As I mentioned in the previous post, Kendall and I have lost 4 children during pregnancy. We lost Micah at 24weeks in February 2014, Allison at 6weeks in May 2014 and twins Heidi&Noah at 8weeks in August 2015. After the loss of Heidi and Noah, it was discovered that I have an abnormality in my uterus that was causing these losses. Although this abnormality is easy to fix with a simple and fast surgery, Kendall and I felt that Heavenly Father did not want us to get the surgery and that He wanted us to foster and adopt.
Kendall and I talked quite a bit about fostering and adopting on Thursday (4/7/16) and made the decision yesterday (4/8/16) to start paperwork with an agency. One of Kendall's co-works and his wife just became foster parents with an agency here in Columbia called Great Circle and had their first placement on Monday. I called Great Circle up yesterday morning and was e-mailed the application. Kendall and I told Robin about our plans and began filling out the paperwork. We called our families last night and told them and they are all so excited and happy for us. We announced it to everyone else this morning and also received very positive responses.
After we complete the paperwork and turn it in, we will be given a caseworker and have a home study. Once we pass the home study, we will have 9 weeks of training and then we will be foster parents. When the time comes for adoption, we will have to take more training. We are open to get one single child (any age) or a sibling set with 2 or maybe 3 children. Kendall and I are SO VERY EXCITED to FINALLY have the opportunity to have children in our arms!!!! We know it will be very difficult with lots of ups, downs, tears and smiles, but we know everything will be worth it in the end!!!!
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