Adoption Story: Brandon & Alyse

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We began working with CAC and Leah in February after completing our home study. We were so impressed with how available Leah was for any and every need or question we had, as well as the incredible resources CAC provided us to navigate this unknown world of adoption. After Leah completed our beautiful profile book and we applied to various agencies, we sat and waited. I’d like to say patiently, but it wasn’t always easy to be patient. After five years of infertility, this was a new and exciting experience, but the waiting did not get easier. In fact, it was almost more difficult because becoming parents was so much closer than we’d ever been! Leah was so encouraging to us along the way. She put my heart at ease every time she reassured me that God would not let us miss our baby. We waited only three months, but I’ll tell you, some days, it felt like a lifetime!

We finally got the call that we were matched just 27 days until Aubree’s arrival! That was the most glorious moment as I literally fell to my knees in my kitchen, thanking God. I thanked Him for this incredible gift of our sweet Aubree, but I thanked him even more for giving us the story that HE planned for us. He taught me that He is the greatest author of all time- yesterday, today, and tomorrow. When the waiting gets tough and it’s hard to see the end anywhere in sight, He is working and writing your story, and His stories are far better than we could ever imagine. When we say YES to God and His plan for us, our heartache turns into something we never imagined in our wildest dreams. THAT is the God we serve and the God who continues writing each of our stories.

In the end, we have seen God’s hand in so many details throughout this journey. That October 2016 day when God so clearly laid adoption on my heart was made even more special when we found out Aubree was conceived in October 2016. When Aubree was born on June 29, 2017, we were blessed with the sweetest nurse who shared with us and Aubree’s birth mother that she, too, had adopted a son 21 years ago who was born on June 29th. She was an incredible encourager to both of us mamas. We also formed the most precious relationship with Aubree’s birth mother and sister. Upon our return to the hospital one morning, we arrived to find that Aubree’s birth mother had dressed her in a onesie we’d had in her diaper bag (but hadn’t shown her) that read “Worth the Wait”. We continue to have a special relationship with her birth mother and are so thankful for her in our lives. We are thankful to CAC and Leah for guiding us through the unknowns of open adoption.We never imagined our story would play out the way it has, but we are ever so grateful that God’s stories are far more precious than ours and we are so completely in love with our sweet Aubree!

Been considering adoption? I’d love to chat with you more about working with CAC! Email me at Leah@christianadoptionconsultants.com