The Video "Lost Girls of China"

Tim and I have always considered adoption as a possibility but making the jump from someday to actually following through took a long, long time. Upon our marriage on June 8, 1996 we decided that having children was going to be an important part of our lives and we decided now was the time to have children. We also talked about life's "what ifs", not being able to have children. We both agreed that adoption would be a wonderful possibility to complete our family................... Spin ahead 5 years later, our son Logan was born and immediately we knew that we "had to have" more children. Our love for our child was overwhelming, we had waited so long for this precious child, we had no doubt that God would grant us another child right away.
Spin forward to August 2004. After enduring almost 8 year of infertility treatments we were spinning out of control. During our last treatment which was very painful and frightening, we began watching a National Geographic show called the "Lost Girls of China", which detailed the travels of American families who travel to China to adopt a baby. This documentary was unbelievable. We laugh, cried and felt joy for the children who were being adopted. During the video Tim turned to me and asked: "if we are not pregnant this time, can we please adopt". At that moment I knew that God had already made the decision that we would adopt! So when we found out that we were, again not pregnant, I was at peace and so was my family. The ups and downs which only fertility drugs can do, the uncertainty that comes with every cycle and the mood swings would be gone forever!

We plunged into the unknown world of adoption and never looked back. Ironically, we had previously looked into adoption, specifically from China , but with the outbreak of SCARS we abandoned the adoption and began to "try" again. Well, we are now 1/2 way through our wait......