A Little Piece of My Heart

Today we are celebrating our family!

Two years ago today our son Grant entered our life!

We are so incredibly grateful for him.

This boy has stolen my heart

and I want to give you all a little piece of my heart today

and share with you the story of how we all became a family... 

In 2005 two hearts came together

I love my husband dearly

I'm blessed to have had him by my side through everything!

For 6 years we experienced all life had to offer....

We went on so many adventures together, just the two of us!

During this time we struggled to get pregnant...

in the midst of our heartache...

we had a beautiful little angel fall into our arms!

Our little Zoey became part of our family in 2009! 

On November 13, 2011 my life changed forever

My dad came over to my house and asked me if I wanted a "son"

After what I thought was a joke, I realized that my dad was being serious...

We had some distant family that was looking for someone to adopt their grandson...

We instantly knew it was something we wanted to do

We arranged to pick him up the day after Thanksgiving

We had people in our church who volunteered to throw us a very quick "toddler shower"

Everything you see in that picture below was giving to us by our church family

and their friends and neighbors

We were so blessed and felt so loved!

We had a little less than two weeks to prepare for a child

Let me remind you that... 

#1 We weren't in the process of adoption

#2 Adoption hadn't even occurred to be an option to us, yet...

#3 - We had never met Grant and hardly knew anything about him!

Let me tell you, it was the craziest two weeks of my life!

On November 25, 2011 we met Grant

The pictures below are when we first met the little guy... 

The next day he came home with us.

We had his room all made up

We wanted him to feel comfortable

and to see a room that was fun and inviting

I couldn't get enough of his precious face! 

"Mom, stop taking pictures!"

I'm thankful for my family

I'm thankful that I had infertility struggles

I'm thankful that God prepared my heart for Grant

I'm thankful for his sweet spirit in our home

It wasn't a cake walk after we got him. 

Grant has Sensory Processing Disorder

I'm still learning everyday how to help him

best get through life! 

But I'm thankful that we found each other

I'm so happy he has someone to fight for him

He is so fun! He is so bright! He is so sweet! 

Every thing I had to go through to get him was worth it. 

Our adoption didn't finalize until May 2013 but

two years ago today I became a mother to this sweet little boy

and he stole my whole heart forever!