight of VRM Airlines 102911 has safely landed after 16 months of turbulence and layovers. Dustin, Lizzie and I would like you to welcome to our family, our energetic, funny and giggly 3 year Daughter/Sister—- Violet! I am attaching a few pics as well! Hope you all enjoy!
In addition, thank you all so much for all that you have done for us to reach this goal of being a MOM and Dad to Violet! We will always cherish these moments and encouraging words from all of you!!
Thank you all kindly and with Love, Dustin, Rebekah, Lizzie and Violet |
Superbaby! Thank you for all your help connecting us with Eligia’s birth mom, for the encouragement along the way, and for rejoicing with us now that she is home. We just had our first post-placement visit, working our way toward finalization! We couldn’t be happier with our beautiful blessing. Love, Darryl & Melissa |
Congratulations! Congratulations to Vince and Dana on their new bundle of joy from the Lifetime staff! |
Audrey has Grown! Hello Lifetime Team! You are going to be amazed at how much Audrey has grown! I have also attached another photo (one of my absolute favorites) that was taken last Fall….our two “Babies” . Ginger and Audrey are truly best buddies! Enjoy!!!! Please know we think of you often and will be forever grateful to the entire team at Lifetime for partnering with us and supporting us through our Adoption Journey. You helped make our dream of becoming parents come true….and we are the happiest we have ever been! We are so so so blessed! Sending Hugs! Sean and Charlene |
Spoiled Rotten! Hey Veronica, I just wanted to let you know that we have finalized our adoption of Killian!! He’s 6 months old now and is spoiled rotten! He’s talkative, almost crawling, loves to eat, and all he has to do is smile to get his way! Thank you all for being with our family through everything! Carter, I and the kids waited 3 years to adopt and now it truely doesn’t seem like we really waited that long. Our family is complete!. Hope you have a blessed day, Nova-Dawn |
ONE Year Birthday! Hi there Joan! Just a friendly shout out to Lifetime to say Happy New Year!! Wanted to share a pic of Levi on his ONE year birthday with his birth mother and I. Oh how time flies!!! Spending this beautiful day with our angel birth mom was such a blessing yet again. Love you all and I log on often to stay in touch and to pray for all the waiting families. It brings me joy seeing “matched” or “adopted” stamped across pics. Makes me smile every time. We appreciate all the hard work all of you do to make families whole. Heather |
Where Does the Time Go? I hope this email finds you and the entire Lifetime family well! I just realized it’s been almost 2.5 years since I’ve written! We are still so very thankful to you and everyone at Lifetime for making us parents. Avery turned 3 last week and is constantly amazing us in one way or another. She is incredibly smart and is just the funniest and most active little girl. She loves to read stories and make us laugh. We’re so excited to see the person she grows into. I’ve attached a photo…where does the time go?? Thank you for all you do! Vanessa |
A Gift from God Elijah Marley is a joy every day….I love him more than words can express! He is a gift from GOD! Elijah is almost 10 months old…thanks to his birth mom (we love her) and Lifetime! -MaRay |
Chosen Child Dear Lifetime Family, We still can’t believe how PERFECT our match was. After two reclaims (one with another agency), we questioned God’s path for us. But when Jace was placed in our arms, we knew immediately that God had chosen THIS child for us. We could never have imagined how much love could shine from the eyes of a small child. When we look at Jace, we are moved by his simple joy and peacefulness. His smile touches all those around him. He truly is a gift from God! Our family continues to pray for all waiting Lifetime Families! |
Chris & Amy Adopted a Baby Girl! Congratulations from your friends at Lifetime! |
So Blessed Hi Veronica! Things have been pretty crazy around here! Tons of visitors, food, gifts, diaper changes, feedings, and smiles all around! We are SO blessed! We have been praying for Eli’s birth mother every day. At the hospital, we did let her know that if she ever wanted to open up communication to more than annually, that we would be more than happy to give her updates/photos more often or whenever she requested. Here is a photo of our precious little Eli! Kindest Regards, |
Our Bright Little Guy Hello Veronica! We are simply fabulous and enjoying our funny little guy! This year so far we have done Disneyland, a few local amusement parks, multiple carnival with rides, beach outings, countless birthday parties, repeat aquarium visits (so much we are members and have unlimited annual access) and the year is not even over yet! Jalen is the most funny, bright, charming and thoughtful little guy ever. Our entire family is just all about Jalen. Michael is really enjoying his buddy, and well I try very hard to let them just be boys, regardless of how messy the outcome may be! Jalen’s loves are anything fish or anything ocean, his beloved teddy bear, his blanket, Snoopy, Elmo, his dog Ricci and birthday cake (anyone’s birthday cake), he’s a party animal! He talks a whole lot, loves to sing and loves going to his playgroup. We keep Jalen’s birth mother in our prayers as well as you and all the other Lifetime Angels. God Bless you all. Until the next update… xoxoxo, |
Doubly Blessed When we first started looking into adoption, we were extremely sure that we did not want an open adoption. Those words alone scared us. We thought that by having an open adoption, our child would be confused on who their parents were. Would they call both Ana and the birth mom “mommy”? Would the birth mom tell us how to raise our child? It was not something we wanted to do. Once we signed up with Lifetime, we began seeing things a little different when it came to open adoption. Between the coordinators, live webinars, and lots of reading materials that were sent to us, we learned a lot and felt much more at ease. We had a “drop in the lap ” adoption. We really did not have any time at all to get to know the birth mom or the birth father ahead of time. We received a call early on a Thursday morning stating there was a baby boy being born in a state within driving distance from us. We packed our stuff and left the moment we found out the birth mom had chosen us. We spent three days with her and her baby in the hospital. We were over the moon to see that beautiful baby boy who we knew would be our son. However we took the advice of our coordinator and made it all about mom. Before we got to the hospital, we called the lawyer who was with her and asked if there was anything she needed (she asked for Kit-Kats & Skittles). We talked to her about her likes, dislikes, watched TV, munched on fast food and candy late at night…we bonded. She and her family were so wonderful. Everything went so well, it felt like we had known each other forever. It just felt right. We keep in touch pretty regularly actually. We text, email, and send pictures. Our son will know that we is loved by two very special families. Open adoption should not be a scary thing. It’s truly a joining of two families doing what is best for a little angel. One family shares biology, the other shares their love and unconditional care for the little angel. -Robert & Ana |
Truly Blessed Dear Diane and Lifetime Family, Wow! What a whirlwind and journey we have been on with our little angel Mya Rebekah! We are so excited that she has been here with us for almost four weeks now. We went out to her birth mother’s state early so as to not miss the delivery, and Mya decided to make her appearance a week later than her due date. But then the interesting part of our journey took place as Mya had to be transferred to another hospital. We were terrified, but we knew God had His hands in everything! We were introduced to two other families in the hospital while we waited for Mya to be released and God showed us that we needed to rest in His peace, because He’s got it for us. We realized that Mya was simply a miracle and in comparison to some of the other families in there our journey had been an easy one! Mya was released from the hospital, and that afternoon, we were told we were cleared to go home, after only waiting four days! Our birth mother is very happy with the way that everything is going and so are we. We couldn’t have done this without Lifetime, from the very start with being matched with our birthmother to the very end with leaving the state…words can’t even begin to describe our gratitude for you! Thank you, thank you! Be Blessed, |
Sweet Pea Time flies! Our baby girl has turned a year already. We are so thankful to Lifetime for helping with the match of our baby girl. Everyone at Lifetime will forever be in our hearts. We are in contact with our daughter’s birth mother regularly through text, a website we set up for her, and send picture albums in the mail. We are looking forward to her visiting soon. Our baby girl is doing amazing, having been born nine weeks premature. She is our wide-eyed “Sweet Pea”, and is adored by her mommy and daddy and three big brothers. We still feel like we are dreaming sometimes. We just cannot believe she is here and is ours. We are SO blessed! The wait seems so insignificant when you are finally holding your baby in your arms. No wait will be too long when you see your child face-to-face. I want to encourage the waiting families at Lifetime that God knows the face of your child. Wait with anticipation. The wait is worth it! We came across Lifetime Adoption Center after being on a very long wait list through our adoption agency. At our previous adoption agency we had multiple ignored emails and phone calls. The staff was often rude to us. We felt in the dark about the whole adoption process. We quickly found out Lifetime Adoption Center was going to be a totally different experience than our first local agency. From the first phone call to Lifetime, everyone we spoke to was friendly, patient, and genuinely wanted to help answer all our questions. Every time we called, the phone was answered. Every email was also answered in a very timely manner. We were never overlooked. Our daughter’s birth mother was very happy with everyone she worked with at Lifetime also. The Lifetime staff have been so gracious to pray for our baby girl who was having medical problems a year after bringing her home. We highly recommend Lifetime to anyone considering adoption for their family or any birth parents considering an adoption plan for their child! -Danny & Sarah |
Our Dream Came True! Hi Veronica, We are doing great! We are settled at home and in a somewhat routine. Tate is doing awesome and filling our lives with so much joy! He laughs and smiles, and has his days and nights mixed up. Tate is a great eater…up to four ounces! He’s so strong, and holds his head up already. Thanks again for all you do to make people’s dream to be parents come true! God bless you all, |
God Had a Baby for Us Hello Patty and Veronica, We just wanted to send a quick note to let you know that we are all doing well. Hannah is eight months today! She is crawling, babbling, smiling and giggling all the time. We are so thankful each an every day for this precious gift from the Lord. We are also grateful for the roles you both played in our adoption process…we will be forever grateful to you! We send pictures to Hannah’s birth mother on a regular basis, and we are getting to know her better. While our adoption journey seemed like a long process at times, we can look back and clearly see God’s hand in every step of the way. He was perfectly preparing us to be parents to Hannah. One of the verses that helped us through the harder times of the adoption journey was Isaiah 26:3 “He will keep in perfect peace, Him whose mind is stayed on you, because He trusts in you.” At times it was hard to trust that God had a baby for us, but we had to choose to trust despite how we felt. God blessed us with peace, even during the most challenging times. He is always faithful, and continues to bless us with His peace and grace as we raise our baby girl. Thank you again for all you have done for us through the journey. |
A Princess Worth Waiting For We have truly been blessed! Love, |
The Love of Our Life To all the Lifetime staff that was patient and reassuring, we say thank you. Our adoption experience with Lifetime was very positive and we would recommend them to other families seeking adoption. We now have the love of our life, baby Jordan. He is truly a blessing and each day is an adventure. He is growing so fast and we are enjoying every moment. We are so thankful to God for allowing us to love and care for him. We not only fell in love with baby Jordan, but when we met our birthmother, it felt as if we had known her for years. We are thankful for her strength and commitment to this process. Our daily scripture is “every good and every perfect gift comes from above…” We have truly been blessed! |
Giving Gratitude Diane and all at Lifetime, Thank you again! We just wanted you to know that Lily’s adoption was finalized a few weeks ago. Her sister and her sister’s adoptive mother as well as her grandparents celebrated the special day with us! Our warmest blessings, |
It Was Meant to Be! We thank God for planting the seed of adoption into our hearts 13 years ago. God truly has a plan for all His children that He creates. You all at Lifetime poured your hearts and souls into our adoption and helped make the “perfect match” for our family. From the first moment our birth mother and myself spoke, it was just meant to be by God. Scott and I had always known our baby’s middle name would be hyphenated to what the birth mother had chosen for her baby. So I asked, “what name comes to you when you think of your baby”? She immediately replied,” we always said if we were having a girl her name would be Isabella and we would call her Bella”. I screamed and cried into the phone and said,”that’s her name, that’s her name”! We had named her Isabella a year ago and would call her Bella. Our birth mom and myself were speechless and could only cry. She said, ” its just meant to be by God”. We thank God every day for our birth mom. Her strength, commitment, and courage was empowering to witness. She wanted both of us to be in the delivery room for the entire induction. She said,” I want you guys to have all the perks of having a newborn”. The nurses had me put on a hospital gown. As the last push was approaching, the nurse prepared the recliner next to our birth mom for me to lye in. Scott had requested for me to cut the cord since he had been privileged in doing so for our 3 other children. After cutting Isabella’s cord I immediately laid in the chair. She was placed on my chest, underneath my gown, still wet with amniotic fluid. As a mother this is an amazing feeling of bonding with your baby. The hospital staff were so supportive and even gave us a hospital room to stay in since I was breastfeeding Isabella. We hit a huge bump in the road with our birth father. Our birth mom and her husband fought alongside Scott and I the entire fight. We are so blessed to have had their strength with us, during that difficult time and because of them we prevailed. Our birth mom and myself have become best of friends and talk daily. What a beautiful love to have. We are like sisters and wow, how amazing it will be for Isabella to witness this bond. To all you families in waiting, please believe and know in your hearts that God has a baby in the making for you. Your strength, commitment and most importantly your ” Faith” plays the biggest role in your adoption dream coming true. Trust in the Lord and Lifetime for your perfect match. Whenever in doubt, remember these 9 words: Everything In Life Worth Having, Is Worth Fighting For. Our adoption journey is proof of these 9 powerful words and little Bella is our precious gift from God because of it. God Bless you all at Lifetime for the great work you do. We send prayers of comfort and strength to all you families in waiting. Just know that Gods plan will soon unfold upon your family. Our family is finally complete thanks to God and Lifetime! Warmly, |
Our Family is Complete! Hello Lifetime! We are so excited to tell you that we have finalized! We are still so amazed at how smoothly this all went. We went active in August, matched in October, and Eli was born in December. 8 months later, we are finalized. From the time we decided we wanted to adopt to his birth was 9 months! We love y’all for guiding us through the process and being there for the match. You were amazing. Family complete! Love, |
Blessed by Adoption Hi Everyone! We are so thankful that you stuck with us through our crazy adoption process. We were surprised by a call from Veronica. She told us very little information; she didn’t have much. A baby girl, born at a hospital just 30 minutes from our home. I was ready to jump in the car, but Veronica said to talk it over with Jason, along with a possible medical condition we needed to be ready for. We took five minutes to discuss it and we knew this was our baby! From the first moment she was in my arms at just 30 hours old, she has been our daughter. We can’t imagine a more perfect baby and we love our Molly May immensely. Thank you again Lifetime for your support, and thank you Veronica for calling us that Monday afternoon and changing our lives forever. Love, |
Family Forever Evalin is so amazing! She is doing so well; she’s finished pre-school and started pre-K on Monday. She loves school. Her teacher and tells us Evalin is really a smart child with an amazing memory. Her social skills are excellent and she does well in school. We can’t tell you how much we love her. Everyone who has seen us say it’s like we have been a family forever. We never knew life could be this good since Evalin became part of it! Thanks, |
God Has a Baby for You! Our adoption experience was amazing. Even though there were a few rough patches just “waiting” it was all worth it in the end when we got to hold our sweet baby boy Stetson. Going through the adoption process also helped both of us grow in our faith and have true evidence that God does not give you more than you can handle. Lifetime was very helpful in the process. Anytime we had a question or just needed someone to talk to we know we could call anyone at Lifetime and they would help us out. We would like everyone to know that no matter what stage you are at in your adoption process, God has a baby for you and when the time is right he will gift you with the sweet baby. -James & Kris |
The Light of Our Lives Hi Mrs. Patty and Mrs. Diane, I was thinking about y’all and wanted to send a note to update! I hope y’all are dong great. I’ve been seeing some great things on Facebook about Lifetime! So happy y’all are able to keep spreading love all over the place! Things are going great. Miss Adley is the light of our lives! I did not know exactly how much love and sunshine this precious little girl would bring to us! I cannot imagine life without her. She’s so perfect! I can’t believe she’s almost 6 months old already! Time is flying by! She’s learning new things and she’s so observant! She’s actually kind of nosy! She wants her head up listening to everyone all the time! We just love her so very much! Everyone always tells us how beautiful she is, it’s actually funny because she honestly looks like Ronnie! Lots of people tell us all the time how much she looks like him even our pediatrician! It’s the little things that just melt my heart. She’s teething, she rolls over now, she will stick her tongue out at ya, she hasn’t started any kind of crawling yet. I’m sure it will be soon though! She has the sweetest little laugh ever! She is just our little perfect miracle baby! I talked to her birth mom last week. All is great with her and her family. We sent more pictures and she couldn’t believe how big she has gotten! We talked about how they were doing and her other two children not ready for summer to be over yet! We think of her always! She’s definitely holding a big spot in our hearts! Just wanted to update you all and tell y’all we think and pray for all of you daily! Talk soon, |
He's ONEderful! Hi Jen! We are all fine. Tyler (we call him by his middle name) is great! We just celebrated his first birthday (as you can see by this photo). Time truly does fly by! He is walking all over the place, and loves to spend time in the pool with his brothers and sister. Thanks, |
Thankful Every Day Hello Veronica, We wanted to check in and let you know that we are all doing really well. Hannah is growing and is such a joy! We are so thankful for the blessing of our little girl. We are daily thankful for the role Lifetime played in making us parents! With Warm Regards, |
Just Hanging Out Hello friends! Just wanted to share this little picture of Lauren “hanging out” at a friend’s birthday party a few weeks ago. She’s a strong little thing, and this photo really captures her fun personality! We cannot get over how everything with our adoption was just meant to be. If those infertility treatments had not failed, we would very likely not have Lauren and she is absolutely meant to be our baby! If we had only been able to see into the future, we would have been spared a lot of pain and sadness, but the joy she has brought makes every step worthwhile! Love, |
Our Boy is a Joy Hi Joan, We’re doing wonderful; our new baby boy Josiah is a tremendous blessing! He turned eight weeks old today. Time just flies by so quickly. We appreciate all that you have done for us at Lifetime! We sing your praises and have at least two families that are going to look into Lifetime when they are ready to adopt. Yeah God! Our birth mother is doing well…we are in communication with her via email and text, sharing what our sweet baby boy is doing. We wanted to thank Veronica at Lifetime, who was a tremendous support to us as we made that quick decision to match with our birth mother. We love him so! He was truly chosen by God to grace our family. We will let you know when we go before the judge to finalize. Blessings, |
Pretty in Pink Hello Libby, Our sweet daughter turned four last week! We can’t believe how fast the time has gone. Brooklyn wanted to go Storyland for her birthday and meet Cinderella, so that’s exactly what we did. We love her so much and think of Brooklyn’s birth mother and the staff at Lifetime often. -Phil & Tracy |
Full of Firsts We have been loving our first summer with our Eli. He is the perfect age for great summertime firsts. He enjoys the outdoors. As we hike, he watches the tree limbs sway in the breeze and the birds fly by. He has a great time in the pool, both big and little. He slept through his first drive-in movie. He was even very interested in the July 4th fireworks. His cousins love visiting with him. They all want to hold him and feed him, all of the time. The long-distance cousins constantly ask when they get to see ‘my E-I’ again. The youngest ones can’t quite get the middle sound in there. It’s cute. Eli loves music! His favorite seems to be country. However, he ‘dances’ like crazy when he hears hip-hop. Anything with a funky beat gets him smiling. Toby Mac is the artist of choice right now. We enjoy watching baseball together and his favorite foods so far are blueberries and butternut squash. He loves jumping and goes to an infant gym class where he is making lots of friends, learning sign language, and how to tumble. He is so close to crawling! He is constantly on the move though and his ‘talk’ has grown to quite a few more sounds. His face lights up when we talk to daddy on the phone and when he walks through the door. He gets a belly laugh when we play catch with our dog. Needless to say, we happily have our hands full. He is amazing! We are so happy with our growing relationship with his birth mother and her family. They are such kind, genuine people. Our family is complete and we thank you so much for helping to make that happen. Warmly, |
The Most Precious Gift Hello Diane and staff at Lifetime! Life has been crazy for the last two weeks but what an awesome two weeks it has been! Sweet baby Rosalie Judith-Marie was born June 20 at 7:12 pm weighing seven pounds, two ounces, and measuring nineteen and a half inches long. She is the most beautiful, precious gift ever! We are extremely in love with her. We thank God and her birth mother every day for trusting us to raise her: we are so blessed. As you know, it was a journey to get here but we made it and we are so thankful. Thankful to the staff at Lifetime for not giving up on our dreams to become parents! Our relationship with her birth mother was more than we imagined: we have so much love for her and we see ourselves sharing the life of this beautiful baby girl. Rosalie is a good, sweet baby. We are so lucky to have her in our lives and so very proud to call her our daughter! With love, |
Laughing, Playing, and Doing New Things Every Day!Hi Michelle and Heidi, Just wanted to send you a quick update to let you know how things are going from our family. It is hard to believe that Josiah is 5 months old. He is such a blessing to us! He has grown so much from the preemie that we brought home at 2 days old. Now he is laughing, playing, and doing new things every day. Of course, his two sisters are in love with him as much as we are! We are also excited to let you know that Josiah’s adoption was finalized last Wednesday, June 26th. We can’t imagine our lives without him and we are so thankful to all of you at Lifetime and Josiah’s birth mother for the huge part that you played in bringing Josiah to us. We won’t ever forget that late night phone call on January 31st that resulted in us flying out the next day to pick up our son. We know that God chose Josiah just for us from the beginning and our “waiting period” was necessary for him to be a part of our family and of course, God knew exactly what He was doing!! -Leon & Jackie |
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Can you guys believe Cambell’s about to turn 4!? Just wanted to share. He and his sisters spent a whole week this month at his biological grandparents! Had the best time! Here is a recent photo of Cambell before his first ball game. We are so blessed to have such an amazing family! -Michael & Kimberley |
Graduation Day It has been way too long! Charles is all grown up! He just graduated from pre-K and is looking forward to going to kindergarten. He is counting to 100, spelling his name and he just recently accomplished tying his shoes! We pray you all are well and please continue to use us as a reference from prospective families, although it’s been years we still sing your praises and we are still thankful for the hard work you all did making us a forever family! |
Thank Heaven for Our Little Boy Hi Jen, We will always be grateful for what you and the Lifetime family has done for us. Our experience was emotional, since we had two birth mothers to change their mind at the hospital. However, it was so worth it. Mason is an AMAZING little boy and he just turned three. He also has a wonderful birth mother. Overall, we had a good experience. We recommend Lifetime to any family that has an interest in adopting! Have A Blessed Day! |
Truly Blessed Hi ladies at Lifetime, It’s been 6 weeks since I’ve adopted my beautiful baby girl, Maya. I must admit, I’ve never been so exhausted and overjoyed at the same time! Maya was a premie (born at 4 pounds, 4 ounces) and has grown to 6 pounds, nine ounces at her 5-week doctor’s visit. To the waiting families: I want you to know that I continuously pray for all of you during this anxious journey. I was concerned being a single woman, but working with Lifetime and the birthparents was a blessing in and of itself. Lifetime staff was always responsive and compassionate with my many questions. Maya’s birthmom and I immediately clicked and we communicate via text and photos. I wanted to share with waiting families to pray without ceasing! Maya was born almost 11 months after I signed with Lifetime and it was truly God’s timing! With Love, |
So Very Thankful Hi Diane, Curtis is such a blessing and joy. He is so sweet and still very affectionate. I am pretty sure he is the smartest toddler around! Thank you, to all of you, for what you have done, not just for our family but for all the families you work with! By the way, Curtis is a whopping 30 pounds and is only 20 months! Here is a recent picture of him for you. God bless, |
Into Our Arms, Unto Our Hearts Doug and Bridget just finalized son Damien’s adoption in court! Pictured are adoptive couple Bridget and Doug with their son and the judge. Congratulations from the staff at Lifetime Adoption! |
Birthday Boy Hello Libby and everyone from Lifetime! Our precious David Anthony just three years old! David loves trains, cars and hitting baseballs off the tee in our backyard. He loves going to the zoo and feeding lettuce to the giraffes. He is looking forward to an upcoming trip to the beach so he can make sand castles and swim like a fish. Take care and have a wonderful summer! -Jennifer and Rich |
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice Hi Diane and Libby, Hope you are all doing well! My goodness, we LOVE this baby more than words can express! Here she is in a pic from last week, 17 months old now! -Rex & Polly |
A Kid With ClassHi Diane and Libby, It is hard to believe that Evan is graduating from private kindergarten tomorrow at just five years three months. He will attend public kindergarten next year, but we signed him up a year early for this kindergarten to ensure he received the challenges he needed. His day care teachers told us last year he would be bored in a pre-k class so they encouraged us to put him in kindergarten. He has an awesome teacher that incorporates Christian values in his everyday learning. We wanted you to hear the speech he memorized for the graduation ceremony tomorrow. He is amazing! We think of you often and pray for the staff and waiting families. -Stan & Michelle |
Lifetime Created Our Family Dear Mardie and our Lifetime family- We want to say THANK YOU for helping us with our second adoption. With your help, we were able to connect with some truly amazing birthparents. We have had such a great experience – we even were able to catch a plane on the day our special little boy Jax was born – arriving just an hour after he was delivered! Saying ‘thank you’ isn’t enough for helping us realize our dream of growing our family. Lifetime has done such a fabulous job with helping us on both of our adoptions. We’ve had an incredible journey to this point. We were so honored and blessed to share our story (before Jax was born) on a Lifetime webinar with Libby (who we absolutely LOVE). Jax is now seven months old, but we wanted to let you know how thankful we are for you. Here is a brand-new family photo…hope you enjoy! God bless you! Love, |
Bouncing Baby Boy My blessing Elijah is now four months old! I am so thankful for the opportunity to be his mom…thank you to Lifetime for all of your help and support. Elijah is a happy, wonderful, bouncing baby boy! His birth mom and I communicate often through text messages and pictures. Every day is a joy as I watch him grow. I love being his mom! -MaRay |
Adoption Will Bless You! Josie amazes us and delights us every single day with her intelligence, her sense of humor, her independent spirit, her spunkiness, and her excitement about the world around her. She is always learning and we’re blown away by how quickly she “gets” new concepts. Josie loves to spend time with her family and friends, she likes to draw, dance, and sing, she likes to make others laugh, and she’s such a sweet girl. It’s hard for us to remember what life was like before we had her in our family. Our house is less tidy, but our hearts are filled to overflowing with love for her. It’s been the best two years of our lives! Even in the joy of our daughter, we remember so vividly the anxiousness of “the wait.” We keep in touch with you not only because we are proud of Josie, but because we want to offer our prayers and encouragement to your waiting families and birth mothers. So many people loved and supported us while we waited for God’s plan to unfold for our family that we feel compelled to return that blessing. To the birth mothers: words cannot describe the amazing gift you will bestow on a waiting family. Your courage, determination, and love are humbling. Thank you for these qualities, thank you for your strength, thank you for the opportunity you give to us to become a family. To the families who are anxiously awaiting the call: know that you are constantly surrounded by the love, prayers, and well-wishes of those of us who have walked this journey. In your times of anxiousness and nerves, remember to breathe deeply and trust God’s plan. He is steadfast and, when you do get the call (and you will!) you will see how He chose just the right situation just for you! And, of course, a huge thank you to the entire Lifetime staff! We value each and every one of you and are so grateful for your expertise and guidance. Without your help, we wouldn’t be a family of three! Much love and many blessings, Alyssa and Scott |
Our Precious Lil' Peanut It has been almost a year since our little precious peanut joined the world and became part of our family. Evelyn is such a joy that we’d struggle to say a single bad moment we have had. Even her one bad three hour stretch of teething was something we loved. To be blunt, she is the perfect baby. Happy all the time, a personality that commands a room, amazingly perceptive on everything, sleeps and has slept the entire night from day one! We can’t thank you enough for the match you put us in contact with. -Roric & Michelle |
Growing by Leaps & Bounds Isabelle is doing great and changing all the time. She is up to 27 pounds and 33 inches tall. With the nice weather the last couple of days, she has been outside playing and does not want to come in at night to go to bed. Isabelle is very talkative and starting to say quite a few words. Some of her newest words are: Elmo, bye, clock and Minnie. Her favorite word the last couple of days has been no. We just started potty training and she has done pretty well with that. Sometimes she will go when we ask her if she needs to go potty but normally, she tells us after she has gone in her diaper but she’s making great progress. We went to New Orleans for Kelly’s cousin’s wedding and she made the 17 hour car ride with no problems! We kept plenty of toys and movies in the car for entertainment. -Justin & Kelly |
Our Precious Princess Hello my sweet friends! Life has definitely changed so much with little Miss Adley Grace here with us finally…we couldn’t be any more excited! She is our precious little gift and we love her so much! Everyone just loves her so much and every time we take her somewhere, someone is always holding her, getting all of her sugars! When she smiles, our hearts just melt. She is so very perfect! We’re having the best times of our lives with her! The past two nights she has slept through the entire night. At first, she would get up every few hours but now she’s getting good rest at night! We’re so happy that she is comfortable and she fits right in with us! We’re not Sandi and Ronnie anymore when we go somewhere; we’re Adley’s parents, and we love it! We thank God every single day for blessing us with this precious baby girl. We have kept in contact with her birthmom. We text every other week or so. We have sent her some pictures and she loved getting them. She seems to really like it when we tell her everything that’s going on at that time with Adley’s development. We plan on always staying in contact with her. She’s also very precious to us and she will always have a huge place in our hearts, along with her other two children. We still pray for everyone involved in adoption and we pray that Lifetime will always be around to help other families like us! Thank you again for everything that y’all done! Love, |
We Couldn't Be Happier! Hello Heidi and the Lifetime staff, When we signed up for Lifetime, I thought that we would have to wait for at least one year before getting matched up with a birthmother. I also thought that it was going to be a long road. You and the Lifetime staff have made it so easy. You all have been very helpful along the way. We were nervous wrecks when we were matched up with Jerold’s birthmother, but when we spoke on the phone we clicked right away. We spoke like we old friends. The whole time, I was afraid that she would change her mind and we would have to start all over again. After he was born and I held him for the first time, I fell in love with him. We couldn’t be happier! He is getting so big, so fast. It was pleasure working with Lifetime, and if I was able to do it again, I would definitely come back to you. Thank you for everything! Sincerely, |
Our Two Adoption Blessings Hi Libby, It’s so ironic how similar our two kiddos look! Jake had an opportunity to correct some misconceptions of adoption on his flight home last week. We couldn’t be happier with how large the family feels now; the blessing of adoption was well beyond being parents. Cassidy’s birth mother will be flying out to spend time with us in June to celebrate Cassidy’s second birthday, and we’re hoping that Connor’s birth mother can make it out too. Both kids call them “belly mamas”…It’s pretty cute to hear them talk. Take care, |
Our Boy, Our Joy Hi Jen, Here’s a picture of Jack at his 3rd birthday party. Our experience with Lifetime could not have gone better. We started our adoption process in November, matched in March and had our son home with us in April. Our attorney was excellent and we finalized our adoption in September. As you know it does not get much smoother or faster than that! Our little boy Jack is amazing. He is happy, funny, affectionate, almost potty-trained and most of all loved by many. – Dave & Telita |
She's Perfect! Hello Veronica, We have been admiring baby Elisbeth Rae and counting our blessings all night. She is perfect! She’s eating and sleeping real well and has a few hours of wakefulness during the day. Here is a little photo of her! Thank you for everything! -Jess and Kevin |
Our Adoption Joy Hi Jen, Here is a recent picture of Isabelle…We had a pretty good adoption experience. We were contracted with Lifetime 42 days when we found out a birthmother had picked us and she was in labor when we found out so we rushed to the hospital that night to meet her and our baby! -Justin and Kelly |
Lifetime Blessed Us Lifetime adoptive mother Pam shares: “Our experience with Lifetime was perfect! God really blessed us through your organization, and I pass that info along to everyone that inquires of Lifetime…they also were very good with our birth mother; they were able to assist her with things she needed.” |
All Smiles Hello Diane and Lifetime, It has been three months since Eli came into our lives. We are forever changed. Eli is the most happy baby we’ve ever seen. He smiles all of the time – a big, toothless, ear-to-ear smile! He is amazing. He is outfitted for his first hiking trip. We took him to REI for the first time to get his gear. Carrier: check, Cute hat: check, Mommy and Daddy: check. He’s ready to go! He seemed really interested in the red kayaks. Hmm – possible hobby? We have been able to visit with his birth mother. We met her and her sister for dinner. It was such a great visit. Her sister brought her two-year-old daughter. We are so excited to have them in our lives. Eli and his cousin were so cute together. We haven’t heard from his birthfather yet. We are hopeful to visit with him and his family this summer. We love our Eli so much. Thank you for helping put this family together! Love, |
Our Little SunshineHi Jen, Here is a little video of Olivia Grace (11 months) that we wanted to share with you. She is our little “Sunshine” and the light to all those around her. We have been blessed beyond words! Thank you to everyone at Lifetime for helping to make this happen for our family. -Fred & Mary-Lee |
Lifetime, Through a Family's Eyes After waiting two years with another agency, Darren and Tammi were able to adopt a baby girl in just two months with Lifetime! |
Open Adoption has Blessed Us! Dear Veronica and Libby, Here is a recent picture of Jacob, our “almost three year old”! This was taken Easter weekend. He looks so big in his suit! Jacob and Tammy went to see his first mommy for a wonderful visit. There were activities to do and Jacob had such a good time. There was lots of laughter! He remembered an event from our last visit with her just a few months ago, and it struck me that from here on out he is going to have his own memories of his visits with his first mommy! We look forward to our growing, open adoption story, and pray that it blesses them both. We know that we, the adoptive parents, are blessed! Kind Regards, |
Cherished in Our Hearts Dear Veronica, Patty, and the entire Lifetime staff, Thank you doesn’t seem adequate enough to describe how grateful we are to you for all the work you have done on our behalf to bring Hannah May into our lives! We are so grateful for your support and encouragement on the long journey to adoption. We are blessed by our daughter, and so thankful to God for her and her birth family. The role Lifetime has played in our lives will always be cherished in our hearts! With love, |
Picture-Perfect Adoption Hi Jen, I love to tell my adoption story! I actually had the picture-perfect adoption experience. I am single and when I decided to adopt I had several doors shut but once I called Lifetime, it all fell into place and eight months after I signed my contract my son Cooper was born. It all happened much quicker than expected and I was in the delivery room and cut the cord. I actually babysat his two siblings for a couple hours until a family member could come to the hospital to pick them up. We had a couple of bumps when the birth mom started to change her mind but they really didn’t last long and went pretty quick. I know that God was in control of our adoption and I appreciated that my Lifetime counselors were Christian. I also appreciated how Lifetime helped me to find someone here to do my home study and helped me with the attorneys. I consider the Lifetime staff my family, even though I have never met any of you! Thank you, |
Blessed Twice by Open Adoption When we share about our two adoptions with Lifetime, we typically share how our two experiences were so different. With our first adoption, we had such a roller coaster nine months with failed matches lots of interest in our profile and lots of craziness, but that we have our wonderful daughter and the wonderful relationship that we still enjoy with her birth mom. With our second, we submitted our profiles and heard nothing for 18 months and that was so hard. Month after month of check-ins with nothing. But when we matched, that was it, there was no roller coaster, it went smoothly. We like to let people know that open adoption is nothing to be afraid of and that it can be a wonderful thing for both adoptive parents, birth parents, and for the children! -John & Peggy |
I'm the Big Sister Our Maggie just turned two years old…and last month she became a BIG SISTER! Our little boy, Andrew, Jr., was a little early but he was completely healthy and absolutely wonderful! We are adjusting to two little ones in the house, and loving every moment! We have nothing but great things to say about our experience with Lifetime – and we enjoy sharing our story with others hoping to add to their family through adoption. Have a wonderful day! |
Growing Like a Weed Hi Jen, Sydney is growing like a weed and just attended kindergarten round up. It’s so hard to believe she is five years old. As you can tell she is a very happy and energetic girl! – Polly and Shane |
Ready, Set, Grow! Hi Veronica, We hope you had a wonderful Easter! Here’s a recent picture of Lena. She has gotten so big and wonderful she will be two in June and already knows her ABC’s and is potty trained — Yay! God Bless, |
She Lights Up Our Lives! Dear Libby, Happy Easter! We always think of you this time of year and wanted to send you our annual photos of Katie with the bunny! These photos are of Katie and Hershey this year. Taking them always reminds us of you asking us to take the “perfect” photo of our bunnies for our profile. We appreciate the attention to details that you and the others at Lifetime put into our adoption which led us to a perfect match! Thank you again for everything! Katie is now a very active three year old who lights up our lives! Love, |
Pretty in Pink Veronica, Libby, Patty and Michelle, Michaela is growing so fast! She has such a sweet smile and personality. It is just amazing how much she has changed in just three months. The doctor says she is perfect, but we already knew that. She is cooing, smiling, kicking, holder her head up and most recently had her first laugh/giggle. And we were lucky enough to get it on video! She is even sleeping through the night. We have been corresponding through email with her birth parents. They are such a sweet couple and we enjoyed our time with them. Our hearts are so full of love for them and for what they have done for Michaela. We are sending them updates of Michaela’s milestones along with photos. We want to thank you for all the help and direction you have provided for Michaela’s birth mother and for being the connector God used to bring us together. It is funny how whatever you can dream, that God just dreams it so much bigger. Michaela is so much more that we could have ever hoped, dreamed or prayed for. But God is like that, going above and beyond. We will keep you updated on our finalization. Sincerely, |
Scott and Meredith Adopted a Baby Girl! In this photo, Isabella poses alongside their adoption profile book Congratulations from the staff of Lifetime Adoption! |
Our Boy, Our Joy Dear Michelle, Kim, and Tonya, Thank you guys for your wonderful support! Here is a picture of our beautiful boy Adam at one week. We are now parents of a beautiful baby boy and our hearts could not be happier! With much appreciation and gratitude for everyone at Lifetime! -Alfred and Landria |
Girl of Our Dreams Hi Libby, I’ve been meaning to send some pictures your way of Elisabeth (Ellie). We went recently and had the girls get pictures together and also just ones of Ellie. She is doing so good. Sleeps all night, takes nice naps, is growing great and just all together a very healthy girl! We have confidence that God knew about Ellie 10 years ago when we first felt compelled to have adoption as part of our family’s story. Somehow, through a very winding path, He had her in mind for us. We also know He used you to bring her home. Her birth mom didn’t choose us, you did. I have no idea what criteria you were looking at that long, sleepless night, but I am so thankful it led you to call us at 4 in the morning. The wait was hard, but worth it. So, thank you for our daughter! -Kevin and Alisa |
Thank Heaven for Our Little Girl Hi Diane, Where did the time go? Can’t believe we just celebrated Gaige’s first birthday. She is such a joy! We’re so blessed to call her our daughter. I’m hoping your non-profit program for birth mothers received some donations in her honor. We asked friends and family to donate to that program in lieu of birthday gifts. Enclosed are a few extra checks that were brought to her party. Thanks again for all your help in bringing Gaige home! -Derric & Lori |
Our Little Bundle of Joy Dear Lifetime, Our birth mom is one of the strongest, motivated, loving, wonderful persons we know! We met with her and had a fantastic time with her and her two kids for a few days…we’ll definitely never ever forget them! We’re excited to be able to stay in touch with her and send her lots of pictures. This has all been led by our Jesus! We prayed so much for our baby and her birth mom. Things could not have went any smoother for all of us involved! We’re on the road headed home right now. It’s a long way to go, but EVERYONE back home is waiting on this little bundle of joy to get there! We cannot express how much we LOVE and appreciate ALL of the staff at Lifetime. We could not have done this without you! We would like to say an extra special thank you to Mrs. Patty and Mrs. Diane! You two have been our rock from start to finish! It brings tears to my eyes thinking of you two! We pray that God and Lifetime continues to bless lots of other families just like us, that thought it would not ever happen! To all the waiting families, Hang in there, call Mrs. Patty, cry, and pray constantly! There was a time that we didn’t think it would ever happen. It’s all in God’s time! I heard that so many times throughout it all, IT’S the TRUTH though! God Bless and thanks so much Lifetime! We love you all! -Ronnie & Sandi |
So Very Thankful Hi Diane, Please forward our letter and photos to Maryn’s birth mother. Thank you for doing this for us. It’s important to us that we keep up our open adoption agreement. Maryn is doing great and we are so thankful to Lifetime! and you! Thanks again, |
And Baby Makes Three Hi everyone at Lifetime! We are having an absolute blast being Brendan’s parents. I can’t believe he’s almost two months old already! He is getting too big for his newborn outfits now, so it’s sad to have to pack those away already, but it’s worth it seeing him grow and change each day. He just started smiling a LOT and doing these cute little “laughs” where he inhales quickly. He’s such a happy little guy, with hilarious expressions! He loves staring at faces and when we talk nonsense to him, and is also a big fan of Celtic music (unless bagpipes come on…he apparently hates those!). He’s honestly the most mellow and happy baby I’ve ever seen. His pediatrician laughs at how “chill” he is even when being poked and prodded. He’ll just look up with his big eyes like “whatcha doin?” and take in everything around him with no complaints. He also loves bath time! The first time we poured water on his head, he closed his eyes and got a big goofy smile. He hardly ever cries unless he’s particularly hungry or has a wet diaper, but the tears stop immediately once we figure out what he wants, so we’re definitely learning how to interpret his needs! It’s been a great experience, being parents, and we’re excited to see him continue to flourish. We also have a great relationship with his birth family, and continue to share plenty of updates and pictures. We feel so blessed to have met them and feel like our family has grown by more than just one. I’m so happy that Brendan has so many people who love him! Thanks for your part in bringing us all together! -Josh & Laci |
Be Mine Hi Joan, Evan had a wonderful first Valentine’s Day! I do believe I heard him he asked me to be his Valentine! He is growing so fast and has already doubled his birth weight in just three short months! He is also holding his head up! – Brandy (and Todd) |
Blessed by Adoption Well it’s hard to believe it has been four years! Eli just had his first soccer practice today and we don’t know where the time has gone. He has got to be the most precious little boy in the world. We love him more than words can describe and am so grateful to Lifetime and his birth mother for this priceless gift. We think about Eli’s birth mother all of the time and although we are miles apart, she stays in our minds and prayers. Thank you again for our little man! -Jason and Natalie |
Our Dream Came True Hello Lifetime Family, We’re over-the-moon happy with the adoption of our daughter Sarah Elizabeth! We received a drop in the lap call from Diane while getting ready for church. A few hours later we flew across the country to meet our daughter and birth mom. We met and simply fell in love with Sarah that night. Sarah is healthy, happy and growing so much each day. We give God the glory, for it was His Hands that orchestrated this divine match. We give thanks to Jen and Joan for supporting us during the craziness of traveling, the ICPC process and until we arrived safely home. Lifetime, we cannot thank you enough for making our dream come true to become parents and completing our family; each one of you has a special place in our hearts. Words simply cannot express our gratitude. Like Libby and adoptive families always say in Lifetime’s adoption webinars, when we look back, every wait, decision and event was clearly planned by God, Who is ever faithful. Lifetime, you are and will always be part of our family! Warmly, |
Groundhog Greetings Dear Veronica, Happy Groundhog Day! We think of you often, but especially on Groundhog Day because we know you love the holiday so much! Here’s a picture of Katie showing you some of her favorite pages out of our Groundhog Day books. She had fun celebrating at pre-school with her friends. We pray for everyone at Lifetime often! I have enjoyed sharing our story in the Lifetime webinar, answering questions and providing adoption support for new Lifetime families who are just beginning their journey! Love, |
Forever Treasured Hi Veronica and Our Lifetime Family! Our adoption finalization court hearing was last week! We are now an official forever family! These past six months have passed so quickly and Kallie Grace is growing so fast. She is amazing and we are so in awe of what God did for us! It’s exciting having two birthdays to celebrate with Kallie and our family here is so grateful as well that she is ours forever. Thank you for making the adoption process seem so easy and just always being there for us. We will never forget you. We hope to start the adoption process for our second Lifetime baby soon so that Kallie can have a little (or big) brother. Take care, Della and Tony |
Then & Now Ten years ago today, in the evening, we received the call from Lifetime that Daniel had been born at lunchtime by emergency C-section (one pound, 14 ounces & 13 inches long – 28 weeks gestation.) A surprise for everyone! So the following morning, we all loaded up & then drove on to where Daniel was in the NICU – 550 miles from home. We made it to the hospital Friday morning. Can you see the size of the pacifier compared to Daniel?! Richard’s party trick is to take his wedding ring off & tell everyone that he could fit that all the way up Daniel’s arm! We often get asked if it is easy to bond with someone else’s child & with this our first adoption, we had asked ourselves that same question. We can honestly tell you that as soon as we received the call from Lifetime, we were ready to “fight” for our son! There was absolutely no doubt in our minds that he was ours. Daniel’s situation was a little complicated, but as an adoption plan had been made & the birth mom giving us Power of Attorney we were able to make all the medical decisions needed right from the time we arrived at the hospital without DFS becoming involved. After the first eight days we had to go home but came back to visit Daniel each weekend. Saying “goodbye” was hard but we also knew he was in excellent hands & it was only a temporary measure. Daniel was in the hospital for seven weeks before being released at just over four pounds. Daniel had sleep apnea so was on a monitor at night plus he choked very easily on his milk & would often stop breathing when this happened. Of course we were in the hospital when it first occurred – scared Richard to death as he wasn’t a paramedic then! The nurse just told us to flick his feet & make him scream. I can remember it happening the first time in public & folks around just looked at us in horror & amazement! Daniel will still choke once in a while. It is happening less & less as he matures, but happened regularly those first few years. We are SO blessed to have Daniel in our lives. He is so full of enthusiasm & the joys of life. For some reason this birthday has him more excited than any other. Here is a photo of Daniel today – still with that very thick head of hair which many folks comment on. We are very excited to now be working on Adoption #4! Wow! Looking forward to seeing who God is going to place in our hands this time. Take care, |
Forever Family Hey there Michelle, Just a little update from us…we still can’t believe that we have a daughter, thanks to the Good Lord & Lifetime! She is now 17 months old; she is beautiful, smart, and healthy. A perfect gift! She fits so well with our family. We do still have contact with her birth family and have kept our open adoption agreement; they are awesome. We also drove to the town where they live & attended the zoo! We do plan to keep in touch with them and meet up a least once a year. We want Gracelyn to know her other two sibilings as well. We will keep in touch with you guys as well. Thanks again to our forever family! -Jesus & Ronna |
Dave and Deb Adopted a Baby Girl! Congratulations from the staff of Lifetime Adoption! |
Cassius and Rhonda Adopted a Baby Girl! Here is Cassidy with her proud big brother Tre. Congratulations from the staff of Lifetime Adoption! |
Our Precious Gift Dear Joan and Lifetime, A very heartfelt “Mahalo” (thank you) for all your help and support over the past year in our quest to be parents. Makena is absolutely adorable and we are enjoying every minute with her, sleepless nights and all. She is perfect; 10 fingers, 10 toes, a smile and big beautiful eyes that would melt anyone’s heart. There is no other love more pure, than the love we have for this precious Christmas gift. We want so much for her, that our hopes and dreams are now her hopes and dreams. We appreciate you facilitating such a perfect “match” with Makena’s birth parents. They really have been amazing and we have so enjoyed getting to know them over the past months. We were pretty nervous during our first phone conversation, but the relationship easily transitioned into a daily email and text dialogue. We were able to visit with them twice before Makena was born and spent those days getting acquainted, checking out the local sights, walking along the beach, and dining on some great local cuisine. They have become part of our family and we are thankful that their sacrifice is the source of such joy in our lives. We have much admiration for their strength and courage. Of course, there were times that we had doubts that this dream would come true. But we stayed firm to our belief that everything would work out as God intended. We took each day as a gift of hope and tried to enjoy the process, staying true to our daily routines and even managing to squeeze in a vacation before the big event. We prayed for Makena’s birth parents, and had faith that they would make the best decision for themselves, which in turn would lead to the best situation for us. Good or heart-breaking, we were thankful for the fact that hope existed where it did not before. As it turns out, we could not have dreamed of a smoother adoption process and appreciate all the love, help, and support we have received from the entire Lifetime staff. Six weeks later, Makena is thriving!! She is truly our little treasure! Warmly, Lisa and Mike |
Look at Me! I'm Three! Hi Veronica, Just wanted to touch base with you to let you know how we are doing. It has been a wonderful experience being a parent to our smart, beautiful, funny daughter, Nadia. She has brought us so much joy. She keeps us busy, but that’s a good thing. We’re grateful to have the opportunity to love, protect and teach her about life. We wouldn’t change these times for anything. This picture is of Nadia at her 3rd birthday party. Thank you to Lifetime Adoption for helping us and hopefully we can do it one more time. Take care and hope everyone has a great new year! -Stacey & Jackie |
The Boy of Our Dreams Hi Diane, I thought you may want an update…Corey is six years old now! – Jay & Jill |
I'm a Mommy! Hi Veronica, I am so happy to have newly adopted through Lifetime! I signed on with Lifetime in August and became a mother the first of January. It was four months and some days. I am a single African American woman and was assured that ‘THE PERFECT MATCH” was out there. Boy, was it ever…Elijah’s birth mom is amazing and I look forward to a lifelong relationship with her. I had moments of will this happen and many prayerful days… I AM a Mommy! -MaRay |
Much Gratitude Hi Veronica, It has taken us so long to write, but having a six month old is a full time job! We all are doing wonderful and cannot express our gratitude enough through words, about how happy we are. The relationship with Harper’s biological family is wonderful. He is the happiest little boy who is growing and learning new things every day. I can’t believe it has almost been seven months since you called us with the greatest news of our lives. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, all so much and may God bless the rest of the families waiting for their little angel. With all our love, Amy and Troy |
Brotherly Love Hello Libby and our Lifetime Family! Happy New Year! Here is a picture of David and his big brother Ryan. David is now two and a half years old. David loved everything about Christmas – from decorating our tree with ornaments, to getting his favorite toys from Santa (choo, choo trains) to attending a Happy Birthday Jesus party at our church. We hope everyone at Lifetime is doing well. For all of the adoptive parents who are waiting – the right time and the right match will come for you. It did for us. -Rich and Jennifer |
God's Gift, God's Blessing, God's Timing Dear Diane and Lifetime, We are so in love with our little Eli! We hold him and just stare into his beautiful little face. He is the star of our Facebook profile! Friends and family are trickling in from around the country to meet and hold him. Thank you so much for helping grow our family. The journey has been so much smoother, with minor hiccups, than we could have imagined. Our birth parents and their families are amazing. We look forward to that growing relationship. Our beautiful Eli laughs in his sleep! The first time we saw that, we all just fell out laughing. He is such a blessing. He is amazing…God’s gift, God’s blessing, God’s timing. Praises to Him! Warmly, |
MaRay Adopted a Baby Boy! Elijah was born weighing eight pounds, 14 ounces. Congratulations from the staff of Lifetime Adoption! |
Sassy Stella Hi Diane, We celebrated Stella’s third birthday yesterday! It’s hard to believe it has already been three years since we witnessed her birth and she was placed in our arms. She is as sweet and sassy as ever and her personality is fun, independent and also so loving. We still keep in touch with her birth family and we feel so blessed that we were chosen to be Stella’s mom and dad! Thanks, again, for all you do! -Megan and Jason |
Blessed by Adoption Dear Diane, It has been a couple of years since we have had contact with you all at Lifetime…just let ourselves get busy with these kiddos & didn’t take the time to send an update! We signed up with Lifetime just over six years ago. We were in our twenties and had no children. We were blessed to adopt our daughter through connections with friends. You all were wonderful to let us pick right back up where we left off and help us with Weston’s adoption. He was this beautiful little six week baby boy & it was love at first sight! He is now a spirited three year old boy, full of smiles and sillyness. Just this past summer we were again given the opportunity to adopt a baby boy through the help of my aunt & friends. It overwhelms us to think how God has given us more than we could have imagined or dared hope for six years ago! Here is a recent family picture. We are so thankful for Lifetime’s part in growing our family according to God’s plan for us. Thank you for the work you did for us, Weston, and his sweet birthmom! Thank you so very much! -Josh & Emily |
An Amazing Bond Brendan Asher was born at 1:28 am, weighing seven pounds, 10 ounces, and measuring 21.5 inches! Our birth mom was able to be discharged from the hospital today, so she signed the paperwork today at 5:45 pm, making the adoption official and irrevocable. The lawyer said she expects finalization will probably occur in about four months! The hospital was kind enough to give us a room tonight for the three of us to stay in. The nursing staff has been wonderful! We got to get to know the birth mom’s mom quite well while waiting for delivery. They are both amazing and are coming back tomorrow for his discharge. We were able to stay with her in her room the whole time, which helped us all bond very well. Laci’s parents and brother drove down and got to meet Brendan in person today. We got to do video chats with Josh’s parents, sister, and grandpa (gotta love technology!) We are planning to fly back on next week. It’ll be nice to be in our own beds, although the beds at the condo are great (the couch at the hospital, not so much). The picture above is of both of us holding him is about 20 minutes after birth. Thank you all so much for your love, prayers, and support! Brendan is perfectly healthy, and prayers to get through the flight are appreciated. The birth mom and grandma are doing remarkably well, but I’m sure they’d appreciate prayers, as well. Love, |
Our Little Princess Hello Veronica! We are getting together with her birthmother and maternal grandmother next month to catch up and celebrate her birthday. I’ll send photos of the celebration. Happy New Year and thank you to all the Lifetime Staff for what you do for so many! -Mark & Vanessa |
Forever Ours Hi Diane and Libby, Just wanted to let you know that yesterday we finalized Elisabeth’s adoption! She is now officially and forever ours! The whole legal process went very smoothly thanks to our great attorney. He made sure it all happened quickly for us. Elisabeth is starting to smile, which is just amazing. She is such a mellow, sweet girl who loves to spend her days being held, which isn’t a problem between Kevin, myself and her two big sisters! We are so thankful for Elisabeth and the help you provided to bring her into our family! -Kevin & Alisa |
Doubly Blessed by Adoption We are so grateful for all you have done to help us build our family! Because of you, we are so blessed with two amazing children, that we love so much. Our adoption experiences have been incredible and we couldn’t have asked for more wonderful children, experiences, and memories. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year ahead! Much Love, |
Happiness Is... Hello Veronica and Lifetime Staff, I am so sorry it’s been so long since I’ve written to you and sent an update…motherhood CHANGES EVERYTHING! Lucy just turned nine months old and I know it’s a cliche statement, but where has the time gone? Lucy is already starting to try and walk! She is the life of the party and loves to laugh, squeal, and clap her hands at everything. This Christmas season, I finally have a childlike heart again—Lucy has brought that back out in us. We are forever grateful to Lucy’s birth mother. We text every now and then and talk occasionally, so we definitely stay in contact. She is forever my kindred spirit. We are also grateful to everyone at Lifetime! You are the glue that brings families together-THANK YOU! I scrolled through some of the waiting Lifetime families and I am so happy to see many of the families that traveled our journey with us have either been matched or adopted; it warms my soul. I pray you have a blessed Christmas season! With Love, Whitney and Leann |
My Dream Came True Hello Lifetime Family, I’m happy to inform you that Jacob’s final adoption hearing was last week. The past few months have been the most difficult, yet most rewarding time in my life. Thanks so much for your encouragement and support throughout this entire process! I wanted to share my adoption story with waiting adoptive families, in hopes that it provides encouragment to keep the faith and never give up on their dream of having a child! Kind Regards, |
The Christmas Prince Joshua is growing “like a weed”. He’s really excited by the Christmas tree this year and loves to look at all the ornaments. He is so interested in everything…so much so, that I have not wrapped any presents yet! Joshua sent his letter to Santa…and Santa wrote back to him and even sent him a video message. We still find ourselves overwhelmed with the love we have for our little boy. He is the light of our lives, and I frequently tell him he is my heart. Joel cannot sneak up on me after work…Joshua knows his truck before he pulls into the driveway and excitedly announces, “Daddy Home! Daddy Home!”….and runs to meet him at the door. Please know that you are all very special to us and are in our prayers. Thank you, again, for all you did to help us create our family! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! -Nan & Joel |
A Very Merry Christmas Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Feliz Navidad! Happy New Years! Merry Everything! We are so excited to be celebrating the holidays this year with our sweet baby boy. Easton is such a perfect gift and we are blessed beyond belief to have him in our lives. We will be finalizing his adoption next week. Oh what a nice Christmas present! Stay tuned for a letter and pictures. Take Care, Tom & Samantha |
Undeniably Precious Hello Veronica, Hope you and all of the Lifetime staff are enjoying the holidays thus far! Ava turned three years old in August and also started school for Development in August as well and is thriving! She needed help with speech and so she has therapy sessions several times a week, and now she is talking up a storm! Here’s a recent pic of Ava. All of you hold an unbelievably special place in all of our hearts! We love our little Ava and it is a joy to watch her personality develop. She is quite funny! Thank you and Merry Christmas to the staff at Lifetime! -Bryan & Shara |
Our Family is Complete! Hi Amie! Just thought we’d say hi, and update you all. We finalized our adoption of Tyler today! He has already been such a source of joy for our whole family! He is four and a half months old, loves to coo and squeal, and has the most precious smile and contagious laugh! We still keep in contact with his birth mother, and she is doing well also. We wish you all at Lifetime, as well as the waiting families peace, joy, and happiness this Christmas Season! Blessings, Chris and Stephanie |
The Girl of Our Dreams Hello to all the Lifetime family! Things are settling in and our darling Madison Kale’a is doing wonderful. She has gained four pounds since coming home. She was born at three pounds and is now well over 10 pounds! Woohooo! We have been keeping contact with Madison’s birth mother through a Shutterfly website and text messaging. She is amazing and we just “clicked” right away. Our family shares the same sense of humor with her which is great. Our adoption was finalized exactly two months after bringing our baby girl home. God was in control of everything and I think we may have had the smoothest and quickest adoption ever. We are so grateful for a wonderful experience with all of you at Lifetime. Everyone I have spoke with has been amazing. God bless you all! Sincerely, Danny and Sarah |
Into Our Hearts We just had to share this photo…here is Aubree making sure the judge does everything right at our adoption hearing! |
Blessed Family Hi Veronica! Max is getting so big and growing up so quickly. He’s in Kindergarten this year. Max is extremely social; he loves EVERYONE! He’s never met a stranger. He’s so fun to be around-he just draws people to him. Max’s greatest love is music. He listens to music all the time and loves to sing and dance. Music calms him when he’s angry, makes him happy when he’s sad, and is the first thing he wants to do in his free time. In fact, for Christmas this year, he is asking Santa for a new guitar and a keyboard. We have traveled a lot and Max has had the opportunity to visit many places. We love to camp and have visited lots of places in Colorado. We also enjoy going on cruises, which we do with all our extended family. Max is VERY close to all of his grandparents and cousins, loving to spend time with all of them. Max is a joy. He is a snuggler and is happiest in someone’s lap. He loves his big brother- they play and fight like brothers! He has a great sense of humor and keeps us all laughing. He has such excitement and joy in the simplest things-a beautiful sunset, decorating for the holidays, and the moon in the night sky. He brings such an innocent happiness to all around him. He’s an amazing hugger and has a very tender heart. He’s the first to try to help someone who is hurt or upset. We are an incredibly blessed family! -Jacob & Kimberlee |
Tummy Time Our little Evan was a month old yesterday. Just wanted to share a picture of our little man enjoying his tummy time! – Brandy and Todd |
Giving Thanks With a Grateful Heart Hi Amie! We also wanted to send a quick update on Josie. She’s amazing! She fills our hearts to overflowing with joy and love and we couldn’t be happier! She is smart, fun, spunky, funny, and such a delight to be around. We are truly blessed. We remain in contact with Josie’s birth mother and it makes me happy to update her on how well Josie is doing. We thank God every day for the generous gift of our daughter and for leading us to Lifetime in the first place. Without you and the wonderful work you do, we wouldn’t have adopted our daughter. We pray for everyone at Lifetime, for all your birth mothers, and for your families in “the wait.” We know so many prayed for us and it brings us joy to pay that forward. As always, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all that you do. God bless you all! Love, Scott & Alyssa |
The Sweetest Thing Dear Lifetime, The last two weeks have been a whirlwind for our family, but we are settling in at home with baby Elisabeth. It was so great to make it home right before Thanksgiving with her and to be able to spend the holiday enjoying quiet time with all THREE of our girls. Her big sisters love her to pieces and are always begging to hold her. Elisabeth really is just the sweetest thing and we are so blessed to have her join our family. I keep thinking that God had a plan long ago to bring her into our family and we are all the better for it. Blessings and thanks to all of you who worked so hard to bring Elisabeth home to us! -Alisa and Kevin |
Look at Me! I'm Three! Dear Veronica and the Lifetime Staff, We wanted to send a note as we celebrate Katie’s 3rd birthday to say thank you for the part you all played in creating our forever family! We have been remembering the events of that day 3 years ago when we got “the call” and all of the emotions that went along with them! We can’t imagine life without her now! Katie loves life as much as we love her! She loves playing with her friends who come to our house for pre-school each day. We are thrilled that four of my other students are adopted also, including one other Lifetime baby! She recently earned her t-shirt at swim lessons for swimming across the pool on her own. She has a wonderful imagination, a great sense of humor and loves to tease people now. We have enjoyed many trips to Disney this year and Katie’s new goal is to grow to be 40 inches so she can ride on Space Mountain! Katie loves Sunday School and will be singing and performing in our upcoming Christmas program at church with the other children and with daddy. We are thankful every day for all of you and for Katie’s birthmom for making it possible for us to be Katie’s parents. We pray for each of you, as well as the other adoptive parents, Lifetime babies and birthmoms often. Love, |
Lovely Little Lady Hello Diane! This time last year we were anxiously awaiting the birth of our daughter and worrying that her birthmom would have second thoughts, and that this wouldn’t be our time to become parents. Now, our sweet baby will be one in a little over a month, and it is so clear that she was meant to be with us all along! Lauren is so spunky and full of joy. Everyone who knows her is amazed by her personality! We think we have a cute, little tomboy in the making! She is a speed crawler and just about to take her first steps! We text with her birthmom often and she loves seeing the photos of this beautiful baby who has her eyes and our smiles. Every time someone asks us about our adoption journey, we let them know about our amazing experience with Lifetime! Thank you so much for making our dream of being parents come true with little Lauren! I know there must be many parents waiting to be matched or for the birth of their baby, and we send out love and blessings to them to help them through the wait for their own little miracle. We are so in love with our little one! The best decision of our entire lives was to adopt and we love sharing photos with you all because you were there through our whole adoption. Love, |
Forever Ours Dear Lifetime Family, We are so happy to share that Georgia’s adoption is now final! Thank you so much for your prayers, expertise and support as well as the fantastic attorney reference. It’s still hard to believe the entire process was only nine months from the time we signed up to Georgia being forever ours. You have blessed our family in more ways than you’ll ever know! Here’s a picture of our beautiful baby girl. Best always, Brent and Latonia |
Giving Thanks Our warmest wishes at Thanksgiving…we hope your holiday is an enjoyable one! Thank you for making us a family! Very warmly, Gary & Sonia-Maria |
The Joy of Having a Boy Hello Kristine and Everyone at Lifetime Adoption! I’m enjoying motherhood and I’ve never been so tired and stressed in my life. But, every moment of it is beautiful. My little boy Miles is just an amazing baby! At eighteen months we have started to count and say the ABC’s; amazing he’s growing so fast. It’s like I just brought him home yesterday. Documenting every step or adventure he makes. I would love one day to adopt him a baby sister, I’ll just keep praying and allow the Good Lord to make that decision for me. If He has that for me and Miles in the future then we will be using the wonderful services of Lifetime to find our girl! Love, Monica |
Too Much Candy, Too Little Time Here are the kids right before trick or treating this year. Luke had a great time on his first Halloween and big sister took good care of him and held onto his candy bag for him. (I think she plans on eating his candy for him as well…) Love, Dana & Tom |
My, How You've Grown Hi Veronica, Isabelle is growing up so fast! She is up to 22 ½ pounds and 30 inches long. She has mastered walking and is all over the house now. Along with walking all over the place, she is talking as well. She can say mama, dada, hi and, Andy (our dog’s name). She says mo for more for when she wants more to eat or drink. She is quickly picking up on words and trying to say new things all the time. She can also tell you what a cow says, what a dog says and what a cat says. Isabelle’s biggest interest right now is reading books. Once in a while she will play with her toys but most of the time we can find her looking through a book. The one other thing she loves to do is watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, especially before going to bed. Minnie Mouse seems to be her favorite character from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. For Halloween, we dressed her up as a butterfly and went over to her aunt and uncle’s house to help pass out candy. We only took her to a couple of houses in the neighborhood since she’s still a little too young to know what’s going on and we don’t let her eat much candy. As far as her eating habits, we haven’t found anything she doesn’t like. Her favorite foods right now are french fries, vegetables and fruits. She is into trying to feed herself and doesn’t like when you feed her. God bless & take care! |
Our Family is Complete Hi Joan, We are so very in love with our new addition! Evan was born weighing six and a half pounds, and measuring 19 inches long. He is the sweetest little baby and his birthmom is so precious. She is our Angel! Thank you for all of your help to complete our family! -Brandy & Todd |
A True Blessing From God Hey Veronica! Our little Avery is one of the happiest babies you will ever meet! She is always smiling, talking, singing or laughing. She talks a lot and can say so many words/phrases already. We are predicting she will be saying sentences soon, she really talks so well. She isn’t walking yet, but is pulling up all the time & pushing around any thing she can get to move, even if it’s not suppose to be mobile. She adores her big sister Emma and follows her everywhere. Emma is really good with her but of course has her moments when she wants Avery to just go away (typical sister stuff). We had her 1st birthday party over the weekend and she was so busy playing/being herself it was hard to get her to sit still to open her presents. But after we showed her what was inside she got into it. She wasn’t too keen on eating her birthday cake but she didn’t want me to take it away. She mainly just wanted to play with the plate. I talk to her birth mother occasionally through Facebook and she sent Avery an engraved jewelry/keepsake box for her birthday which is very pretty. Avery’s birth mother actually asked us a few months ago if it would be okay for her to send Avery birthday and Christmas presents & we of course do not see a problem with it. We’re still sending her pictures of Avery as per our agreement & she follows us on Facebook as well. We are just thrilled to have Avery in our family. She is such a joy & a true blessing from God. -Chris & Angie |
Our Beautiful Gift of Life Hi Heidi! I hope all is well with you. I really don’t feel like the words below really express how thankful we are for Bentley. Maybe the tears that I get in my eyes every time I look at him can say more than words. It really is a dream come true, truly. Everything about him proves to us that he was meant to be with us. We weren’t sure what was going to end up happening when we signed on with Lifetime. We hoped and prayed for a child and we knew that God would bless us with what was right for our family. We have had things fall through in the past and we weren’t sure what to expect when we got the call that we were matched. We knew it was really happening when it was time to get on a plane and go meet this new life. Well, he’s cuddled up in me right now. He’s home and we are one happy family. We couldn’t be more thankful for this beautiful gift of life. For anyone that is trying to adopt, please don’t give up on Him or on hope because miracles do happen…..it’s all in God’s timing! Bentley is five weeks old now. Every day with him brings new changes. He has started interacting with us, which includes smiling! He is strong. He can hold up his head so well and is getting to be a pro at tummy time. He is so alert when he is awake and he is the best snuggler. He is a beautiful and healthy baby boy. Every day with him is a blessing. We are thankful to Lifetime for making this a very pleasant experience. Everyone we worked with has been so kind and patient. Our son also has one amazing birthmother. We are forever grateful. We are so happy and so in love. God bless you! -Danny and Shannon |
Our Beautiful Little Girl Dear Lifetime Staff, It’s been over three years now since we brought home our sweet girl. She amazes us every day and we are so thankful for her! Here is a picture that we took at the park last weekend of Brooklyn with her big brothers. Love, |
A Lifetime of Love Autumn is growing so fast and each day is a new discovery. Yesterday, she discovered her little hands. It’s the sweetest thing because she put her little fist up to her face and then her eyes cross as she examines her fist moving back and forth. After a little while, we’ll see a smile cross her face as she’s trying to figure out what her little fist is doing. She has a precious smile and we are seeing it more and more throughout the day. She has several favorite things she enjoys such as sitting in her little chair listening to the music it plays, falling asleep in her swing, laying on her activity mat watching the flashing lights and listening to the music, watching her big brother make silly faces at her and being held and rocked. She’s a cuddly little baby and really enjoys snuggling and cooing as we talk to her. We just can’t get over how fast she is growing! Most of her newborn clothes don’t fit her anymore, and she has started wearing 3-month clothes now. She is such a good baby at night time. In fact, she slept through the entire night last night for the first time! We’re very thankful that she is such a good sleeper and has adjusted to a schedule really well. Throughout the day, she is usually up for a couple of hours after enjoying a bottle and then she’ll take a nap and then wake again for another bottle. It’s really a great schedule that she’s set on for being only two months old. Now that the weather is cooling down, we enjoy taking a walk to the park after dinner on some evenings. Autumn loves the fresh air and listening to Ethan at the playground. We have some fun things planned this next month. We’ll be celebrating Ethan’s 3rd birthday next week, visiting local pumpkin patches and having fun dressing up in Halloween costumes. Our next update should have some cute pictures and more milestones to report! – Eric and Lexy |
Our Adoption Blessing Hello Diane and Lifetime friends, We hope you all are doing well! We wanted to share a picture from our sweet girl’s 18-month photo session – isn’t she beautiful?! We are just amazed watching her grow and are reminded daily how blessed we are. We never could have fathomed receiving such an incredible gift from God while we were waiting on our miracle, and 18 months later we are still so thankful for everything you all at Lifetime did to make our dreams of becoming parents a reality. We love sharing updates with our sweet birth mother and it warms our hearts to hear how well she is doing. Our little angel is happy and thriving, and we are enjoying the adventures of toddler hood with her. She is also so very smart! She has a huge vocabulary, knows all of the letters of the alphabet, and is beginning to count and say her colors and shapes. Even her teachers at church are amazed with all that she is doing. We are so proud of who she is and who she is becoming as she grows. Our whole family adores her and couldn’t imagine life without her. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins just cannot seem to get enough of her. All of our hearts are so full! We continue to pray for your staff (our angels) and all of the waiting families and birth parents who are a part of the Lifetime family. May God bless you all! With love, |
Happy Baby Amie, Best regards, Lindsay |
Precious & Precocious Good afternoon, Veronica! Jabari will be 11 months on Thursday, and his adoption was final in May! He is walking now and has been since about one week prior to his 10th month! He’s eager to explore new things and loves his home…as you can probably see by this photo! Looks like we baby-proofed the cabinets just in time (LOL). Blessings, Sam & Sabrina |
All Boy Hi! Just wanted to send you a recent picture of our precious little man! He is only three and a half and in size 5/6 clothes! He may be big, but he is a teddy bear! He’s very protective of his little sister and a complete love bug. However, he is ALL boy. super tough, athletic and active! The other day, we found our new puppy’s pad had been “used” in the laundry room and was so excited that she learned how to urinate appropriately until later Eli told me I would need to replace the puppy pad because he had used it earlier that day (maybe he was trying to teach her?) Oh, how we love our little boy! So very helpful! -Jason & Natalie |
Enjoy Every Moment Hello Lifetime! Here is a recent picture of our sweet Bethany. She is 16 months old now, and she continues to fill our lives with joy. She’s a busy, happy toddler who loves her baby dolls and playing outside. She’s talking and pretending and loves ring-around-the-rosy. She likes to play little jokes, and then she laughs and laughs. We enjoy every moment of every day spent with her! Love, |
Baba & Candace Adopted a Baby Girl! Congratulations from your friends at Lifetime! |
Simply Wonderful Hi Amie, Lena has grown up so much this past year! Here is a recent picture of “Ms. One–derful”. We look forward to expanding our family further with another Lifetime adoption! -Lewis & Loreen |
Thank You for Your Support Dear Lifetime, We are so grateful for all the support you gave us during the long road to Lana Michelle. Love, |
A Dream Come True To Our Friends at Lifetime, Words cannot express how grateful we are for all you have done to help us become a family! Our daughter, Lillian Reese, was born March, 2006, and it was an amazing experience to be present for her birth. We are so thankful to have a wonderful birthmother and we will always consider her to be a member of our family. Because we had such a special relationship, our journey through adoption has been an experience we will never forget. |
Sarah Jane is Such a Joy Dear Veronica, Libby, and all staff at Lifetime: Words cannot express the joy we are experiencing with our new baby daughter. Sarah Jane is a 100% healthy child, despite our Birth Mom’s use of meth-amphetamines during pregnancy. Sarah is eating and sleeping well and has a very loving and sweet disposition. God has truly blessed us with this wonderful child. We want to thank you all for your hard work on our case. You all worked wonders, with extreme graciousness, under difficult circumstances for not only us but for the Birth Mom as well. We don’t know if our birthmom and her family appreciate all you do, but we do! Thank you for providing the service that you do with such compassion and commitment. May God bless you continuously in your work for Him, David & Sheri |
God's Perfect Timing Thanks to the entire Lifetime Staff, especially our coordinators Libby and Diane! We are still experiencing the adrenaline rush from becoming “Insta-Parents!” About a week after sending in our profiles, we were matched with an eight month pregnant birthmother. Just when it sunk in that we’d be parents in three weeks, she gave birth two weeks early! Wow! Contracted for less than 60 days and instantly we’re parents of a beautiful baby boy, and it was all part of God’s ultimate plan for our lives. Love, |
Lucas is Such a Joy Hello Everyone, Love, |
David & Annette Have a Baby Boy Dear Lifetime, This is such a huge milestone for us. I remember saying to David that I couldn’t wait for the day that we were matched and got our “Are Matched” next to our name and picture, then next get to see “Have a Baby Boy!”. We looked forward to that from the very beginning, because we knew that it would happen for us, and when it did that we would be ready to welcome our precious baby home. |
Baby Cameron is so Happy Everything is going great. Cameron is growing like crazy and is already six weeks old. We are hoping to finalize in the middle of May when we will have to travel back to Pennsylvania. Thanks again for everything you have done, he is the best thing that could have ever came into our lives. Gale & Tabitha |
New Year's Baby Lifetime, For our family, 2006 started not with a bang, but with a baby! Simon Jacob was born New Year’s Day weighing 5 lbs 15 oz. We were so blessed to have had the opportunity to meet his birthmother and make a visit to Lifetime to meet all of you who helped make our dream of parenthood a reality! Thank you! For families in the waiting stage: We want to encourage families to consider situations involving drugs and alcohol. These children truly need a loving family to grow and thrive in. If you are willing to consider, do your research on the potential risks and consequences of the substance abuse, discuss it as a couple, and lift it up in prayer. God will give you the strength to decide what is right or not right for your family. God answered our prayers in ways we never could have imagined and we believe Simon’s angel was working overtime; for all that could have been, he is a perfectly healthy, beautiful little boy! God bless! |
Blessed with Two Sons Hi Lifetime Staff, I have been wanting to write this letter for sometime, but we have been kinda busy around here. We want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Lifetime and all of the staff involved with helping us with our dreams of having a family. Only three and a half years ago we were blessed with our first son through adoption and now we have just welcomed our second son home!!!!! Looking back I never thought after trying to have a family on our own that in just three and a half short years we would be blessed with two beautiful children, and all because of the wonderful staff at Lifetime. We cannot begin to thank you for everything you have done, we are so blessed. Here is a picture of the boys. Wyatt is three and a half years old and Shay is four weeks. Again, thank you is just not enough… and who knows, you might not have seen the last of us. Thank You and God Bless the Staff at Lifetime, |
Madison Turns 1 Dear Everyone at Lifetime, We wanted to take the opportunity of Madison ‘s 1st Birthday to thank you for making our dream of being parents come true. Madison is wonderful and we love her so much!! God truly brought us the right baby for our family. We are even told that she looks like us – what a blessing. Whether or not she does, we could not be happier and look forward to starting the process all over again with Lifetime. We think of and pray often for our birth mother. We will forever be grateful to Lifetime for introducing her to us and to her for her loving sacrifice. And to any waiting parents out there, don’t loose heart. Waiting is the toughest part (at least until your child becomes a teen) but then, you too will soon be parents. Whenever we look into Madison ’s eyes we see God’s faithfulness. We also see that every tear that was shed during the waiting period, every frustrating day and every heart ache was worth every minute. We did not know then that each day’s experience was bringing us closer to our daughter, but it did and we would not change a thing. Thank you Lifetime!! May God richly bless you all, Don, Cecy & Madison Grace |
God's Plan is Always Perfect! Hi to our Coordinator, Hayden is so Precious!!! We are just crazy about him. And big brother Hudson is so proud of his little brother, he loves to show him off and loves to make him laugh!!! God’s plan is perfect and we are so thankful. In His love, |
Mikayla's Adoption Day! David and Aimee finalize their adoption with daughter, Mikayla. Congratulations from your friends at Lifetime! |
Update from Mark & Lisa Dear Everyone at Lifetime, Thank you all so much for making our dream come true. Joseph is a wonderful baby and we love him so much. We are having so much fun with him. We wanted to send you a picture of him that was taken right before Christmas. He just had his two month check up last week and is healthy! The doctor says he is going to be a big boy. He is still just on formula but it seems to be agreeing with him so far. All of you and all of the staff at the hospital have been so helpful. We plan on going through Lifetime again. Thank you all! You will always be very important to us. When I would start getting frustrated you all would make me feel so much better. You were so right when you said the right baby will come along. We cannot imagine our lives without Joseph. He is an angel in every way and we love him so much. Thanks again and we will keep in touch. Love, |
God is so Faithful Dear Lifetime, Thank you for all you did for us in introducing us to our wonderful birthfamily and ultimately our miracle – Jonah! It is hard to believe that he is our son – what a great Christmas it was at our house this year. God is so faithful – and answered our prayers beyond what we even knew to ask for. Our experience has been awesome – thanks for taking every step of the journey with us. With much gratitude and love, |
Thank You Lifetime! Thank you Lifetime for all your help and support. We especially want to thank the coordinators that we worked with! William, Ashley, Colton and Tanner |
Our Lives Have Truly Been Changed for the Better Dear Lifetime Coordinator, We cannot thank you and the staff of Lifetime enough for all that you have done for us. Our lives have truly been changed for the better. Jaren is the best Christmas gift a family could ask for. We have truly been blessed. To look in his beautiful eyes and see that wonderful smile gives us added energy from those sleepless nights. May God continue to bless each and everyone of you! Love, |
What a Wonderful Christmas! Aidan Michael was born December, 2005, weighing seven pounds, four ounces. We were all able to spend Christmas with family. Thank you for all your prayers! Aaron & Brooke |
A Special Note to Waiting Families Dear Lifetime families, It is on my heart at this time to let you know that although this season may have been difficult for you as you wait, I think every family can relate to this waiting and not knowing. It is very hard, yet very worth it. I read somewhere that adoption is considered the “Road Less Traveled.” Most of us don’t intend on having to go this route, but it is as if we take a detour and end up taking a beautiful scenic route that we didn’t know existed. The blessings are endless!! Anna-Grace is now almost 9 months and we look at her with awe and can’t believe that she is really with us this year. May God grant all of you Faith and Love and give you an extra measure of Hope for this next year 2006. Love, |
Our First Christmas Dear Coordinator and Lifetime Family, What an amazing journey this past year has been, with many many thanks to you. We never dreamed it would turn out to be one of the happiest years of our lives. We eagerly anticipate celebrating our first Christmas with Corey. He is one of the sweetest babies we have ever known and has brought us so many joys and giggles. It brings me great joy to watch both of our sons play and love each other. We have developed a close relationship with both sides of Corey’s birthfamily and a much deeper understanding of open adoption. They are wonderful people — they’ve given him roots and we’ve given him wings. Our heartfelt wish that you enjoy a peaceful Christmas filled with family and love. Steve, Laura, Aiden & Corey |
Many Thanks To Our Coordinator, Ruth and I can’t put into words how wonderful it is to finally be parents. It is truly one of the greatest feelings in the world. Our thanks and deepest gratitude to you and the entire Lifetime team for making this possible. Please share the attached pictures of Natalie with everyone around the office so that they may see the joy they’ve brought into our lives. Again, many thanks! |
Looking Forward to a Joyful Christmas Hello Lifetime, Our baby girl Jillian is smiling already. She is now 4 weeks old. We waited so long for her and our journey was not an easy one but God knew just the right time to bring her into our family. We were so thankful to meet her loving birthparents and all of you at Lifetime. What a joyful Christmas we will have now that our family feels complete. Jim & Eleanor |
Update from Garrick & Valerie Merry Christmas! It’s hard to believe Tripp is almost six months old already. What a Merry Christmas this will be! Warm Wishes, |
Christmas Greetings Dear Lifetime Staff, Here is a recent photo of our beautiful son Drake at 17 months old! He is an absolute joy – funny, smart, energetic, and full of life! We are all looking forward to a wonderful second Christmas together and a Happy New Year’s Day when we will visit Drake’s birthmother. Thank you so much for bringing us together! Love, |
Update from Tony & Missy To Our Coordinator, Just a few months ago we signed with Lifetime in hopes of becoming first time parents. Never in our wildest dreams did we believe it would happen so quickly!!! We received the call, and a week later we were on our way to pick up our little guy. Hudson was born at the end of September, 2005, and we couldn’t be more proud. We truly believe God has a plan for everyone, and we are glad his plan was for us to parent this precious baby. There were a few ups and downs throughout our adoption process, but with prayer it all seemed to work out perfectly. This Christmas we wanted to thank Lifetime for your help in our adoption process. We truly are blessed with the best Christmas present ever, our precious baby boy!!! Thanks again for everything!! P.S. Here’s a picture of our little miracle! He’s growing so fast!!! Tony & Missy |
Eva was Heaven Sent Dear Lifetime Family, Thank you so much for all you did to bring the love of my life to me, my daughter Eva. I know it’s been said many of times, but it’s true, I know God sent the only child that was meant for my family and me. Eva is the joy of my life and also the joy of all my family and friends. Just look at that face, she is truly Heavenly sent!!!! God Bless Everyone, |
Merry Christmas! While writing our Christmas letter for the year we happened to look back at some letters from past years. Our 1995 version talked about us trying to get pregnant and have kids, and asked for prayers from our friends and loved ones. So, it is probably pretty obvious that our journey to parenthood has been long and full of ups and downs…. and many, many prayers. Last December, our prayers were answered and we now find our lives transformed and enriched by our twin son and daughter, Chris and Kelly, and a new extended family. When we tuck them in each night we now understand why there was a long wait. God’s time isn’t always the same as our time. May He bless you and help you keep faith. |
A Thanksgiving Blessing Geno and Mary welcomed their baby boy to their family on Thanksgiving Day. They were able to come and visit with us the following week and introduce us to Jacob. The five months that they spent working with Lifetime was a pleasure. Congratulations Geno and Mary! |
Our Dream Has Come True To Our Coordinator, All three of us are doing really well and looking forward to the holidays! Ryan turns seven months old today, so we all went down to the portrait studio for his seven month pictures (we’re taking pictures of him on each monthly birthday for his first year) as well as our first family portrait for the holidays. We can’t believe how quickly he’s growing!! He’s such a super handsome little guy (of course we’re a little biased!)– and an exceptionally good baby. He’s always so smiley! We’re so fortunate! We can’t begin to thank you enough for all of your assistance with Ryan’s adoption. We’re looking forward to having everything finalized in the coming months, and hopefully contacting you again soon to begin the adoption process again so that Ryan will have a little brother or sister to grow up with! In the meantime, we hope you and everyone at Lifetime have a happy holiday season!! Thank you again for everything… you’ve truly helped make our dreams of having a family come true! Warmly, |
John is Living Proof that Miracles Happen! To our Friends at Lifetime: Today was our first day of a lifetime of days at home with our son. It was just ten days ago that our life took a dramatic change for the better when we received that certain phone call that said “Catch the next plane to California!” Although you had told us many times over that our baby was out there waiting for us and to always be ready, we still can’t believe we got the call. You were there every step of the way, and you always gave us positive encouragement through our long wait. You were right! Our child was out there waiting for us. He is living proof that miracles do happen. Yesterday, as we brought our son home, we told him (although he’s likely not going to remember the conversation for a while!) that he had already taken us on an adventure that most people will never have in a lifetime. Now it’s up to us to help him begin the next leg of his adventure! Everyone at Lifetime was wonderful through this experience. It warmed our hearts to get to meet everyone in person. John Clinton is home and doing wonderful and is well on his way to getting spoiled by all of his family and friends! Lifetime, keep up the good work, and thank you for all that you have done. God Bless You All!!! Love, |
We Are Home! To our Friends at Lifetime , Thanks so much for the great job you all did for us throughout the adoption of our son, Patrick Ryan. What a blessing and gift he is to our family! While celebrating our 10th anniversary in Cancun, Mexico, we received the call that our son was born, seven minutes before our anniversary! What a great anniversary gift! The Lifetime staff was there for us in the early morning hours as we flew to California where our son was waiting. It’s hard to believe after the wait that Patrick is home with us. Thanks, Lifetime, for everything, and God Bless you all! To waiting families: Don’t give up! When the waiting gets long, trust in the Lord! God’s timing is so perfect and somewhere out there He has a special child chosen just for your family! God Bless! |
Thank You Lifetime! Hello Lifetime, Your staff has been so wonderful. We cannot tell you how much we appreciate everything you have done for us. We are sure that we will be visiting the area and will definitely stop by and say hi and thank you. The staff at the hospital was awesome. They were all so nice and helpful. The transition with Lifetime help and the hospitals help could not have gone any smoother or wonderful. We are having a ball with Joseph. He is a wonderful baby. He is so perfect. He is a miracle and definitely worth waiting for. Again, we thank all of you so much… you have no idea what you have done for us. We will keep in touch and can’t wait to come and visit. You all are the best, again Thank you, Thank you… we love all of you for making our life long dream come true. Mark & Lisa |
We Are So Proud of Our Little Girl Hello Lifetime, This is a picture of our little girl when she was two days old. She is doing well and has been very mellow and content. She’s sleeping a lot and going through lots of bottles and diapers! We can’t thank you enough for what you have all done for us. We feel so blessed and thrilled that our dreams have come true. |
Everyone is Doing Great We are doing great. Colby is an awesome baby and hasn’t shown any signs of meth withdrawal. He’s eating well and has already gained 2 pounds and two inches. We still can’t believe someone passed up on the opportunity to parent this little sweetheart. He is about as sweet as they come! We appreciate all that you did. |
Gift from God We would like to share a little of our story to those families that are still waiting. After experiencing some difficult situations on our road to adoption, I (Valerie) never gave up hope because I never expected to leave this process without a baby. It would only be little while later when we would get a call about a single birth mother. The coordinator told us this birth mother was still considering two other couples, but did want to talk with us. I said that I would write all of the information down and I would talk with my husband about it and that we would call Lifetime back in about thirty minutes. Needless to say, my husband said this one sounds right. After the birth mother had been told of some of what we had already been through and had been told to really consider if she doubted her choice, she called us back within five minutes. After talking we knew this could be the one. She again called us back in another five minutes confirming we were the couple she would choose. Her baby was due four months later. We flew to meet her and all the way up until the signing she would continue to reassure us this was for real and she wasn’t changing her mind. Now looking back we both say it was all worth it and we have no regrets. God did bless this broken road that led us straight to our baby. Our son’s name is Tripp Mateo (Spanish for “Gift of God”) which he truly is a gift from God! He was born in June, 2005 weighing 6 lbs 4.4 oz and 18 1/2 inches long. We were able to be there for the delivery and I fed him his first bottle and everything was perfect! I knew that if God’s will were done as I prayed for so many times that somehow the end would be GRAND. Thank you Lifetime and God bless the road that each adoptive family is on. |
Hudson is Home We just wanted to let everyone know Hudson is home! He was born at the end of September, 2005. He weighed 7 lbs and 4 oz and was 20 inches long. We wanted to thank everyone for all their thoughts and prayers while we had an extended stay in his home state, 24 days to be exact. But he is definitely worth the wait! He is so cute, and is such a good baby, except he has his days and nights mixed up and his mommy and daddy aren’t getting much sleep. Thanks again for everything! Love, |
Our Smiling Charlie Dear Lifetime, We are writing to say thank you for making our dreams come true! Charlie will be six months old on Sunday and, as you can see, is the happiest baby in the world. Charlie is loved by everyone he meets especially his big brother, grandmother, and aunt and uncle. He is a flirt and wakes up smiling every day! While our journey was definitely full of surprises and a few bumps, the reward is the most amazing gift in the world. We decided to pursue adoption in December, put our profile on the website in March, and were matched in three days. Charlie was born a week later. Our birthmother is a wonderful woman and we were lucky enough to spend time with her and her family during our three-week stay in her hometown. The staff at Lifetime held our hands and calmed us down as we went from being new Prospective Adoptive Parents…to Expectant Parents in three days…and then Mommy and Daddy ten days after that. Thank you for all of your help! |
Thank You Lifetime! Dear Lifetime, I would like to thank Lifetime for helping me start my family. I have been blessed with a beautiful baby girl. She has been an absolute joy to my life and my families life as well. Thank you for all your help, the calls and all the hard work and support in helping my dream become a reality. To my coordinator: I thank you for being so nice. Your calls, concerns, and keeping me uplifted during my wait. Thanks so much for everything. Yours Truly, |
Everything Went So Well Dear Lifetime, We wanted to let you know that Hunter was born this month. His birthmother is doing well and everything went smoothly at the hospital. We were even able to meet Hunter’s birthfather while we were there. |
Thank You Will Never Be Enough! Dear Mardie and All of Our Friends at Lifetime, Having been through a Lifetime adoption in 2003, my husband David and I anxiously, and naively, began the process to adopt a second child in 2004. The birth and adoption of our son Evan, in 2003, had been the most loving, and generous event I had ever experienced. A wonderful birthmother, a three-month period to anticipate and prepare, and the arrival of a beautiful and healthy baby boy, allowed us the experience of a “Lifetime.” We could not wait to do it again! This, our second adoption, was much different. After 10-months, and two failed adoptions, I found myself wondering what God’s plan was. Little did I know how He was preparing my heart and mind for what was to come. My prayer as I waited for the arrival of a new baby was simple, “Lord, please be with our unborn child and his or her birthmother. Protect them and keep them safe from harm – comfort the mind of our birthmother as she struggles to make decisions for both her and her unborn baby.” A phone call one morning announcing the arrival of a baby girl, sent our heads spinning. We always knew this could happen – but you could never plan for the wave of emotions that comes with this type of news! The next few days were much different from those first few days after Evan’s arrival. Emma Grace came into this world with a very different situation and a body addicted to meth-amphetamines. I have never before felt physical pain, brought on my pained emotions, the way I did throughout these days. I prayed for strength, I prayed for wisdom. My husband and I honestly did not believe we could go forward with Emma’s adoption. The fear of the unknown was almost more than we could accept. As we cried for Emma, and prayed, I remembered the prayer I had repeated, prior to her birth. I was once again reminded how big our Lord truly is. I was reminded that the Lord has been with Emma since the moment she was conceived; holding and shielding her while she was exposed to the drugs. I realized the Lord had been preparing us for Emma’s arrival for a very long time and I was reminded that He will never give us more than we can handle. Emma is now almost a month old! We have already been so blessed by her. I cannot imagine our lives any other way. I am so grateful I get to be her Mommy! I am also grateful for each and every Lifetime staff member who has been through our adoption experiences with us over the past two and a half years – both good and bad. You listened and you did what you do best – you completed our family. Thank you will never be enough! We have no regrets – just hearts overflowing with gratitude and joy! Your Friends, |
Thanks for Visiting! John and Kristy are now the proud parent’s of a baby girl. |
One Happy Family! Baby boy born to David and Lea Ann. |
Our Angel Hello to our Coordinator, How are you? Just thought we would send you some pictures of our little angel, Brady. He’s still as perfect as ever. His hair is so pretty and BLONDE and he has the prettiest blue eyes. He’s the happiest baby I ever seen. We took him to the beach for his first birthday. He also had a great time at Zoo World and Gulf World. We have a picture of him shaking hands with a real dolphin. He’s really been a blessing to all of us. It’s been the quickest 15 months of my life. Brady was definitely worth the wait. Love, |
What an Amazing Journey! Dear Lifetime, I am writing this letter as I sit and watch my sweet baby sleep. We are so in love with him! Kye is six weeks old and he has already given us so many wonderful memories. Each time he smiles I think of his amazing birthmother. We had an instant connection with her from the first time we spoke on the phone. The relationship we have with her is so incredible and we will always share an amazing bond. She has a great life ahead of her and has many plans for her future. Our birthmother has helped us build our family through adoption and we will always love her for that. The adoption journey was so amazing and we would not have traded it for the world. We believe Lifetime’s website is your number one asset. We looked at many other websites and none even came close! We will be back in a year to adopt again… thank you! Garret, Nikki, and Baby Kye |
Our Boys are Growing Healthy and Strong! Dear Lifetime Coordinator, We wanted to give you an update on our family. Here are just a few of the many pictures we have taken, to show you part of the joy we have everyday. Matthew and Thomas are doing great. They both have been sleeping all night for the past two months. They both were a little over 16 pounds each a month and a half ago… and they are still growing. Nothing wrong with their appetites! It seems like every other week I am cleaning out the drawers of clothes they have outgrown. Matthew giggles and laughs at his sister Sarah, and has beautiful smiling eyes. He tries to talk which sounds like he is telling us a long story. Matthew grabs everything that comes close to him. If he could lift his body up with his arms he would be crawling all over the place the way he moves his legs. Thomas has a beautiful wide smile, and laughs almost as much as Matthew. He has become tired of sitting in his carrier and continuously kicks and scoots out of it. His favorite activity is the jumper and jumps wildly when placed in it. He has a very loud squeal when he is wanting some attention. Both boys are drooling and chewing on everything they can get to assist in getting those first teeth through. Monday was our court date and the adoption was finalized. Tuesday the boys were five months old. It seems like yesterday we were in California and wondering if we would ever be home again. But then it seems like it was so far away. The month away from home was nothing when you think of all the joy we have in our hearts. God has been so good to us. We have been blessed above and beyond what we ever could dream. We are forever thankful for the staff at Lifetime Adoption and how God works through you to bless others. If we ever make it to Northern California again we will for sure visit the staff at Lifetime Adoption. Wesley & Mary Ann |
Healthy and Happy! Our beautiful Hayden was born in August at 6:36 am weighing 8 lbs 15 oz and 21 inches long. He is healthy, happy, and sleeping through the night (almost). Warmly, |
Everyday is a New Adventure! Hello to the Staff at Lifetime, Here is a picture of our little Ciara as she turns one year old. It seems like just yesterday we were holding her in our arms for the first time and now Ciara is crawling and talking and playing patty-cake and itsy-bitsy spider. We just can’t believe how wonderful it is to really have become a family. Every day is a new adventure as we experience it for the first time through her eyes. It is amazing how a little baby can just make you slow down and appreciate just sitting and playing with a toy or watching a bird fly above. We will never forget the days that we spent dreaming her into our lives and how fortunate we are that our dreams have come true. Please tell the couples who are still waiting not to lose faith, the road to get here was not always easy but the end result was everything we ever wanted and more. Wishes, |
Update from Jeff & Jerri! Blake celebrated his third birthday recently. He is doing great. He knows his ABC’s and can count to 10. We had his well child visit yesterday, his weight is 36 lbs and his height is 40″. Looks like we are going to have a basketball player on our hands. We keep your company, birthparents, and adoptive families in our prayers. Thanks, |
Update from Garrick & Brenda! Hello! Here are two recent pictures that I thought you might like to see. The first one is of Jamal just a few weeks ago when his birthmom and his birthgrandmother came up to visit for three days.We were so excited to see them and for them to see Jamal. God really has blessed us all so much that it is hard to comprehend sometimes. The second picture is of our family from my brother’s wedding this last weekend. Jamal will be 4 months old soonand he started sleeping through the night last week (YEAH! He is such a happy and healthy baby. Thank you again for the important parts that you have played in helping us come together as a family. God Bless, |
Our Son Loves His New Baby Sister! Dear Lifetime, Hello! We’re back home and enjoying every single minute with our new baby (ok, so maybe we’re enjoying the minutes between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. a little less than the daytime minutes but we are still enjoying them!). We can’t believe how fast the time has gone. It seems just yesterday we were meeting her for the first time and soon she’ll be a month old. Leighla is so beautiful, lovely and content. She has gained a full pound already and now weighs seven pounds, and has grown almost two inches! She seems much bigger to us, but our friends and family still exclaim how petite she is. And because she is the one and only granddaughter on the maternal side of our family, you can imagine the flood of “pink frilly things” that have come her way from her adoring aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. Our son Connor loves to hold her and he has been a huge helper around the house, even throwing away his sister’s dirty diapers! Watching the two of them together our hearts overflow with joy. Thanks so much for your guidance through this process! Take care, |
Our Precious Daughter! Dear Lifetime , Look at this face! Doesn’t it just make you melt? Thank you Lifetime for all you did to let us see this happy face every day! Kylyn is such a happy baby. In July 2005, Kylyn officially became ours and of course we threw a big party. People say all the time that Kylyn looks like us! It’s amazing how much she does look like us. We loved that our birthmother was so close to us. This allowed us to be there every step of the way from every doctor visit to the birth. It meant a lot to us to be a part of it all. We continue to be in touch with her birthmom frequently. Kylyn’s adoption could not have gone smoother or been a more perfect situation for all of us. We cannot thank Lifetime enough for bringing our family together. We are honored to be a lifetime family and know where to turn when we are ready to do this again. Your center is Grade A from top to bottom! Thank you so much! Love, Nathan, Michele, & Kylyn |
Our Precious Daughter! Hello, Our beautiful precious daughter, Alana, was born in the middle of April and weighed a healthy seven pounds and 15 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. We brought her home from the hospital two days after she was born and have been in love ever since. Alana is such a blessing to us and our whole family. She is already pushing four months old now (can’t believe it) and is a fun, healthy and happy baby. She is loved by not only us, but from so many others. We are enjoying her more than we ever thought possible. We take her just about everywhere (not the movies or fine dining yet) and seems to enjoy going here and there with us. She is very good natured and flexible and is already the life of the party. She has been the one that we have been waiting for, for so long. The good Lord blessed us Big Time! We are loving the fact that Susan is able to stay home with her and soak up all of her joy that she gives us every day. Shannon is the best daddy ever and is totally crazy about his daughter. We are looking forward to the summer being over so that we can get out more and enjoy nature and all the wonders of the outdoors. May we say thank you so much for all of your prayers and support for us as we have tried to have children as well as through the process of adopting our amazing Alana. God’s blessings to you all. Shannon, Susan, & Alana |
Thank You, Lifetime, for Making Us a Family! Dear Lifetime, It is hard to believe that Hanna is already a month old. It feels like just yesterday we received the call that her birthmom was in labor. We were very fortunate that we were able to spend a lot of time at the hospital with her birthmom. Our hospital experience is one we will treasure forever. Hanna is absolutely amazing. She has brought us so much joy; our prayers have been answered! When we signed on with Lifetime, we had already suffered through three failed adoptions. As much as we hoped our experience with you would be different, we were very scared and skeptical. We had no reason to be! You have restored our faith in the adoption process. Three months after we submitted our profiles, our daughter was born!!! The speed of the process and thoroughness of all the staff involved was absolutely amazing Thank you, Lifetime, for making us a family! Gus, Casey, & Hanna |
Our Beautiful Little Girl! Dear Coordinator and Staff, Here is a recent photo of our beautiful Sarah. We can’t believe it’s been two years already. She is truly a blessing in our lives. Thank you for all you and everyone at Lifetime does to make dreams of a family come true. Blessings, Greg & Paula |
You Won't Believe Our Miracle! It is official!!! In June, 2005, Joseph became a part of our family forever!!! That is big news, but what is even more amazing is that we finalized his adoption while in Florida for the birth of our DAUGHTER! Here is our story: While in Florida for the birth of our amazing blessing Joseph, we learned that the sister of our birthmother was also pregnant and unsure of her ability to raise her baby that was on the way. We gently and almost jokingly told Joseph’s Birthmother that she can always give our 1-800 number to her sister should she decide to choose adoption. Well… in March we received an email: “Would you consider adopting my sister’s baby?” OF COURSE!!! There was no question; without even calling my husband I responded with a resounding YES! Long story short, we traveled to Florida in late June, not only to appear in court for the finalization of Joseph’s adoption, but also to be present at the birth of his baby sister Cecelia. She was born a healthy baby in July and we are all home now enjoying life; busy as it may be with two children under eight months. The Lord and Lifetime have truly blessed us this year. We didn’t think life could get any sweeter after you matched us with such a wonderful and caring birthmother, but it led us to the ultimate gift of a completed family, and another loving birthmother. It is truly a one of a kind experience. Thank you so much for your support during our wait and we look forward to keeping you updated on our “Lifetime” of Blessings. Love,Lance, Diane, Joseph, and now Baby Cecelia |
Our Newest Edition! Cameron was born in July, 2005 at seven pounds, six ounces, and nineteen and a half inches long. He was born in California and we got to bring him “home” to the hotel at 24 hours old. We returned to our real home last night and we were so glad! Keegan is a very good big brother, loves and kisses on Cameron and then returns to playing with his trains. Life is good! Take Care, |
He is Getting So Big! Jamal will be 3 months old tomorrow already. He is now 13lbs 7oz. He has recently discovered the wonder of his sister. He loves to watch her and will smile really big when she talks to him and “pets” him. He also has discovered his voice; even to the point where he startles himself. Garrick & Brenda |
One Year Old and He Already Loves the Beach! To Our Coordinator, I just wanted to pass along a picture of Devin. He turned one recently. What a blessing he has been. This year has went so fast and has been awesome. We want to thank Lifetime for their support and the opportunity that brought Devin into our lives. These pictures were from our vacation over the Fourth of July. Devin just loved the beach and the water. Thanks again and God Bless You!! Dave, Heather, & Devin |
Thank You So Much for Your Support! To Our Coordinator and Lifetime Staff, Ella is six months old now and every day brings something new. She is sitting up, saying “Ma Ma Ma” and many other little babbles and she loves to eat! Swimming has become one of Ella’s favorite things to do and Jay Jay the Jet Plane always makes her giggle. We will never be able to thank you all enough for everything you did to help bring Ella into our lives. She is such a blessing! Even when things were stressful, you all provided such great support to us. We appreciated that immensely! God bless you all for the wonderful work you do each and every day. You touch the lives of so many and we are just one family who has experienced that. Thank you! Love, Vinny, Kerri, & Ella |
The Wait Was Definitely Worth It! Dear Lifetime Family, We can’t thank you enough for all of your assistance with our adoption! Jaden is six months old already and such a joy to us! He is growing so very fast. We are extremely busy with him and enjoying every single moment. He is such a happy, delightful little guy. Gillian just adores him and loves every minute of being his big sister. Friends are constantly telling us how much he looks like Jeff. We know truly in our hearts that he is the perfect child for us and that God planned this down to the last detail – Jaden was meant for our family. Thanks for your assistance in helping to make this happen! All our best, |
The Wait Was Definitely Worth It! To Our Coordinator, Words cannot express the joy and gratitude we feel for helping us find Bryan. He is a sweet and precious child and our home feels complete. Thank you for your patient kindness. The wait is never easy but the results are worth it!! Thank you again, |
Madison Brings Us Such Great Joy! Dear Lifetime, We wanted to take this opportunity to say “thank you” for using your vast resources to bring us together with a wonderful birth mother. Her loving sacrifice has changed our lives forever. On February 26th, Madison Grace was born. We got to meet and hold her that day only briefly but on Tuesday, March 1st at 4:00pm Madison Grace was placed in our arms forever. We cried tears of joy that our miracle had become a reality. She is beautiful, sweet and happy. People are continually telling her that she is blessed to have us as parents. However, it is we who are the ones who are blessed to have Madison as our daughter. She brings such joy and significance to all we do. Madison is greatly loved by us, our extended family and our church family. We want to say thank you to all who stood with us in prayer for this baby to make her way into our lives. We are so grateful to God for His faithfulness, to our family, friends, and church family for all their prayers and support. A huge thanks and long distance hug to all of you at Lifetime. Without your resources, we would never have met our birth mother. God bless you all! Sincerely, Don, Cecy and Madison |
Update from Mike & Kim! Dear Mrs. Caldwell, Enclosed is a picture of our daughter Jordan who we adopted in May 2003. Jordan is a healthy and happy little girl who loves to swim, play outside, and loves animals. She loves to take trips to the state park’s petting zoo filled with horses, Billy goats, chickens, roosters, pigs, bunnies…the list goes on and on. Jordan’s favorite food (today) is chicken fingers or nuggets, green beans, corn, oranges, bananas, and grapes. Actually there is nothing she does not like to eat (you would think she would be a ‘little chunk’). |
What a Wonderful Experience! Dear Lifetime Family, Can I tell you how in love I am? Christopher is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen in my life!!! He is my dream come true, and to you I owe a debt of gratitude. Christopher Alexander was born last October weighing eight pounds and two ounces. Unfortunately, I missed his birth, but shortly after he turned 24 hours old, my mother and I were able to hold our beautiful bundle we call “our boy” and spent the day just loving him and trying to tell him everything about everyone in the family so he would be prepared when he got to meet them! We were blessed to be able to meet not only his birthmother (who is just an absolute doll), but also his birth grandmother. Both are very loving, wonderful and strong women. They brought a family picture for us so that Christopher can see his birthfamily – grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings included. I keep it in a frame in his room so he can see himself how much he has his birthmother’s beautiful eyes and big smile. This adoption journey has truly been the most wonderful experience of my life, even with having two birthmothers change their minds. I KNOW that I have the child that I was meant to have. Please, PLEASE, other adoptive families – NEVER give up!!! Your child is waiting for you! (And it may not be the child you think). Trust me when I say that when he (or she) comes into your lives, you will know instantly that this is your child, and it was truly meant to be. Christopher turned seven months the day before Mother’s Day and is crawling and trying to stand on his own and take steps already! Every time I look into his beautiful dark eyes, I know I have been blessed. Thank you so very much Lifetime, especially the coordinators who spent MANY hours on the phone calming, comforting and encouraging me, for bringing this beautiful boy and his wonderful birth family into my life. Love, |
Update from Curt & Tanica! Here is our beautiful daughter Olyvia, taken in March of this year with her little brother Samuel-Philip. She will be two in June and we are so very blessed that she is a part of our lives. We can’t say enough good things about the experience we had with Lifetime: your kindness, compassion, and sensitivity greatly eased a stressful but exciting time in our lives. Anytime I receive a request for a reference, I give an excellent one! I hope everything is going well with you guys. If God blesses us, we hope to use you all again at some point in the future. Thank you so much for all you did for us. Love, |
We Love Being Parents! Hope all is well and you’re enjoying this beautiful weather! We’re very happy to report that Ryan is doing really well and growing like a weed! I’ve attached one of his latest pictures…He’s such a great baby! Thank you again for everything! Alan & Kelli |
We Love Being Parents! Dear Lifetime Family, Hailey is four months old now and is growing like a weed! We could not have asked for a more perfect child for us! Dustan and I would like to thank you for putting us in contact with a wonderful birthmom and birth family. Being this little girl’s parents is the most wonderful joy we have ever known and we have you all to thank! We will definitely be calling when we are ready for our next miracle. Love, Dustan, Stacey, & Hailey |
We Have So Much Gratitude! To Our Coordinator, Words cannot articulate how happy we are! Benjamin is perfect and so delightful. We can’t express all the gratitude we have for all that you did for us. We know you all were really busy when Benjamin was born, but you handled everything great and we were never left “hanging.” Peace, Max & Angela |
Our Lives are Filled With Joy! To Our Coordinator and Lifetime Family, Myles is now five months and has brought us so much joy, we are enjoying every moment with our adorable baby boy. Thank you for connecting us with a wonderful birthmother and family. We will never forget how dedicated and passionate you were about helping us find the perfect match. God Bless, Allex, Marcy, and Myles |
Thank You! You have helped us so much the last year and a half! I can never tell you all how much it has meant to us. Our baby boy is perfect! He is beautiful and he is sweet. Just the most precious gift we will ever receive. We love him like we’ve never loved before. Thank you also for the beautiful gifts. We’ve got them set up nicely in his room – they look great!! It means so much to us now, and we know it will mean so much more to Tanner as he grows up. You all are so wonderful! Amy, Jay, and Tanner |
Update from Sharalyn! I will always be grateful to Lifetime for helping me create such a beautiful family. I have adopted two babies through Lifetime – Gregory Dean, 5 years old and Mary LeighAnne 3 months – and could not be happier. Everyone at Lifetime was friendly, helpful, and informative. I have recommended Lifetime to many people who would like to have a family, knowing that it would be a wonderful experience for them. Thank you, |
Praise God! Dear Lifetime Family, We praise God for His amazing love, faithfulness, and provisions during our adoption journey! Anna Grace Leah was born weighing 7lb 10 Oz and was 20 1/4 inches long. We got to see her when she was just 3 days old and visit her daily at her loving foster home. We arrived home a few days ago and wanted to thank all of you for the work that you did in assisting our Birthmother in finding us. We can’t believe that she found us totally from your web site!(And of course by God’s leading.) Although the journey was different than we expected, it has been a great blessing to us. Our baby has the best Birthparent’s and families! Our life is now complete with Anna Grace being more than we ever could have imagined that she would be. Samuel does love being a “Big Brother” and he loves showing his sister off to everyone. Our families will be coming to visit soon and we are enjoying this time of bonding with our daughter. We couldn’t love her more! We want to encourage those who are going through this journey to continue ever in prayer and ask God for faith and strength to go the distance and be patient waiting for the baby that God has predestined to join your family! Much love and thankfulness, Kerry and Tammy |
Lifetime Will Always Be in Our Hearts! Dear Lifetime, Let us take this opportunity to thank the entire staff for working hard and praying hard to make our family complete. Calvin is doing wonderful and growing quite rapidly, while we are beginning to adjust to the lack of sleep. Thank you for helping us put together the perfect profile. Without your help and regular talks, this long process would have been even more difficult. Your constant reassuring made dealing with an entirely different situation than what we expected so much easier. While we were nervous and had some doubts, your encouragement to stick things out paid off with unimaginable rewards. It is hard to describe the joy we are feeling. Please remember that you are always in our hearts, |
Update from Thad & JoAnne! To Our Adoption Coordinator at Lifetime, Just wanted to send a note and a photo of our little guy. I am amazed that every day it just gets better and better. We knew it would be wonderful, adopting this child, but it has FAR exceeded our expectations. All I can say is, what a blessing – a true, gift from God, this little boy is to us! TRULY! Our families ADORE him, strangers think he’s beautiful, and EVERY single night we look in his crib – still in awe that he is ours! We are grateful to his birthmother and to the Lord for this amazing gift. We hope and pray for all the other couples/singles out there who are waiting, that they too will soon have this kind of joy fill their hearts! Hope you are all doing well. We think about you often! Take good care! Thad, JoAnne, & Ben |
The Joy of a Child is so Wonderful! Thanks so much for all of your help and support during the adoption of our son. It is so wonderful to finally be parents and to know the joy of a child. Thank you, |
Dear All of the Wonderful Staff at Lifetime! Thanks for everything…especially putting us in contact with a wonderful young woman who has offered so much to life already and will continue to do so, this I know. This journey and new life moments of our beautiful baby girl will be treasured for a Lifetime!!! Kendall, Shari, and Baby Lexi |
We Have Built Our Family Through Adoption! Wow, what a blessing you have been in our lives. Not only did you help us complete our family with two beautiful boys, but you also helped us get through the waiting process. Your support and constant availability to us was so uplifting and encouraging. It is always hard when the Lord tells us to wait, but now we are reminded that His plan is always better than our own. We have built our family through adoption. Our oldest son, Mason, is from Romania. He is priceless! Now, we have Micah and Mark, and they are the most beautiful babies we have ever seen. When the nurse put them in my arms, my eyes were filled with tears and my heart was filled with joy. There are no words to adequately express our gratitude to you all. You helped our dreams come true. Thank you Lifetime. We are forever in your debt and you are forever in our prayers. God bless you all! |
Update from Michael & Kim! Thought we would send you guys a more recent picture of Hannah. She is absolutely amazing and looks just like her daddy (adoptive father)! God has a wonderful sense of humor, doesn’t He? We remain in contact through letters and photos with both the birthmother and birthfather. What a blessing this continues to be in our lives. As always – thank you for doing what you do! p.s. We are amazed at how many couples we’ve been able to talk with about the possibilities of adoption. It’s overwhelming the doors God has opened!!! Michael & Kim |
We Are Proud to Be a Lifetime Family! Dear Everyone at Lifetime, Terry and I would like to thank you all so much for all you have done. You are ALL angels that God has very busy helping Him, answering prayers and granting miracles. Mardie, your vision and the services you offer are top notch. Your organization is seamless and the services Lifetime provides are above and beyond just being a business. You are incredible! Your passion for adoption and every aspect surrounding it is awe inspiring. I really want to reach out to all the waiting families and let them know that working with Lifetime is the smartest step they have taken toward adoption, so please feel free to share any part of this. Only months ago, we were sitting in the same place, waiting and wondering if our dreams of being parents would ever really become reality. It will happen! Every day I would check the Lifetime website to see if it had been updated so I could see how many couples had been matched and of the couples already matched, who’s babies had been born. I would pray for them and us and everyone who was still waiting and for the staff of Lifetime. |
Our Christmas Blessing! We are happy to announce our amazing addition — a healthy baby boy! He is so cute and such a happy baby — he smiles all the time. We are absolutely thrilled as we start our life as a new family. Jessica is excited about her baby brother and Sincerely, |
Beautiful Baby Girl! Here are some photos taken of Eva while she was at the hospital. Sincerely, |
Another Lifetime Addition! Beautiful little Kiden joins her parents, Greg & Kathy, as well as her four older brothers (the youngest brother was also adopted through Lifetime)! Great Grandma is cherishing every moment of this precious little one. |
We are Enjoying Parenthood! Hi to everyone, and thank you! Our baby girl is so precious and we are enjoying being parents. We never thought the day would come, but it is here and our little Abigail Rae is doing wonderful. Sincerely, |
Our Amazing Blessing! Greetings from Florida! Joseph is an amazing blessing. He is perfect and, yes, I know every parent thinks so, but he is! Joseph weighed a perfect six pounds, 12 ounces, and was 19-and-a-half inches long. We left the hospital with all papers signed when he was just 26 hours old! Here are some photos of Joseph when he was just one hour old. We hope to be home soon, as quickly as the remaining interstate paperwork is done. Thank you everyone for all of your support. Love, |
A Dream Come True! Now presenting, Ashley Rose! Dave & Dawn have their beautiful, baby girl. |
Our Precious Little One! Many, many thanks to all of you for the role each of you has played in helping our family with the adoption of Saylor Grace. We made it home on Tuesday night and were greeted at the airport by a very excited big sister and many other family members. We can’t tell you enough what joy and excitement it has been to expand our family, but it’s also been great to make so many new friends along the way, including what we hope and trust to be a long term relationship with the birthparents and family. We had lunch with them on Tuesday before flying out. They were kind enough to send us away with several cards and gifts, but most of all a re-assurance that they couldn’t have asked for anything more from everyone involved in the process. What a testament to all of us for the way things were handled. God has definitely been involved in this situation. Thanks again to all of you! |
Miracles still Happen! …and our Laura Beth is one of them! It seemed like babies were everywhere except in our home. So we’d call into Lifetime, check on our profiles, hoping to be told good news! And Lifetime would tell us “When the right one for you comes, it’ll be all the more special”. We’d hang up the phone, disappointed…but one day a miracle happened! A very special birthmother had chosen us! She wanted us to have her baby girl who was due soon. A very special two months followed. We would visit by phone about once a week. This was neat because it felt like we got to know our little girl’s birthmother a little better. The day Laura was born is a day we will never forget. We were able to be at the hospital and start bonding with our beautiful baby girl. It was special meeting Laura’s birth family…we now have good memories to share with her. Laura is everything we could dream for! Derek – ten, and Jaylen – six, adore their little sister. Our hearts overflow with thanks. A word of encouragement to waiting families…While we were waiting, I would pray that God would impress a birthmother somewhere to chose us. Our birthmother said she prayed for direction when she had the profiles to chose from, and for some reason, our profile stood out to her. So God does have a perfect plan for you just waiting to happen! With love, |
We Love Holding Our Little Baby Girl! She’s here! Caroline Marie was born weighing seven pounds and ounce and was 20-and-a-half inches long. We were in the delivery room and were able to see everything! She is beautiful! Our birthmom signed the papers this morning and we had her in our arms at 11:00am. We couldn’t be happier right now. She was definitely worth the wait. Now we are just holding her and staring at her! Thanks for all of your support, |
A Huge Thank You! A huge thank you to our coordinator and all at Lifetime that helped make our dream a reality. It all happened rather fast and you said to be prepaired! Words cannot express the joy and happiness Kaci brings to us daily, she is the most amazing and loved blessing in our lives. Not only have we been blessed with our beautiful, healthy daughter but also an amazing, loving and caring birth family. We were fortunate enough to meet our birth mom and family before Kaci was born. It made the process so much easier. We are truly grateful and happy they are in our life and look forward to getting together with them again. Our coordinator kept telling us to keep the faith and our hearts open for the baby that was meant for us, and boy, was she right! There are so many things we have in common with our birth family, we honestly believe she was meant for us. Thanks again to all for filling our lives with such love and joy. Sincerely, |
We Have Been Truly Blessed! We just wanted to thank Lifetime for everything you did to bring our family together. Everyone on your staff was great to work with and so helpful. From the first day we started the adoption process, David always said that we would get the call in April. Well, he was right and on April 1st, April Fools Day, we got the call about our birthmother. Our son came from a wonderful couple who already had seven children and needed a good home for Christopher. On April 14th Christopher came into the world and for the next three days we got to know our birthparents and our son while they were in the hospital. We were truly blessed, not once, but twice. The first with Christopher, and the second with such amazing birthparents. He is loved by so many, especially by his big sister, Cambria, who takes good care of her baby brother and loves to play with him. Christopher is six months old now and his sister is two years old, and we are so glad that they will grow up together. One day we will rejoin him with his birth family, and our family will grow once again. You all will always be in our hearts. Thanks again, |
It Is Such a Blessing to Be Parents! Here is a photo of our beautiful little boy, Drake. He is truly a miraculous baby, and it is such a blessing to be his parents. Stephen & Linda |
She Is Perfect! Kevin and Karen are enjoying life with their newborn daughter. She was born 7 lbs, 1 oz; 19 inches. |
We Have So Much Joy and Excitement!Many, many thanks to all of you for the role each of you has played in helping our family with the adoption of Saylor Grace. We made it home and were greeted at the airport by a very excited big sister and many other family members. We can’t tell you enough what joy and excitement it has been to expand our family, but it’s also been great to make so many new friends along the way including what we hope and trust to be a long term relationship with our birthparent family. They were kind enough to send us away with several cards and gifts, but most of all a re-assurance that they couldn’t have asked for anything more from everyone involved in the process. What a testament to all of us for the way things were handled. God has definitely been involved in this situation. Thanks again to all of you, |
Thank You! We are so happy. Our blessings continue to grow. We look forward to the adoption being final! Sincerely, |
She Is Our Joy! The Lord strengthened us through our adoption process and we are so grateful. We have an absolutely beautiful little girl. Trinity Aisha Nicole was born weighing in at 6lbs exactly. SHE IS OUR JOY!!!! Thank you, |
Our Prayers Have Been Answered! At last our prayers have been answered! Our daughter Bethany Grace weighed 7 lbs 5 oz and was 19 inches long. She’s doing great! Thank you all again for your ongoing support and prayers. Our prayers have been answered. Love, |
Our Little Girl! Here is the picture of our beautiful little girl. Thank you, |
We Couldn't Have Done It Without You! All of our dreams have finally come true. We are Thank you Lifetime for all your help. You helped us find the perfect birthparents. We have gotten to know them so well, and we are excited to have them in our lives! And thank you for Ryan! Words cannot express how much we love this child! She is a blessing from God. We couldn’t have done it without you! Thank you! Thank you! Love, |
Such a Beautiful Family! I will always be grateful to Lifetime for helping me create such a beautiful family. I have adopted two babies through Lifetime – Gregory 5 yrs old and Mary 3 months old – and could not be happier. Everyone at Lifetime was friendly, helpful, and informative. I have recommended Lifetime to many people who would like to become a family knowing that it would be a wonderful experience for them. Thank you, |
Adoption in 19 days! We’re all doing great! We can’t believe this all happened so quickly. Our birthmother will always have a special place in our hearts. Thank you, |
Already One Year Old! We can’t believe it has already been a year! Nicholas has been the best thing that ever happened to us in our lives!! He is absolutely perfect and happy all of the time. We couldn’t have had a better match! Love to all, |
Twins! Twins! To the staff at Lifetime, words could never fully express our sincere gratitude towards your staff. We are so blessed to have Jonathon and Jasmine. Thank you all so very much. Sincerely, ~ A Big Thank You! This is a BIG THANK YOU for helping to make the connection for our family being blessed with our babies one year ago Sept 23. We are truly blessed to have them in our lives. I pray that your organization will continue to be blessed so that you can bless others. Brenda (Family member of Patricia and David) |
Our Boys are Wonderful! Solomon and Issac are doing wonderfully, and are such a constant joy to us (Solomon is in red, Isaac is snoozing). Thank you for everything you’ve done in helping us find our family and connect with some special birth mothers. You do such important work. With Love, |
This Child is a Gift! We are doing great and Alyssa is a blessing from God! We can’t believe how much she has grown and changed since we left the hospital. Thank you, Lifetime, for all the hard work. Our adoption was not easy from the beginning, but with your help and support, we finally made it! You were all very supportive and answered all my calls even at midnight. You gave us hope and support. The whole team pitched in for us. God has blessed us in the most amazing way. I can’t stress enough what a gift this child is, and how much she is loved and cherished. Sincerely, |
We Have a Healthy Baby Boy! What a year! We have returned home with our healthy baby boy. He’s such an angel, and such a blessing. We just want to thank the staff at Lifetime for helping complete our family. Thank you for matching us with such terrific and special birth parents. We love our son very much. It’s still hard to believe we’re finally parents. It doesn’t get any better than this!! We just want to thank God for answering our prayers by sending us our son, and to Lifetime for their part in completing our family. We have a beautiful, healthy, baby boy, and we are so proud to be his parents. Thanks again, |
Birthday with Birthparents! Phil & I feel like the luckiest people in the world. We are so blessed to have Michael. Birthparents Gen & Colin came to Michael’s first birthday party. It was wonderful! We love you! |
An Amazing Experience! Laura is a wonderful baby. She is so sweet and has filled our hearts with so much love. The boys can’t get enough of her and will tell anyone how precious their baby sister is. We are so blessed. What an amazing experience this has proven to be. It has pushed us to new limits and rewarded us in profound ways. I want you to know how much your guidance, support, and words of wisdom meant and continue to mean to me. We are so fortunate that somehow we came together and brought this miracle into our lives. Fondly, |
Eager to Adopt Again! Just wanted to send you a picture of the finalization of Michael’s adoption and also his one-year-old picture!! We are doing fabulous and getting ready for the second adoption!! We have received Mardie’s book [AdoptingOnline.com] and we are enjoying reading it, when we get a chance!! Michael is quite “busy” around the house, so reading anything these days is few and far between! Again, thank you for everything you have done for us, and we will be talking with you very soon!! Love, |
Tyler's Adoption Was So Fast! There are no words that could possibly be used to tell you the full extent of our gratitude to our coordinator and to Lifetime. You guys are amazing. Tyler’s adoption was fast! We’re still in shock at how quickly, but smoothly things progressed. We can honestly say we couldn’t have done it without you. Tyler is doing great. He’s such a blessing from God. We can’t believe how much he’s grown and changed. The old saying, “They grow up so fast,” definitely holds true! Our birthmother was such a delight. She is truly a wonderful, caring person with a fantastic personality. We were so happy that we got to meet her. It is wonderful to have that experience to share with Tyler. Tyler will always know, and be taught to respect what a wonderful person she is, and what a loving decision she made. We hope that God continues to richly bless her. God bless all of you, |
Our Dream Came True! Thanks be, thanks be to God…Lydia is ours, all ours. We are thrilled to tell you the adoption has been finalized. Our hearts are too full to express in words all you’ve done for us. “Thank You” just doesn’t seem to say enough. We can’t imagine life without our precious Lydia. She is a joy to us. We treasure every new and exciting day. Without Lifetime our dream wouldn’t have come true! God bless you, |
A Great Experience! We just wanted to thank you for your help with us adopting Christopher! What a crazy weekend and what a great story we have to tell. I think Memorial Day weekend will always be a special one for us now! We just want to thank you very much for all you have done to help our family grow! We had a great experience with Lifetime and we have, and will continue, to tell people about your facilitation center!! Thank you also for the gift that was sent! Thank you and God bless you all!! |
Sweet Little Sister! Campbell is loved dearly by her older brother Bryce. Campbell is very active and advanced for her age as far as walking and activities. Bryce has a blast teaching her new things….good and bad. Hope everything is well with you and the rest of the crew at Lifetime. Take care, |
A Beautiful Blessing! We wanted to thank Lifetime for the gift that they have given us. Another beautiful child is a blessing. Andrew is doing great and couldn’t be better. Jake, Alexis and Shelby love their new brother as much as they can and hardly let Nathan and I hold him. If there is another child in the future Lifetime will be the one we will be calling. Thanks again for all the help and love that your staff has given us. Sincerely, |
Look At Those Eyes! This is one of the latest pictures of Anthony – he’s beautiful isn’t he? We appreciate all of your help as well as all the support you have given us! Moe and Debbie |
Our Beautiful Elijah! Dear Lifetime Friends, praise God from whom all blessings flow! Our beautiful Elijah has been home for a month and a half now and he brings our lives so much joy. We thank all of you so much for your role in helping us find our son! It is a wonderful work you do and ministry you have. Thank you Mardie for seeing a need and following your vision to help other’s dreams come true. So anyway, thank you for the sleepless nights, the countless bottles, and the dirty diapers! We couldn’t be happier! God bless you all, |
It All Happened So Fast! The Lifetime experience was great. It was so fast, but that is just like we wanted it. The birthmother was wonderful and the baby is healthy. Everyone is already in love with her. I will recommend Lifetime to others that I know who are adopting. Thanks again, and we are sorry we didn’t get to come to meet you in person. God Bless you all. Brian and Dawn |
You Really Came Through! Here is a picture of our sweet Maryn Elizabeth. She is just a little angel. Thank you so much for all of your help and support. Everyone at Lifetime really came through for us. We really appreciated all of the good communication and sound advice. We could not have hoped for a smoother adoption process. Thank you so much for making our family complete. We feel so blessed. Sincerely, |
You've Made All The Difference! Thank you to everyone at Lifetime. Jordyn is such a blessing! Thank you to our coordinator for your on-going support. To others that have helped, thank you for the constant contact in those crucial hours after Jordyn’s birth. It made all the difference. God bless you all. Love, |
Update with Phil and Linda! This photo was taken immediately after the judge granted our final adoption. Dreams really do come true!! Thanks Lifetime – we couldn’t have done it without you! Love, Linda, Phil, and Michael Colin |
We Are Eternally Grateful! Hey Guys! This is our sweet baby girl – we love her so much!!! Thank you for all that you did to make this the easiest thing we’ve ever done. We are completely blown away by the faithful hand of God. Thank you all for serving Him and for your kindness to us. We are eternally grateful to Lifetime Adoption and to all of you who had a hand in making our dream come true. We love you! |
Thank You! We wanted to say thank you for helping us make our dreams come true. Evin is a blessing and we couldn’t be happier. We have already spoken to a couple who is filling out your paperwork and another couple is calling us this week. Thank you for helping our dreams to come true, it just doesn’t seem enough. Evin is our blessing. Thank you all so much! Love, |
One Big Happy Family! Thanks so much for helping to bring baby Camille into our lives. She is truly a blessing. Also, thanks for the beautiful teddy bear keepsake. Camille is being loved by us, her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and many cousins… Thanks Again, |
We Are So Thankful! I just wanted to let you know that as of October 9th, Samuel is an official member of our family. We want to thank you and the others at Lifetime for making our adoption experience so enjoyable. Samuel is very healthy and developing right on target. Love, |
Enjoy!!! A picture of Laramie Hope, enjoy!!! She is so sweet! Thanks, |
You Guys Are The Best! Our experience with Lifetime was overwhelmingly positive. We were especially glad to hear that Jamie, the birthmother of our son, has received a scholarship from the Lifetime foundation to go to college. Thanks for everything! You guys are the best, |
In Only Two Months! Over a year ago when we first heard about you – we never would have dreamed that only a couple of months after deciding to sign with you, we would be at home holding our daughter. We are so thankful to our coordinator and to all of the staff! Not only have we been blessed with the most beautiful baby, we also have been blessed by knowing the birthmother and her family. At first, we were not sure about the concept of open adoption. Now, we are so thankful to have crossed Cayla’s birthomother’s path. Through her we now have a wonderful little girl and we have new and wonderful friendships with her and her family. We look forward to our next adoption. In the meantime, we will promise to send you updates and photos of our precious Cayla Rose. Love Always and God bless each of you, |
Dear Friends and Family at Lifetime! Sorry it has taken us so long to write, but we have been busy enjoying our little bundle of love! We can’t thank you enough for bringing us together with our little one. I can’t even find the words to describe how much we love him…each day with him is like discovering a new, precious treasure. Friends and family can’t love on him enough and he has been the talk of the town! We are savoring every minute of his little life. He is growing so fast – he is already 13 lbs at seven weeks. He is a good eater and sleeper (and snuggler)! He smiled for the first time on Father’s Day! Thank you also for the wonderful gift. We love it and keep it in our diaper bag. We also love the stuffed animal ~ he can almost grip and hold it. You have all been so kind and so wonderful to work with during this special time in our lives. Take care and God bless each of you. Thanks again for helping guide our sweet angel to us. We’ll be in touch soon. Love, |
Lots of Love! I’d like to tell anyone considering Lifetime, that if I have a baby in my arms, you will too. I found Lifetime by chance on the internet (as did the birthmother of my son). We were matched in 12 months, and our son was born 13 weeks later. It has been the most wonderful experience of our life. Our Lifetime coordinator was always there for me to hear my concerns, answer my questions, or just listen to me cry and complain. I followed every single suggestion Lifetime recommended, and they were right….if we stuck with it – and supplied them with what they needed, we would be matched! Lifetime never doubted that we would be matched, and THEY WERE SO RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING! All of the suggestions about the profiles were on target, since I found out later that our photo’s played a major part in our match. The profiles are perhaps the most important factor in the process. Gen and Colin (our sons birthparents) are THE BEST! We have a beautiful relationship with them, and even got to meet some of their family members and serveral friends. Lifetime is a very wonderful organization! Please feel free to use me for a reference – I’d be honored! All our love, |
Our Dream Come True Hello Linda, We can’t thank you guys enough for all the joy and blessing you have bought us. We just can’t stop singing your praise of how professional and helpful Lifetime has been in making this a smooth and enjoyable experience. I know we have referred Lifetime to several families that have expressed interest in adopting.
Our little princess was born in December and this is absolutely the most precious blessing anyone could pray or wish for, she has brought so much joy into our life. Best regards, Charles, Rosa and baby Chase Rose |
It's the Big ONE! Hope this finds you doing well and ready for Christmas.
It’s hard to believe that Paige is one now:) Been meaning to forward you a picture of our beautiful princess but time just gets away from us.
Have a blessed and Merry Christmas. This was taken on her first birthday and of course took out the pretty bow I had in her hair and especially set aside for her birthday.
Blessings, Chris & Amy |
A Giving Tradition to Bless Birth Mothers Dear Lifetime, Our family is doing well. This past week, we finalized Carly’s adoption. It was such a special day, filled with lots of love and smiles. Every year, our family chooses an organization to help at Christmas time and this year we have chosen to bless the special birth parents you work with. Lifetime will forever be dear to our hearts.
We wanted our children to feel the joy of giving to others. We took each of them to the store, let them pick out a stocking and fill it with whatever they felt birth mothers may need/want. I say this not to bring attention to what we did, but to give you an explanation of why you will see fun things, such as Sponge Bob tissue and other silly items. I hope it helps bring a laugh or smile to a birth mother in need. Carly wasn’t able to pick things out this year, but she loves to snuggle in her warm pajamas, so warm pink pajamas seemed fitting to donate from her. They are so excited to share their stockings and love with birth mothers in need. From our family to yours, Casey and April and family If you’d like to make a tax-deductible donation to help birth mothers visit LifetimeFoundation.org |
Our Big THREE Year Old Hi Diane and Lifetime Family, We wanted to share some pictures of our big THREE year old and a picture of us and Rebecca when we visited her in July. Blessings to all of you at Lifetime! Happy New Year! -Rex & Polly |
Very Merry Very Blessed with Avery & Jackson! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! -Mike & Heather |
First Christmas! Hi Diane, Just wanted to send you a few pics of baby Darcy. She is very loved by everyone in our family, and is growing way too fast! We are anxious to have her first Christmas this week! Hope you have a very Merry Christmas!
Chris and Rachel |
Soaking up Every Minute Our sweet Blessings 3rd Christmas! We are enjoying her so much it’s unreal! – Jesus & Ronna |
We truly are blessed! Hi Diane and everyone at Lifetime!
Just a quick hello to wish everyone a Happy Holiday!
Rosalie had her second photo with Santa and like last year, she wasn’t really impressed. Ha! She looks a bit terrified and looks like she might burst into tears but she didn’t, our brave little girl! She will be 18 months when Christmas comes so it will be fun to see her excitement on Christmas Day as she opens her presents.
She is learning SO much and doing SO much we just love seeing her soak up all the new words she learns and repeating them. She is SO much fun! We truly are blessed!
With love,
Ricardo, Raquel and Rosalie |
We just wanted to say Merry Christmas to Olivia, Abigail, and baby Toby! Hannah and Gracie got to visit Santa and Hannah loved it! They have also been able to spend time with cousins and grandparents and have loved that too! Hope everyone is staying happy and healthy!
Here’s a photo update from one of our families, enjoy!
Leo keeps us on our toes. He is active and loves to laugh. He enjoys being read to and loves all things with wheels. He is constantly spinning a wheel on a toy or trying to check out the grocery cart. 
I wanted to give you a quick update…Christmas came early this year. Our adoption finalized yesterday, and “Aria” is now officially our daughter, Caroline Ariah Joy. 
Jared is do great! He loves preschool, riding his quad, going on Jeep adventures and just being outside. We are forever thankful for Lifetime and God bringing us our perfect little family! 
Xola is doing well and we can’t get enough of her. We are starting to see her personality and she’s strong willed, very observant and content. She’s crawling and into everything! She loves following our dog around. 
It was such a pleasure nurturing and watching Cade grow up into the man he is today. He graduated high school 2019 and just finished his first year of college with a 3.5 GPA. He was awarded a scholarship to play baseball at his college. 
We are having so much fun watching her learn colors, letters, shapes, and how to spell her name. She enjoys going to school (daycare) and playing with her friends. She likes to paint and play with her “Spirit” horses. Most of all, she likes to run and play outside. 
And a pic of Kyle and Zoey in Disney just before Christmas (pure Joy). 
Kacie and Alan
Leigh and Tyler
Shay, Kerri and Jared
Kevin and Chemeika
Hi Diane!
-Jeanna and Kyle
Hello Diane,
We hope you are doing well and enjoying the Fall season,
Hi Natalie! 
Rachel
Hi Veronica. 
We hope you are doing well!
Get ready for some cuteness!
Julie and Mike
We are still trying to wrap our heads around the fact that Branlin turned five yesterday. He is sassy, rambunctious, and so full of love and laughter! He starts formal Pre-School on Monday and is so excited to make new friends.
Hi Linda!
Good Morning Diane,
I love this with all my heart and soul ❤️
We are officially Family! Leo’s adoption was finalized a few weeks ago on our vacation. His birth state finalized it, so it was a phone call with our lawyer and judge. It was very official with us raising our right hands and an emotional experience. We are thrilled to have Leo in our family and look forward to raising him and continuing our bond.
Hi Diane,
We’re doing great, a little sleep deprived, but great! Desi is getting huge and seems to do something new each day. Nik started back to work and that’s been an adjustment but we’re making it work!
For now, she understand their “titles” and when you ask who her birth father is, she knows to say, “Bio daddy”. She took to calling her birth mother “tummy” because she likes to be called “tummy mummy” so that was really cute. Obviously, she’s only 2 so we don’t dive into too many details but we use the buzz words that she’ll grow up hearing and talk about her biological siblings. She can tell you she has a brother and a sister, though again, not sure she understands what that means but she knows it if you ask her. We have photos of the other kids and other family members and go over them all the time with her – it’s just such a wonderful relationship! We couldn’t be more blessed to not only have an amazing daughter but an amazing biological family to interact with as well. Attached are a few pictures from the weekend! I had THREE kids that day lolol.
Thank you both for everything!! We truly appreciate Lifetime, the staff (you aren’t staff, you’re family!) and the family and love we gained through this process. We are so very much looking forward to seeing where our second journey takes us.
We’ve also gone out to breakfast with her and she did great! Leilani, overall, is a very easy baby. 
I hope you and the rest of the staff at Lifetime are well! I’m sorry I don’t touch base more frequently but this little guy keeps us so busy. I also wanted to tell you that the main reason that we selected Lifetime in the beginning was because there was a Mother’s Day special going on where a portion of our fee went towards the birth mother scholarship fund. Something about that felt so great to us and it just is amazing to me that four years later, Isaiah was born on his heritage’s Mother’s Day, three days before the Mother’s Day we celebrate, and this little boy made me a mom. 
We continue to have an awesome relationship with his Birth Mom and look forward to whenever she’s ready to visit. 
She is talking up a storm. Recently she started reaching her arms up and saying “hold you” to us. It melts our hearts in a way we never thought possible.
Love,
Thanks for all you do and Happy New Year!
We’ll see how he does today when I go in to see him. We have been praying hard and know others are praying for us and we see the results. LJ is still dealing with some issues, but he is finally gaining weight consistently and that’s our goal right now. He needs to gain weight and when he’s off CPAP completely (he’s on the last level of the lower kind), is eating well from the bottle and the feeding tube is removed then we’ll graduate to the other side of the NICU where the “eaters and growers” are. We were originally shooting to be home by Christmas, but I find myself wondering if we’ll be home sooner since he’s progressing pretty well right now. We shall see. 
He loves farm animals and loves helping grandpa pick veggies out of the garden.
She adores playing with her cousins, and she is absolutely loved by everyone she meets! She is spunky, tough, happy, and sweet all rolled into one. She has the most precious giggle and smile. We seriously can’t get enough of her! 
This past year has been the most wonderful year of our lives. This little girl made us parents, healed our hearts, and changed our lives. We are so grateful for every second with her!
We cannot thank you enough for everything you did for us over the 5 years of waiting with you. Thank you for being patient with me and always listening when I needed to call and talk or vent or cry. You ladies are amazing and we are so thankful for you!!
We just finished our last post placement visit and hope to finalize within the next month. Words cannot accurately express the joy and life he has brought to our family. Thank you for helping us along this journey to parenthood, we love Lifetime!
That combined with finally being able to meet you guys made for one of the best months ever! This month was one year from when we got “the call” from you guys. We have spent a lot of time remembering the wait this month for various reasons. Oh how hard that was. But every morning I walk into her room and pick her up out of the crib, every time I look at her, even when I hear her cry, I am reminded of God’s faithfulness. She truly was worth the wait. I am reminded that He is in control. We are so thankful for her Birth Mom and you all! 
She really likes to go on trips because she enjoys the outdoors and we are outside a lot. She waves and says “ciao” to the people passing by. We try to capture every precious moment that we can. Thank you all again. Your work at Lifetime impacts so many people’s lives in such a positive way. 
We had a wonderful visit from adoptive family Kyle, Jeanna & Hannah with some of their family as well. If you would like to see more of them, they were on Lifetime’s 
We had a nice visit from Ed and Karen.
Daniel, Noah and I made back to St. Louis safely. ☺️ It rained thru all 5 states, and Daniel was a trooper, driving the whole way. Noah did really well.
Wishing you and everyone at Lifetime a very Happy Easter!
As far as our adoption story goes, we are shocked at how short our wait was in the grand scheme of things! Because of Justin’s blindness, we had prepared ourselves to wait for more than 2 years. We knew that some birth mothers might be hesitant to place with someone who had a “disability”. But we did our best through our web page, video, and profile book to help them see what an amazing man Justin is, and what a wonderful father he would be. God did such a work because Harper came into our lives just under a year after we signed up with Lifetime! 
I’m attaching a few pictures. Harper’s 1st visit to Disney World, riding the Na’vi River Journey with Daddy, dressed up for church, and hanging at the pool with Momma!
I just had to share this with y’all at Lifetime!
We are so in love with our adorable daughter!
She is SO curious about everything! It’s so sweet to watch. She loves to eat basically anything. We haven’t found a food she won’t eat yet! She loves music and loves when her daddy sings to her! We just can’t get enough of her!
Dillon moved up to the Toddler Room in mid-December. By being around older kids, he is eating better, playing well with others, walking everywhere, and talking!
Thanksgiving was such a special day for us. Looking over at Brynlee in her high chair at the dinner table was such a dream come true. We have so much to be thankful for, everyday is Thanksgiving in our home!
On December 28th, we finalized our adoption! As our family filled the court room, I couldn’t help but feel so overwhelmed with emotions. There were countless nights of hoping, praying and longing to be parents and now that we are, I just couldn’t imagine our lives without her! 
Bobby and Chaun
This year it feels like we are seeing things through a whole different light, and it is wonderful. Hope you all have a merry Christmas!
Well, take care and have a great Holiday!
Natalie,
Open adoption has worked out great for all of us. Keenan knows both birth parents and feels those beams of love from them at all times. We helped Keenan’s birth mama Nikkie do her family tree using DNA, and she miraculously connected with her own (late) birth mother’s family, found out she has two half sisters who she has connected with, and found out who her birth father is. He had never been married, has no other kids, and didn’t know about Nikkie. She has two giant new families now! What an experience someone who grew up as an adopted only child.
Hi Deena-
Here are a few photos from one of our Lifetime couples, who recently adopted a little baby boy!