It has always been a dream to adopt a sibling group someday. After discussing it for years James and I have decided that there will never be a "perfect" time in our lives so we are going for it. So 12 months ago we embarked on the craziest adventure of our lives and began the adoption process. We have put our names in for many children. In August we learned that we were in the top few families for 2 sibling groups. Each group has 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls each. We have been matched with one group and are waiting to hear back from the other group. Yes you heard right, we will triple the number of children we have overnight.
Now, let me be clear. We may not end up with either of these 2 groups of children, be we are hopeful that we will. The first group of children are 12, 7, 3, and 1 years old. The other group of children are 8,6,4, and 2 years old. Add those to our 7 and 3 year olds and we can definitely be considered certifiably insane. Also deliriously happy. We have always wanted a ton of kids and we are on our way to making our dreams come true.
Moral of the story- please pray for us as we move further along in this process. Know that we are excited beyond belief and we will try to keep you as updated as we can while we work through this adoptive process.
:-) Good luck guys! You'll be in my thoughts and prayers. Large families are a blessing. We always wanted to do the same thing and adopt a sibling group. Maybe one day I'll go forward with that on my own. It is SO. MUCH. FUN. raising kids. :-) Even when it's hellaciously hard, and you have NO money, and haven't slept in days... it's so worth it!
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