Adoption

After much pressure, I am finally attempting a blog!

Many of you have asked about our adoption story so I will start with telling about that amazing experience.
In December of 2008, Ian and I decided that God was blessing us with the opportunity to adopt.  We were excited to begin the process and finally move forward with starting a family.  We proceeded to check into many different agencies and finally decided on a private one in Spokane.
In January 2009 we started the mass amounts of paperwork that is required for adopting!
By March we had completed two individal biographys, a couples biography, fingerprinting, background checks, finacial statements, a long application, and 25 page profile of our lives.

As we turned in the last of the paperwork and attended a final seminar we settled in to waiting 6 months to a year for a baby.

But God had different plans for us, and on April 1st (ironically :-)) we got a call from the agency saying that a birthmother had picked us!  We were totally in shock but super excited too!

On April 3rd, 2009 we got a call from the BM telling us she was in labor and she would like us to be there for the birth!!  In an amazing way, God allowed us to be there for the birth of our daughter, Megan Lynn Kerrigan.  So in a matter of 2 days we became parents to a beatiful little girl!  We laughed as I looked to Ian in the hospital and said, " I guess we better go get diapers and a car seat!"

Moments after Megan was born

First family picture!