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Enjoy some of the photos of Bi-Racial Adoption babies and read adoption stories about the most recently adopted babies and children! This page also has updates on Bi-Racial babies and children adopted in years past.
If you’re thinking about adopting, each adoption story you read provides insight and encouragement. These adoptive couples’ beautiful testimonies of keeping faith through it all shows trust in the call to grow a family through adopting a baby.
Would you like to learn about how you can adopt a baby or child through Lifetime? Call us at (727) 493-0933 or request adoption information.
Officially Ours! Hi Veronica! We had Ezekiel’s finalization hearing last Friday, so he is officially ours! Thanks again for everything you and the other Lifetime staff did for us and for his birth family! I’ve included some pictures of both of our Lifetime boys. Ezekiel is 7 months now and Ezra is 5 years old. They love each other so much; it is so fun to watch their interactions. Feel free to share the pictures and the above info. Thanks again! Kara & Ethan |
So in Love Hey Christie! Here are a few pics of our sweet boy. We named him Brandon Luke. We’re so in love! He is doing so good and we love him more than words can say! 💙 We appreciate everything that was done for our sweet Birth Mom and us! Emily |
Wild Road Hi Veronica – Wanted to share with you pictures of our Eliana ❤️ Thank you again for journeying this wild road with us! 🙏🏽🤎 |
Loved by So Many Hi Diane, Hope you had a great Easter and are doing well. Last month, Jonathan turned ONE! Can you believe it? A year went by so fast. Many people who prayed for him came and celebrated his birthday and what a blessing it was! He is so loved by so many people. We also had a phone call with his birth family on his birthday. He is a full-fledged toddler now walking everywhere and keeping us pretty busy. It is challenging but we love watching him exploring and learning about the world. And he loves the church. What a blessing he is. He is an everyday reminder of God’s faithfulness and goodness. Here are some pictures. One is from his birthday with a special birthday dress (it is called Hanbok, a Korean dress) and the other is his Easter outfit. June |
Praying for Her Birth Mom Hi Diane, Here’s a current pic of our beautiful daughter. Please share with her birth mom and let her know we pray for her regularly. 🙂 Gus and Catie |
Finalized and Official! Lifetime would like to congratulate Noel and Sydney on the adoption of their precious boy! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/application-adoptive-families
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We are Forever Grateful Hi Veronica! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year’s! We just wanted to touch base, we are forever grateful for Lifetime and for you helping us each and every step of the way throughout our adoption. Boston aka “Boss” is now 4 months old and is thriving! He’s been such a blessing in our lives and is true evidence of God’s hand in our life. Thank you again for all you do, hope you and everyone at Lifetime are doing well! Mike, Jen and Boston |
How Time Has Flown! Hello Lifetime family, We thought we’d share an little family update. This is Cole, we adopted him almost 3 years ago and wow how time has flown! Cole is doing amazing, he’s a smart fun energetic boy. Today he starts his first day of preschool. We want to thank you for all you have done for us and making our dream come true to be a family. Thanks, |
Very Proud of Him Hi there, It has been a busy summer! We are enjoying being able to venture out and see family once again. We took a much needed vacation to Michigan and enjoyed time at the beach. William has been flying airplanes with his dad and enjoying the views from above. Will ended the school year with an A/B report card. We are very proud of him and look forward to his 7th grade year. He will be taking Advanced English and Algebra 1, the latter being a high school credit! Will also decided to stick with playing trombone for another year in his middle school band. 🙂 Our boy is growing, growing, growing!! Still crushing it in baseball and soon to be a force to reckon with on the football field! Enjoy the rest of your summer! xoxo Bubba and Camisha |
He is Doing Wonderfully! Hi Veronica! I hope you are well. I’m just sending along a few updates for you. Cruz is doing wonderfully! He is smiling now, and enjoying being outdoors and looking up at the trees and birds. Cruz was recently dedicated in our church, and his birth mom and her children were able to make the drive up to witness it! It was amazing to see them and watch her other children interact with Cruz. We have have remained in weekly contact – usually just a text message and a photo. We absolutely love our relationship with her. I will send along some photos and keep you posted. Thank you for everything! |
Hugs and Kisses Hi, We want to update our Lifetime family about our son. He just turned 4 on Saturday. The best part was the smile on his face when we sang to him. Otávio does well with his video chats with birth family and he knows we are his mommy and daddy. Thanks! Irene and Chris |
Pinch Myself Everyday Hi Ladies! Can you believe that Maddox will be 4 in 2 months? He will be a PreK student next school year. I am a little emotional. Maddox is excited about going to “Mommy’s school”. Maddox amazes us every single day. I pinch myself everyday. I cannot believe that he is real! We cannot thank you enough for what you have done for us. Love, Kevin, Tequila, and Maddox |
Congrats! Lifetime would like to congratulate Ruiky & Stephanie on the adoption of their sweet little girl! If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/application |
Can't Get Enough of Her Hi Christie, I hope you are well! I just wanted to reach out today to let you and the Lifetime team know Xola’s adoption finalized!
Again, I just want to express my gratitude to you and Lifetime for being the vessel to bring us together. It is undeniable that Xola was meant to be a part of our family. With gratitude, Anna, Todd and Xola |
A Dream Come True A note from our Coordinator, Becky: I spoke with Melissa yesterday, she and her husband adopted from us nearly 20 years ago! She is helping a friend research adoption and is encouraging her to work with us. She mentioned sending over a few photos of their son and I said we would LOVE to have them. When they received the call from Mardie that their birth mom was in labor, there was a big storm heading their way and they were not sure they could fly out to CA. Mardie assured them it would all be okay and that she would care for the baby until they could arrive. Thankfully, the family was able to make it out ahead of the storm and met their baby boy hours after he was born! Hi Becky!! I found a few LOL good photos on my phone. So just to give you a little info…. We live in PA & Cade was born in Sacramento, CA. We were matched with his birth mother September 2000 & Cade was born December 30, 2000.
We couldn’t have asked for a smoother process than what we experienced at Lifetime Adoption. We truly believe Cade was meant to be our son. He is a dream come true. Melissa, Rick, and Cade |
Wonderful Miracle Hi Diane, Now we understand more clearly why we experienced all we’ve been through, coz it led us to this wonderful miracle. Thank you soooo much for your thoughts and prayers for us. God answered us! Thank you for the card and the book. We love it! Richard already read it to her actually. 😍 Please send our regards and thanks to everyone at Lifetime. You are all the best! We couldn’t have done this without your guidance. |
Life With Our Newest Member Hello, I can’t believe it has been almost 8 months since we flew out for the birth of our baby boy Nico. We listened to all the webinars retelling stories of parents who received the call that they had matched and immediately had to fly across the country, but never did we think that we would be one of those people caught up in a whirlwind match and hopping on a plane two days later for the birth. Nico’s story and ours still feels so incredible. The way little details fell into place at just the right timing (even though it felt like a roller coaster ride at the time) continually confirms to me that a greater hand was/is in play for all of this. We had the opportunity to spend time with his birth parents and their families at the hospital, and for what could have been an awkward situation with people we had just met on the phone turned out to be a huge blessing. It was wonderful to be with people and get to know these kind people who were just as concerned as us about the well-being of this child. We couldn’t wait to get home, and once we did our new normal began to take shape as we adjusted to having a baby in the home again. The older boys were enamored with their youngest brother from the second we walked through the door. They look to engage him whenever they can, they play around him constantly, and try to help him all the time. As a result, Nico smiles the second he hears their voices and twists and turns until he can see them. We are so in love with Nico, and he fits into our family like he was made exactly for us and us for him. When working with you guys at Lifetime I was not always sure if this was really going to happen. It seemed too surreal sometimes, but with each phone call or webinar or card in the mail I felt the nice reassurance that we were a part of something real. And when we had questions or needed immediate help, someone was always available. Now, he is here, and you helped shape us into a family of 5. Thank you! Sean, Erin, Jace, Maddox, and Nico |
Walking on His Own! Hi Diane, Leif is growing a lot. He just started walking on his own..a week before his 1st Birthday! |
We Just Can't Get Enough of Her Hi Tiffany and Happy New Year! I hope all is well. We are great! Love, |
Happy New Year! Happy New Year! I wanted to touch base and wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! I hope you are all doing great. |
Extremely Blessed Hi Diane, Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are ready for the New Year.
Cheers, Andrea and Adolphus |
Pure Joy! Hello, We had a wonderful Christmas. Here is a picture of our Zoey and her big brother Jameson.
Taylor and Kyle |
Our Lifetime Babies Hi, Here are a couple of pictures of our children. One is of our two Lifetime babies, and the other is our non Lifetime baby, as we did not want to exclude her!
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Can You Believe? Can you believe that six years ago today, this guy officially received our last name? |
Celebrating His 11th Birthday!
Langston turned 11 this September 29th! He celebrated his 11th birthday with his best buds in New York at the show, “Beetlejuice” on Broadway! Langston began Middle School this fall (similar to Junior High in other parts of the country). As a 5th grader, it is an adjustment, but he loves it and says he was “ready to leave Elementary school.” He is in Choir and Tech Club. He continues to pursue acting as well. He plays tennis and basketball in the fall, and will most likely play baseball next spring. He is a hard-working student – all “A” and “B” grades, though he continues to find math a real challenge. At 11, he is 5′ 2″ and his shoes are men’s size 8 – he’s gonna be tall, we think! He continues to be a thoughtful, generous, soulful human with a fantastic sense of humor. Everyday it is a pleasure to parent him. We are grateful every day. Robin and Val |
Such a Precious Little Girl!
Summer time is wrapping up. We have had a very dry summer so I’m not sure that the leaves will be very showy in their colors as Fall comes around. I think of you often but especially in this time of year. I just wanted to say hello and share a few pictures with you. You can share them with others at Lifetime. We just finished up our first family vacation to Florida. We looked it up and we were a little too far away to come to the Florida office but hopefully in the future we can. This girl if ours lived the water both the ocean and the pool. A beautiful relationship is continuing to grow with our Birth Mom! She and I text several times a month. I’m so excited for what that will mean for Miriam. I can not believe Miriam turned 21 months old in the 20th. How in the world she is almost 2 blows my mind. The time has went so quickly.
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In Love With Their Little One
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From that Moment On.. Here’s a Lifetime Baby whose story is shared in a recent blog: “His Adoption Was Without a Doubt Part of God’s Plan!” “From that moment on, our lives have been filled with more joy and happiness than I could ever explain. After waiting for years to get the call that we were going to be parents and wondering and questioning why was taking so long and maybe there was something wrong with us when I saw that little boy, I understood. Isaiah just wasn’t here yet.” Thanks for sharing Casey and Johanna! |
The Benefit of Open Adoption Been wanting to share an update on Jonah and his birth mom. I’m still posting photos of him to our private Facebook group and it’s great as she and her mom and grand mother are always responding to photos. We met up for our annual visit this last Memorial weekend. We had such a great time at one of the trampoline parks in Dallas and we have truly become a little blended family. Have a wonderful day. Cheers, Andrea & Adolphus |
She Amazes Us Everyday Wanted to share some photos of our sweet Lauren from a recent vacation to Tahoe. She continues to amaze us every day. She is so kind to, and accepting of, everyone she meets. She is also our little fearless athlete, with a HUGE heart. Her birth mother is coming to visit us in August. We are looking so forward to the reunion as she was busy last summer and unable to make it to visit last year. Thank you, for the hundredth time, for sending me that message about a “birth mom who is interested.” What a beautiful journey! |
So Grateful! Here’s some photos of our little one. We have a shared album on the iPhone and her birth Mom is added to it among our closest friends and family so she gets to see any picture that is added and can upload pictures herself. Her Mom and I have been texting as well – it’s definitely been hardest on her but she’s appreciative of how open we are and all our updates on Leilani’s first night and the doctors visit etc. She is one happy baby and is content unless she’s tired, dirty diaper, or hungry. Our biggest challenge right now is just trying to get her on a routine that’s consistent. Our family is thrilled and Brian is doing great with his daddy duties as babies are VERY new to him (first night he put her to sleep all by himself and the following day he changed his first diaper which of course was a poopy diaper lol). Things are going well and this truly has just been way too easy. Her grandma has told us how thankful she is she found us and we just couldn’t have timed this better. We’re going to California this weekend to see my brothers family and my parents. My 4 year old niece and 2 year old nephew are so excited to see her and FaceTime us everyday just so they can talk to the baby. My niece already picked out a stuffed dog to give her.
Thank you so much for your help! We truly are so grateful and absolutely thrilled!!! MaryAnne and Brian |
An Amazing Exciting Time We are so excited to share with you that Brynlee is now 2! We had a Tea for Two birthday party and Brynlee was surrounded by family and friends. We plan to have dinner with her birth mother this weekend and could not be more excited. We have such an amazing relationship with Brynlee’s birth family and we are so thankful to Lifetime for bringing our families together! Thank you for all you do! -Jesse and Alicia |
Oh Happy Day! Zachary was officially adopted today! He is such an amazing joy and I can’t thank you all enough, but I can’t thank especially you enough for all of your encouragement, support and listening ear. Leanna |
All Our Dreams Came True It’s hard to believe that it has been one year since you called and told us that there was a baby waiting for us. It’s hard to believe that one year ago all of our dreams came true. On May 10, 2018, I had a rough morning. After our failed match the previous January, I was feeling very down in the dumps that Mother’s Day was approaching and I was not a mom yet. After my husband left for work that morning I went into the room that we had started setting up as a nursery back in January. I sat down in the rocking chair and I got a onesie out of the dresser drawer and I placed it on my chest and I started to rock. All I could think of was I should have a baby in my arms right now; I should be a mom this Mother’s Day. I left for work and little did I know that you would call me in a few short hours and tell me I was going to be a mom and my husband was going to be a dad. From that moment on our lives have been filled with more joy and happiness than I could ever explain. After waiting four years to get the call that we were going to be parents and wondering and questioning why it was taking so long and maybe there was something wrong with us, when I saw that little boy, I understood. Isaiah just wasn’t here yet. Now that we have had Isaiah for a whole year, I realize that he has always been with us, even before he was born. He is the most amazing human being that I’ve ever met in my entire life and Casey and I often wonder what we did to deserve him. He’s happy, and fun, and beautiful, and ours. It’s hard to wrap our heads around it sometimes. We text and FaceTime with Isaiah’s birth mom and we are so thankful for her. When we left to come home after getting Isaiah, I was not prepared for having emotions I will be leaving her. The same thing that was bringing me and my husband so much joy was breaking her heart. I cried uncontrollably saying goodbye. She comforted me. I know how much she loves Isaiah and I tell him about her all the time. She is part of our family now and we love her very much. Isaiah‘s birth mom told us that his birthday coincides with Mother’s Day. In the Mexican culture, Mother’s Day is always celebrated on May 10. He is without a doubt the best Mother’s Day gift anyone could’ve ever gotten. He is so joyful and funny. He is always on the go. He’s been walking since he was 10 months old. And now that walking is turning into running. He loves all food. He gets upset if he eats all of his food and there is no more. He loves company and he is so joyful and funny. He is always on the go. He loves colors and soft blankets. He absolutely loves our dog and two cats but they are still a little unsure of him as he’s a loud little thing. 🙂 He absolutely loves his dad. Watching him with Casey has made me even more in love with my husband then I ever thought possible. Truly bursting at the seams with joy.
His adoption was without a doubt part of God’s plan and we are so grateful. All our love, Casey, Johanna and Isaiah |
Easter Tradition We hope you had a blessed Easter! We love to take our annual Easter photos of Katie and the bunny to remind us of the love and care you helped us put into our adoption profile. You wanted us to get a picture of the 3 bunnies (we had at the time) all lined up in a row. We had quite a time getting them to cooperate, but we got the photo! We appreciate you and the Lifetime staff for the love, prayers and support you put into helping bring together our forever Lifetime family! Love, |
The Three Rascals (Cuteness Overload! These three babies are all adopted through Lifetime Adoption) |
The Center of Our World I just wanted to let you know that Leo’s adoption was finalized last month (finally)! Leo is thriving and is really the center of our world. He just turned 17 months old and is picking up new words everyday! He is very active and loves to run, jump, climb, and swim. I can’t imagine life without Leo and just wanted to thank you for all your work to make this happen. Best, |
Steps! Ezra is doing great – he turned 13 months old last week and took his first couple steps the same day! He is healthy and happy and so busy, busy, busy! He brings so much joy and laughter to our family. We are so thankful for all that you at Lifetime did for us and his birth mom, and we’re so thankful for her and our relationship with her too. We share pictures with his birth mom a few times a week on Instagram and have seen her twice in the last year. Thanks again! Kara, Ethan, and Ezra |
Loving, Happy, Funny, Joyous Child! Langston continues to be loving, happy, funny, joyous, and well-adjusted. He is a very good student, though he doesn’t care much for math. He loves to read books and play with Legos. He has a wonderful imagination, loves to sing and dance, and loves to watch movies. He is going to be tall, we think. He is already just shy of 5 feet tall – taller than most of his classmates – and he currently wears the youth size equivalent of my shoes (which he often pulls on to take out the trash – his chore), and my feet are not small – women’s size 9! This past summer – though only 9 years old – he auditioned for – and won – the part of Young Simba, the lead in the musical, The Lion King! He worked incredibly hard, and was rightly very proud of his performance and hard work. This fall, he was nominated for a regional theater award for his excellent work – the only 9 year old on the list! He is a much beloved classmate, friend, and son. I thank God every day for the privilege of parenting this human. Have a very beautiful Christmas. Sincerely, Robin and Val |
Grateful for Lifetime “I am so grateful for Lifetime and Scott and Meredith. – From Bella’s Birth Mom |
Brotherly Love! These two boys are already best buddies. If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply
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Two Brothers We received a sweet photo of these two boys. Big brother is enjoying his little brother and can’t wait to share his toys as well! Lifetime would like to congratulate adoptive parents Georgio and Kristan from Florida! They just adopted their baby boy, Roman, through Lifetime Adoption!
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Three Lifetime Babies! Here are our three Lifetime babies! |
Big Sis We just wanted to say thank you for the anniversary card and and the baby gift of ‘God Found Us You’. It’s hard to believe that Leif is already 4 weeks old! He is doing great and Carolina loves her new role as a big sister! Here are a few pictures from the last 4 weeks. We spent our ICPC time relaxing, taking small family outings to museums and a waterfall. We also were able to spend time introducing Leif to his extended family! He already has had lots of love from Grandparents, Aunts/Uncles and Cousins. Sally and Jon |
Happy Groundhog Day! Happy Groundhog Day! We always think of you on your favorite holiday! Katie is eight years old now and in second grade. It is hard to believe how fast time is flying by. Katie still enjoys swimming on the swim team, running and riding her bike. She also loves to sing and make up dance routines with her friends. She attends Good News Club one afternoon a week and is part of our younger youth group at church. Katie has been processing a lot of details about her adoption story lately and is beginning to understand how special and unique her story is. We will be eternally grateful for the part you played in helping us match with Katie’s birth mom and forming our forever family! We pray often for you and the rest of the staff at Lifetime! Love, Tricia and Roger |
Look Who is Getting Big Keeton is so smart. Deloretta (and Karl!)
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Can you Believe He is Growing So Fast? Wow! Can you believe Maddox is 7 months old?! He is growing so fast. Maddox is so easy going and smiles nonstop. His favorite TV show is Puppy Dog Pals. He can sit up on his own for a few minutes. He currently rolls all over the place. He has two teeth on the bottom. His Birth Mom and I still text each other a few times a week. I feel like she has become a member of my family. Thank you all for helping our family grow. I cannot picture what life was like before Maddox. Kevin and Tequilla |
A Dream Come True How cute is she? We can’t get enough of her! She’s already 6 yrs old, where has the time gone? So adorable! |
Congratulations!! We are so excited to offer our congratulations to this amazing Georgia adoptive couple Kevin and Tequila! Their adoption of baby Maddox is finalized and this family is official!
If we can help you or someone you care for, share this link to our free application: LifetimeAdoption.com/apply |
Gratefully in Love I wanted to give a big thank you again from all of us for facilitating our adoption of baby DeAngelo Singh. He is now 5 months old and we all are so gratefully in love with him and ecstatic that the feeling is mutual. Developmentally, he is on or ahead of target, he is bright, strong, expressive, and observably attaching to us all as one would expect of any infant his age. Best of all, our family feels complete. Thank you, thank you, thank you! – Dane and Demitra |
Don't Give Up! We now have this little beauty to complete our family. We’ve had three failed in the past (almost) two years. On Thursday, we got the call that our baby girl was born on Wednesday and flew out that night. We got to meet her on Friday. So in love! – Michael & Joy |
The Cutest Little Braves Fan Can you believe Maddox is 15 weeks old?! I still pinch myself. I cannot believe he is real. |
A Family Brought Together for a Lifetime This morning I recommended Lifetime to an adoption support group I’m a part of on Facebook. As I was writing about your support for birth moms and adoptive families alike, I found myself hoping a member of the Lifetime family would read the impact you’ve had on our lives! |
We Became a Forever Family! We finalized Addie’s adoption last month! It was such a great visit and a really great hearing. The judge was so nice and spoke some really kind and encouraging words to us. We were also able to visit with Addie’s birth mother and met Addie’s birth father and his family. It was simply awesome. We are so blessed! |
Lifetime Made Our Dreams a Reality Wow! We cannot believe that Maddox will be three weeks old on Wednesday. Time is flying by! It seems like he was just born yesterday. |
Adoption Changed Our Lives in Awesome, Exciting, and Powerful Ways! Keenan is doing great! In fact, since we moved to LA he’s told us he wants to be an entertainer, so we put him in glee, musical theater, hip hop and broadway dance. He also started modeling in December and has been shooting for Gymboree. You can see him on the website, in stores and on mailers. |
A Baby is Wonder & Hope “A new baby is like the beginning of all things: wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.” |
A Very Blessed Easter Happy Easter! It’s so fun to watch Katie get excited about taking pictures with her bunny to send you for Easter! She picked out her dress and where she wanted the bunny in the photos. She loves to look at our profile to see the picture that you requested of our rabbits lined up in a row. It’s a wonderful reminder to us about how much you cared about every little detail of our profile, which helped lead us to the perfect match with Katie’s birth mom! |
Lil Charmer Jonah is nine months old and his adoption was finalized a few months ago. We still can’t believe he is ours! It still feels like just yesterday that we brought him home. He’s such a good baby and is quite the little charmer. We are planning on meeting up with his birth mom this summer. We also provide monthly photos to her via Facebook. |
A Sister is a Forever Friend Look at these Lifetime beauties! Sisters and best friends for sure. |
Three Lifetime Boys! Lifetime would like to congratulate adoptive parents James and Kellie from Montana! |
Adoption is Love Gracie is reaching 18 months old…time sure flies. She’s such and energetic, happy and beautiful girl. We love watching her grow and her personality develop. We can’t thank Lifetime enough for helping us with our adoption! |
We Can't Wait To Watch Him Grow! Here’s our adoption story…after being active for seven months, Veronica called us with a birth mom that was interested in us. The birth mom was due within one month so we needed to see if this would work fast. We immediately clicked with her and matched relatively quickly. One thing is for certain: the baby is the one who determines the due date! We spoke to the birth mom the evening before Zavie was born and she stated that the doctor said it could be anytime, but we all thought that meant within the week. We got a call early in the morning that our birth mom was in labor. We immediately made the necessary arrangements to get to the hospital in a different state. Before we arrived, Zavie was born weighing eight pounds, four ounces and he was 21 inches long. It has been a little over five weeks now getting to know this little boy. Both of us loved him immensely instantly, but now we are just learning his personality. He is very animated with so many different expressions, smart and independent. He has been trying to hold his head up on his own since Day 1, he tries to hold his bottle and wipe his face after feeding. We can’t wait to learn more about him as he grows. Thank you so much Lifetime!!! |
Our Dream Came True Jonah is doing well and growing so fast. He’s two months already and starting to coo and make cute little noises. We just adore him and feel so blessed to have him in our lives. We still have to pinch ourselves sometimes! |
First Day of First Grade! Katie started first grade today! It does not seem possible that it was seven years ago, next month, that you first called us to let us know that her birth mom was interested in speaking to us. It feels like yesterday, as I recall the events that took place in the two short months between that call and bringing her home! Katie is excited that she has some of her friends from Kindergarten in her class again, as well as new friends to meet. She is also excited about having a real desk this year and playing on the big kids playground. Thank you again for everything you did for us in helping create our forever family so that we can continue to enjoy these “firsts” with her every year! Love, Tricia and Roger |
Thank You Lifetime for Bringing Us Together! Lorenzo’s adoption finalization was just two days after his third birthday. So that was pretty amazing! Jody’s parents were there and it went very quick. We’ve made great strides with Lorenzo. For a while, I think he was struggling with adjusting due to learning right and wrong behavior. He would have small anger and frustration moments when he didn’t get his way. But he’s fabulous now! He has a toy train set and he loves pretending he’s Thomas the Train. He absolutely loves swimming so going on our boat has been the highlight of the summer so far. Our family members are planning a “welcome to the family/gotcha party” next month. We wanted some more time to bond with Lorenzo before he met the rest of the family. And trust me we’re big! He’s met some but not all. He’s grown about three inches since coming home, so we’ve gone through a few “eating everything in sight” and “sleeping a lot” phases. He’s already outgrowing some of his 4T stuff too. We think he’s definitely going to be a tall boy! We can’t thank you all at Lifetime for being the thread that tied our families together. Lorenzo’s birth mother is an amazing woman and gave us the best gift we could ever ask for. We keep in touch with her quite often and she’s doing great. She’s enrolled in college and almost done with her first term at becoming a nurse. We are so proud of her! We haven’t talked anymore about when a good time would be for Lorenzo to see her again but we will wait for a few more months to pass. It will be great to see her again! Once again thank you so much for everything! -Pete and Jody
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Thank You for the Amazing Work You Do! As we approach Gracie’s first birthday, we cannot thank you all enough. She has blessed our lives in so many ways! Here’s a recent photo of Gracie in between her two sisters. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the amazing work you do! -Casey and Lisa |
A Gift From Above Congratulations, Morgan and Wendy, on your beautiful baby boy! We are so excited for you! -The Lifetime Staff Would you like to learn more about how you can make your dream of adoption come true? Take the first step today by filling out Lifetime Adoption’s free online application to adopt:
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Cute as a Bunny Happy Easter! It is so fun that Katie is old enough to be excited about and remind us that we need to take pictures of her with her bunny to send you for Easter! She loves to look at our profile to see the picture that you requested we take of all of our rabbits lined up in a row. It is a fun memory and a reminder to us about how much you cared about every little detail of our profile which helped lead us to the perfect match with Katie’s birth mom. Katie is six years old now, loves kindergarten and is reading up a storm! She stays very active with running, riding her bike, swim team and ice-skating lessons. She loves attending “Sunday Church”, playing with her friends and is learning to play the piano. She keeps us very busy and we wouldn’t want it any other way! We love Easter for another reason also, in that we get to celebrate Katie’s spiritual birthday as she accepted Jesus three years ago this season! We will be eternally grateful for all of the love, care and prayer that you put into every little detail of our profile and adoption match. We appreciate everything you and the rest of the Lifetime staff has done for our family and we pray often for each of you, the adoptive families and especially the birth moms. Love, |
Happy Groundhog Day! We hope you had a wonderful Groundhog Day! We always think of you as we celebrate your favorite holiday. This year Katie can actually read some of the books that she has been posing with every year for you. It is hard to believe she is six years old already! She loves Kindergarten, her teacher and hanging out with her new friends. She continues to love running and swimming on the swim team and has added ice skating and piano to her extracurricular activities this year! We consider it a privilege to be able to watch her grow into the caring and compassionate little girl that she is becoming. We are thankful to the Lord, you and the rest of the staff at Lifetime for making it possible for us to be a forever family! We pray often for each of you, the birthmoms and the adoptive families. We will be eternally grateful for the work you are doing impacting so many precious lives! Love, Tricia and Roger |
Typical Boy! Hi Diane, William is doing very well in first grade. He is right on target for reading and enjoys going to school. He finished up pee wee football in October and has now started winter basketball. He was the first to make a basket during last week’s game. William is a typical 6 year old boy…loves riding his bike and playing with his friends. Sincerely, Bubba and Camisha |
My, How You've Grown! Preparing for Christmas … one of our favorite times of the year. Can you believe how big our little guy is getting? Merry Christmas to our friends at Lifetime! We pray for you, for the precious birth mothers (current and past) and for the waiting families. Love from us …. Ryan & Laurie |
Family Matters Hi Libby!! So good to hear from you! Jude is growing SO fast, and is seriously the happiest baby ever! I love sharing our unique experiences, and feel passionate about providing hope to waiting families! So so grateful and proud of our Lifetime family!!! 🙂 And of course I can’t end this without sending some pics! -Steve & Erin |
Wrapped in Love Hello Linda, I attached a few of her professional pictures we received back. Love, Love them. She is our precious, sweet miracle!! Talk to you soon. Sheila & Cliff |
Love Times Two Congratulations David & Amanda! Love, The Lifetime Staff |
And Baby Makes Three... Hi Veronica, We are so thankful to have found Lifetime! After working with several agencies with no success, we have finally been blessed with a son, and our lives have been changed forever! We would like to thank all of the staff for their dedication and support in helping us become a family. –Lisa & Daniel |
A Double Blessing Hi Linda, We’re planning a birthday party for the twins, but it won’t be until January because of everyone’s work schedules right now (holidays). We had a little party for them on Tuesday. I will forward a pic once I have the boss’s (Retta) seal of approval on one that looks nice…lol. Rayne and JD are such an absolute blessing, and we thank God for them every day! And we appreciate so much all of your help in bringing us together! –Matt & Retta & Rayne & JD |
A Daughter is Love Dear Veronica, We are not quite sure where the time has gone as our princess is turning 6 today and just lost her first tooth! Katie is really enjoying hearing all of the details of the day we got “the call” and her very special birth story! She loves Kindergarten, her teacher, playing with her friends and reading. She has read over 100 books so far this school year! She is really loving art class and has been drawing every chance she gets! She even had 4 of her paintings displayed in the school art show recently. She also enjoys singing and acting and will again be in our Christmas program at church. Katie is also turning into our little athlete! She continues to swim on the swim team and runs 5Ks and has recently taken up ice skating lessons. She has also learned to ride her bike this year and rides up to 8 miles at a time. We have also enjoyed traveling to several states this year to visit family and friends. Thank you again, Veronica and the Lifetime Staff, for everything you did to help us create our forever family. We will be eternally grateful for all of the love and support you have provided us and Katie’s Birth Mom. We continue to pray for each of you, the Birth Moms and Adoptive families and that God will continue to bless your ministry! Love, Tricia and Roger |
One Big Happy Family Lifetime received such a sweet picture update from on of our families! We are so happy for you John, Melissa and family! |
I Grew in Mommy's Heart I cannot believe its been 1 year since I was matched. I remember everything about that morning, including calling you back at 10:10 am ET and saying yes. Lindsay turns 1 in a few short weeks. She has been a constant joy and entertainment. I would not trade a moment of our time together (even the teething, she has 8). She is my Lovey. As I celebrate her year of firsts, I wanted you to know I have not once forgotten about Lifetime or you and the gift you have given me. You and Lifetime are in the business of making dreams come true. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am so blessed to call myself Lindsay’s mom. Love and blessings, Cynthia |
A Girl of Grace The Lifetime staff wants to congratulate Paula on her baby girl! |
Happy Days Hello Veronica! The hearing was short and simple. Now, he is ours. Micah blew a raspberry just as the judge was ruling on the adoption. He has a knack of blowing raspberries at the most inopportune times. LOL! -Jeff & Cindy |
Wrapped in Love Hi Libby, Anthony is almost four months. He is growing so fast. He is a beautiful baby and we love him so much! I can’t believe time has gone by so fast. 🙂
Juan & Maricela |
God's Greatest Gift Eric & Erica, Congratulations from the Lifetime staff! |
Sweet Girl Here is our lil pumpkin!! Things are going well with our birth mother too. She calls or texts ~once a month or so and we send her pictures etc. She has been very sweet with us and we are hoping she will come for Ryanne’s first birthday party….. 🙂 Adam & Tess |
Growing Like a Weed! Hello, We are doing just well. Chase is growing over night! Best regards, Charles & Rosa |
Our Two Lifetime Boys We are having a great summer! Isaac turned 7 and Julian is 2 1/2 going on 5! Our two Lifetime boys are super active, super smart and super sweet! Thank you so much Team Lifetime for bringing us together!
We just got back from visiting Grandma and both boys caught their first fish! We had a great time touring around NE and hanging out with family.
It’s time to get ready for back to school so Isaac will return to the German Immersion school where he will be a second grader. Time sure flies, it seems like only last week we held our tiny bundle for the first time!
Julian is a VERY active little engineer, always taking things apart and putting them back together, making sure he knows how everything works!
God bless our boys’ birthmothers and bless Team Lifetime for bring our family together. I can’t imagine life without you all.
For families still waiting to adopt, Isaac came to us under six months into our contract, Julian came at 23 1/2 months. It’s in God’s hands and completely worth the wait! Bless you all!
Lyn and Michael |
Little Love Bug Hi Diane! We wanted to share a couple of photos from Rebecca’s visit this month. It’s been one year since she last saw Lauren, and we had a great visit with her! In the first Photo, Lauren is “reading” “Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born” to Rebecca. In the 2nd one, Lauren is showing Rebecca her back yard play skills. We are so fortunate to have Rebecca in our lives, and will have lots of pictures for Lauren’s memory books that she can treasure someday when she better understands her story. Rex & Polly |
The Greatest Gift! Hello Veronica! We would like to say a BIG thank you to the Lifetime staff for helping make our adoption go smoothly. The Lifetime family went over the top to make sure we had everything that we needed while loving on our birth mother and us. Our sweet Ava has grown so much and is learning new things every day. Ryan, Laura, and Ava
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Bundle of Joy! Hi Libby, We are so happy with our bundle of joy! He is growing so fast. 🙂 Attached is a newborn picture and another one I took today with his Halloween costume. He is our beautiful baby boy! We love him so much. 🙂 Juan & Maricela |
Sister, Sister Hi Diane, I just wanted to let you know that our adoption was finalized last week! Thank you and everyone at Lifetime for making our dreams come true! Again, thank you Diane for being so supporting, especially during the first few weeks. May God bless you all! Omar & Marci
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Love at First Sight Hi Amy, Thank you and thank everyone at Lifetime for us! Our family is now complete and we are very happy! We love Anthony soooooo much. Juan and Maricela |
Oh, Baby! Hi Amy, Malachi is doing great! Here is a photo from his newborn session (2 weeks old). We are all in love 🙂 Josh & Angela |
1 Special Little Boy Hello Veronica, Mason came home to live with us full time and it has been and amazing adventure ever since. We had no idea what lied ahead of us when we first received the call about this unique situation. We are so in love with this little boy and all of his amazing traits, thank you for calling and telling us about Mason, our family has not only grown by 1 special little boy, we have also added and wonderful Great Grandmother and a Great Uncle that we look forward to sharing many memories with in the years ahead. In His Grip, Scott, Christine & Mason |
Busy Boy! Here are the recent pics of Little Luke as promised. He is already 13 months, walking, running and keeping me very busy! He is a total joy to be around. 🙂 -Lisa |
Proud Parents Dear Lifetime Family (there is no way to single out any one person at Lifetime to address this to, as we have developed a relationship with just about everyone there), Our adoption journey, even with the bumps in the road that we faced, is simply miraculous and we are the very grateful and blessed parents of this beautiful baby boy! Jayden has been with us for five weeks now and is pure joy. Considering that he was so tiny at birth, he is thriving and will reach an ‘average’ scale within a month of so. We continue to be in contact with his first mom and in a recent email we let her know how much we admire and respect her for her choice to make an adoption plan for him. Her response was, “Thanks for the respect and admiration. I appreciate it. I also appreciate your family for taking him in with open arms and lots of love and giving us both an opportunity to have a fighting chance of a bright future. I want nothing but the best for him, so thank you.” Getting to meet her and spend some time with her was very important to us. As much as we thought we were prepared to take another’s child into our arms, it was truly an eye-opener to see the love she had for him as she handed him to us. It is something we will never forget and that Jayden will always be told about. Our daughters are like little mother hens around him and absolutely adore him. Here is what was probably the most significant ‘family’ moment of our journey. As we sat in the agency’s conference room filling out paperwork directly after he was placed in our arms, I handed him to our oldest daughter (nine years old) who had some apprehensions about adding a baby boy and another culture to our family – she was talking to him thinking nobody could hear and this is what she said, “Well baby brother, our family sure is colorful…but you just made it SO much more beautiful!” The adoration she had at that moment is a picture in my mind that will never fade. Our family is indeed colorful – and VERY beautiful due to each of our very unique children. Lifetime has been a pleasure to work with and each person that I’ve spoken with has been real, always willing to say it like it is, and always there with words of encouragement. Most of all, knowing that our family, our birth mother and future baby were all being covered in prayer by the family at Lifetime was such a blessing. Thank you for all you to do bring together forever families! -Ryan and Laurie |
Our Princess Hi Libby, We just wanted to send you a quick note about Janelle. She is now seven years old and in the second grade. She loves to read, go to ballet class and swims like a fish! -Julie & John |
Thank Heaven for Our Little Girl Hi Diane, Things are so amazing! Evalin is the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to us. She is doing amazing and her transition has been really good. She started her first day of school today, 8:30-12:30, Pre-K. She was so excited. There have been none of the fears and problems we thought we may have had. In fact, everyone who has seen us all together, said it seems like we have been together forever. She calls us daddy and mommy. Evalin is smart beyond her years and just a very happy little girl. We go to the movies, shopping, and Tom takes her for rides in his old truck through the country. We go the the pool and the splash pad regulary and she loves playing with other kids. We thank you all at lifetime for making this dream come true! -Tom and Rhonda |
Our Son is Heaven Sent! We thought his name was fitting for the occasion, Emmanuel, ‘God with us’. He fills our hearts with so much love. We have family and friends who love him and can’t wait to meet him at his upcoming welcoming baby shower. His birth parents are a loving, selfless, and caring couple who also love him so much, and we are forever grateful to them. We plan on keeping in touch with them and their lovely little family from here on out. We cannot believe how quickly this all began. We were full-on with Lifetime in late January, matched by early April, and had baby in our arms by mid-June! Emmanuel decided to come ten days early, so when we got the call that birth mom was in labor, we took the first flight out. Luckily, we were prepared and already had our luggage packed. We were elated to find out that he was a big, healthy, baby boy! When we arrived at the hospital it was a joy to meet him and his birth family. There was some unexpected interference from the hospital, but our attorneys quickly took care of that; because of the drama there was worry that birth mom may change her mind, but God quickly took care of that! We know that God’s will has been done! We are thankful to Lifetime’s staff who were with us in spirit, prayed for us, and supported us every step of the way. The attorneys were able to arrange it so that all court proceedings were done while we were there so we wouldn’t have to return in six months for finalization. We quickly got ICPC clearance, in seven days after arriving, so we were in the state for a total of nine days, but very ready to get home. Now, Emmanuel is almost 4 weeks old, and we can’t wait to see what God has in-store for him. For waiting adoptive parents, your blessing is on it’s way too! It may not happen as fast as you would like, but be patient, keep praying, and it will happen. You have a caring and supportive team at Lifetime whose goal is to see you adopt. We will be praying for all of you. It’ll all be worth it in the end! -Corey & Joann |
Enjoy Each Moment Hello Veronica and staff! Just wanted to drop by and tell you once again, though it has been a while, how thankful we are that you matched us with baby Parker! He is already over a year and we can hardly believe how fast the time has flown. He is in full throttle walking and baby babbling. “Mama” “Dadda” “Maow” (meow) “Wuff” (Woof) and “Ba” (ball) are a permanent fixture in his vocabulary. Ohhh and “uhh ohh”; can’t forget that one. We are having a blast with Parker and each moment, we are truly thankful for. Thank you for all that you do, Lifetime. We are so grateful for Parker and can’t imagine life without him. He is our baby angel! Take care, |
Blessed for a Lifetime Hi Diane! I hope you are doing well. We are all doing just great! I wanted to give an update on our little big man. Bentley is growing up so quickly and he is changing every day. Our days are filled with so much fun and laughter. All of us are centered around Bentley and watching him grow and change. He doesn’t even look like the same little peanut that he was when he was born. He is an eight month old big boy! He is rolling all over, sits up very sturdily, rocks back and forth as he is getting ready for takeoff, and babbles and babbles. He just wants to be in our conversations and we can tell that he has a lot to say! There is never a dull moment with him. We are all so in love with him and in love with everything that he has brought to our family, which is nothing by love and joy. He is just an absolute blessing. Words can’t truly describe the feelings we have. Our hearts are filled. I thank God every day for blessing us with Bentley. I am so thankful we were with Lifetime because I can’t imagine Bentley with anyone else but us. I don’t even give it a second thought, because him and us were meant to be with one another for a Lifetime. Having two biological children, I really can’t say there is much of a difference at all. I sometimes think I gave birth to him! Nothing has ever felt ao right. We are so happy and so in love! God Bless, |
Twice Blessed Hello Diane & Libby, We finalized Grace’s adoption last week. Yay! We were fortunate to have the same judge who finalized Olivia’s adoption. Thank you so much for all your hard work over the last couple years. We had some rough experiences but are so grateful and feel so blessed to have found our way to Grace! -Eric & Melody |
Our Lifetime Experience Lifetime adoptive mother Marla shares: “We had an excellent experience with Lifetime! We would highly recommend it to anyone and we have to several people! The ladies at Lifetime are so warm and caring! And they help you through all the steps, step-through-step. I cannot share enough good things about them.” |
My Brother, My Friend Hello Diane, We just wanted to send a quick update on our two Lifetime babies. Julian is five months old now and we are looking forward to finalizing his adoption in June. Wow does time fly! Big brother Isaac will be five in June and he is a very proud big brother! He loves helping teach Julian new things and tells everyone we meet about his “baby brudder”. He especially loves the days when they can both wear their spaceship shirts and be “twins”. Thank you all for everything you did to help us build our family. There aren’t words to say what an amazing team you have there doing God’s work. Bless you, bless you, bless you! -Michael and Lyn |
Blessed Beyond Words Michelle, Last week our family took a stroll to the courthouse to finalize the adoption of our precious little Caroline! Here is a photo of us at Caroline’s adoption finalization in court. She is now three and a half months old. We are all so happy! Blessed beyond words! Thank you for the effort and dedication you put into our adoption. You were the perfect Adoption Coordinator for our family! We have so many positive memories from working with you and the staff at Lifetime. Thank you for working so hard for our family! Love, |
Our Open Adoption Hi Diane, Oh my, where has the time gone?!? After Grey’s (Greyson’s) birth things just got crazy. Crazy good, but crazy nonetheless. Ha! Now that we have a little more time to breath, we just wanted to reach out and give you all at Lifetime a HUGE thank you! You all helped to match us up with the most amazing son that two parents could ever hope for. There isn’t a moment that goes by that we don’t thank our lucky stars for him! When we first signed up with Lifetime we were a little apprehensive about the whole process, and what an open adoption would look like for us and our future. Well, I am here now to say that it is amazing. You all did such a great job of holding our hand and walking us through the process. We put our faith in you, and boy was it ever worth it! We now have a beautiful son and a great relationship with his birth mom too. Open adoption has been a true blessing for our family. We wanted to share the full story of Grey’s birth…We headed up to his birth mother’s state almost a week before Grey’s due date, since we wanted to do all we could to be there when he was born. When we first got there we were very nervous about meeting the birth mom, but a few minutes after meeting her we knew she was an amazing person. Since Grey decided to hold out a few days past his due date, we were able to spend some great quality time with her. We did a few dinners, a doctor appointment and even a mani/pedi afternoon. In hindsight I think that was great for all of us. When she finally went into labor she called us right away and we rushed right to the hospital. She did not have much family support there for her, so we were there to walk the halls with her and hold her hand through labor. Kayla was in the room when Greyson made his entrance into the world, and even got to cut the cord. It was a dream come true and absolutely love at first sight for us! The hospital was so great to us. They gave us a room to spend the days with Grey and we would also take turns going down and sitting with his birth mother. She had requested to not see Greyson because she felt like that would be harder for her, but we wanted to make sure that she knew we loved her too. We decided to honor Greyson’s birth mother with his middle name. After we went back to the hotel with Grey our attorneys went to work and got all of our paperwork in line. We were excited to get back home to settle in so it was nice that we didn’t have to stay too long after the birth. Since then, things couldn’t be better. Grey is AMAZING and we love being his parents! We also keep in contact with his birth mother via text messages, pictures and videos. We plan to travel to her around Grey’s first birthday so that Grey and his birth mother will get to see and know each other. We are thankful every day for the gift that she has given us! And again, thank you for all that you did to match us up together. It couldn’t have been more perfect! Thanks! – Kayla and David |
So Thankful Hello Heidi, We signed on with Lifetime at the very end of last January and Liem was born November 20th, so it was ten months, the same time frame as a pregnancy. We think that is pretty neat. We were matched at the end of August with our birthmother and we were the only family that she talked to. We instantly hit it off and had many things in common. Since she lived close, we were able to meet with her a couple times. She is amazing and we are forever greatful to her. We were blessed that she lives in California because our families live there. After Liem was born we were able to stay with them while waiting for approval to leave the state. Liem was two weeks late, so the time seemed like forever. We were at the hospital when she was in labor and at the last minute she decided she wanted us to be the first ones to hold him after he was born. That was super important to us for bonding and it was just such a blessing. From the first second we saw Liem, we knew that he was our child and that God had made him especially for us. He looks soo much like my husband, which he loves. He was born with tons of hair and he was nine pounds, nine ounces. From that point on Liem has been with us. We stayed with him one night in the hospital before he was released. Our birthmother wanted to see him and us at the hospital. The most touching part was that she, in pain, got up from her bed while holding Liem and physically handed him to us. We will always cherish that moment. We were released from the hospital the day before Thanksgiving and we couldn’t have been more thankful. Liem is super easy going and only speaks up when he needs something. We are thankful for that, since we are first time parents. He is very expressive with his eye brows and has huge feet and long fingers. Seven weeks later he is still a big boy and a super healthy eater. He is very attentive, has a huge smile and has started talking back. He loves toys with music and lights, loves to stare at the ceiling fan, but most of all loves attention. We are soo anxious to see what his personality will be and we are just excited to be on this new adventure with him. -David and Chantel |
Our Greatest Gift Hello Diane, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Love, |
Everyday is a Gift Hi Diane, Merry Christmas! We hope everything is going great at Lifetime and you are enjoying this busy, happy time of year. Here is a recent picture of our angel, Juliana. Like all parents, we think she is the funniest and smartest kid around. She knows just what to say or do to make us laugh and is happy to be the center of attention in our living room singing and dancing all day long. We keep in touch with her birth parents through emails and texts and have face to face visits with her birth mom one to two times per year. Her birth father came with her birth mother for the first time Thanksgiving weekend and we had a great visit. I think he will come again next time and that makes us so happy. We are starting to think about our next adoption journey and when to make that leap. I’m sure we will be in touch when we feel ready. Best to you and the entire staff in the new year! -Bethany and Andy |
Little Lady Good afternoon Diane, We just wanted to let you know that our adoption was finalized a couple of weeks ago, and she is fitting into her new life. There is a lot more excitement, with having three new brothers. She always has someone to play with! We are all doing great and very busy. Dad was able to spend about a week with Zaniya before he got deployed again. We get to talk to him most nights. We are very happy for that. She loves school and her new teacher. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas! -John & Monette |
Two Lifetime Blessings Dear Diane and Lifetime staff, What a way to end the year! We were at the very end of our contract and had pretty much given up hope of adding another child to our family. I was packing the crib up and getting ready to deliver it to my co-worker who is having a baby soon. Then came THE CALL. At first it was hard to believe and we kept expecting our birth mother to change her mind. But within a few short weeks we were headed out of town on the way to meet our son, Julian! He is a healthy, happy, easy baby and the apple of his brother Isaac’s eye. We have a hard time getting Isaac to go to bed unless Julian is asleep too! When Julian wakes in the night, Isaac has to get up to kiss his “baby brudder”. What a beautiful gift, a little brother for our first Lifetime baby! We can’t thank you all enough for the support you gave us during this time. Our birth mother was glad to always have someone to talk to and Diane was available for us every step of the way. Sometimes it still doesn’t seem real that we have been blessed with two perfect little ones! I know it’s been said a thousand times, but it all happens in God’s time, not ours. Our first adoption was super fast, our second took the whole two years! God gives us the gifts we need, when the time is right. For prospective families, don’t lose hope. It can happen, it can happen fast, it can happen at the last minute. For birth parents, thank you. You have no idea the joy you bring to families built through adoption. There are no words to describe how we felt as we sat in the hospital with Julian’s birth mother, picking out names together. The fact that she was so loving and committed to creating a family with us was absolutely amazing. We look forward to keeping in touch and sharing our son’s milestones! We are thankful for the staff at Lifetime and for all the others in our lives who have supported us in our family’s journey! God bless! Lyn and Michael |
Lovely Little Lady Good Morning Ladies: Erica is the most wonderful little baby! She has such personality and is already such a girly girl. Our families are so in love with this little lady. My father even learned how to get photos off of his phone and now wants a new picture sent to him every day so he can brag to his friends about his new granddaughter. As I write this I remember sitting there looking at the other babies being adopted and wondering ‘when will it be us who has the new baby or child?’ Thank you again to Lifetime and Thank you to God for all of His wonderful blessings! -Eric & Dee |
Bouncing Baby Boy Hi Diane, Here’s a picture of Lyn and proud big brother Isaac with our little blessing…more to come as things progress! -Lyn and Michael |
Birthday Wishes Hi Diane, Can you believe it??!!! Sydney is FIVE years old today!! Thank you for helping bring home the truly BEST part of our lives! We love you Sydney! -Shane & Polly |
Enjoying Our Animated Toddler Hello Veronica, It has been a while since we have updated you on our precious baby boy Jalen. Can you believe it’s been almost 21 months that we were at the hospital waiting for the birth of our son? It’s so funny how you want to speed time from the adoption process, then you want to slow down time when your baby is actually here. We couldn’t imagine a more perfect son. He’s the funniest little guy who wants to be just like grandpa and daddy. He is my father’s shadow and my husband’s heart, but will always be mommy’s baby. We continue to send his birth mother quarterly photos, and update her on Jalen’s latest and greatest. She wrote us back thanking us as she see’s a very confident and outgoing handsome baby in the photos we sent her. We couldn’t be any more happier about her comment. We are really enjoying our busy little toddler, but look to expand our family soon. Sending lots of love to you and all the other Lifetime Angels. Blessings, Michael, Rosemary and Jalen |
Our Darling David Hello Libby and Our Lifetime Family, We hope you are doing well! David is now two years old and loves life. He enjoys playing at the park with his brother Ryan, taking bubble baths and rolling balls down the stairs at our new house. We are looking forward to upcoming holidays like Halloween (David has chosen to be a cow this year), Thanksgiving and Christmas. Love, Jennifer and Rich |
Blessed Brothers WOW! What a whirlwind! TWO at ONCE??!!! Everyone said that it would be a blur once we got “the call”…well, our blur turned into a slight loss of vision we had to regain. Never in a million years did we think that two brothers were what we would be adopting. I think that everyone has a picture in their mind of what He has in store for them…but as we all know, what we think is right, is usually not what IS right. We had such a long wait, and then we had to wait even longer because of all the legal things going on, and two children being involved. But it was ALL worth it! They are so beautiful, and are doing remarkable! God does answer prayers, and He will never give us more than we can handle! Thank you for sticking with us thru it all! We love you, and the amazing work that you do for so many families! Love, Peter, Michelle, Jarryn, & Dylan |
Nicholas is Getting so Big Hello to our Coordinator, Greetings! Nicholas is doing wonderful. He is a healthy, and may I say very energetic, little boy. He is pulling up and trying to walk. So every spare moment I have is keeping him out of things. He’s off of the height and weight charts and he has 6 teeth! That’s just how big he has gotten. Thanks for all of your help and we love you guys very much. From our family to yours…God bless. Nicholas, Teneenisha & Nicholas |
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Dear Coordinator, We wanted to say thank you for everything you did in making our dreams come true. We appreciate all of the time, effort, and support you provided during our journey to become a family. We truly appreciate your effort in finding our “Matching Angel” (our birthmother) – because of that, we have the greatest miracle anyone could ask for…our family! Thanks again for everything, you will always be part of our family. Love, Scott, Shelly, and Ty |
Merry Christmas Lifetime Family Hello! Marcianna Isabella is now a whole 18 months old. Can you believe it! She is the most intelligent, beautiful, wonderful, awesome little girl in the world ( a little bias maybe). What a blessing, we can’t wait for our second Christmas with our daughter. We pray you all have a blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year. We know we will! Again, we thank you all for your hand in our miracle. We can’t begin to explain how much love there is for this precious baby girl. Marcel & Gloria |
Update from Mike & Marlena Hello to Our Coordinator, We are doing wonderfully. Leighla had her two month check up last week and she’s over 10 lbs and 22 inches long. She started sleeping through the night around four weeks. She has huge brown eyes, sweet plump cheeks and a smile that melts your heart. She and Connor (our son) are truly our angels. Leighla has all of us wrapped around her finger, especially her big brother who will sit quietly to feed her, rock her, and read to her. Connor’s pretty excited to take her trick-or-treating. We think he knows he’ll get her share of the candy when the night’s over! Leighla’s birthmother emailed us last weekend. She sounds like she is doing really well. I responded back and sent her some pictures of Leighla. It was great to hear from her and be able to show her how Leighla is thriving. God Bless! |
Update from Joesph & Dawn! Thanks again Lifetime. Joseph & Dawn |
We Are So Blessed! To Our Lifetime Coordinator, Here are some pictures so you can see our beautiful girls! Thank you for everything. |
Update from Garrick & Brenda! Hello! Here are two recent pictures that I thought you might like to see. The first one is of Jamal just a few weeks ago when his birthmom and his birthgrandmother came up to visit for three days.We were so excited to see them and for them to see Jamal. God really has blessed us all so much that it is hard to comprehend sometimes. The second picture is of our family from my brother’s wedding this last weekend. Jamal will be 4 months old soonand he started sleeping through the night last week (YEAH! He is such a happy and healthy baby. Thank you again for the important parts that you have played in helping us come together as a family. God Bless, |
Anything is Possible Through Faith & Trust in God! Dear Coordinator and Lifetime, Where to begin? Our precious angel Faith is seven weeks old today and we look at her with amazement every day. The love, joy, happiness and fulfillment that she has brought into our lives is amazing and grows constantly. Our wait was long and definitely difficult at times, but when we look at our daughter we know that it was all worth it. We truly believe that God chose her for our family long before we knew and even though there were times that we thought things were too difficult to bear and that situations that arose but fell through weren’t fair, we now know that was because they were not ours. Through it all I know that our faith and trust in God is what brought us our precious little Faith Hannah. We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping us find our daughter and her wonderful birthmother. She is and always will be our hero. We look forward to telling Faith about her and letting her know how much she is loved by so many people. We had the pleasure of getting to know our birth mother and also her mother, and what wonderful and strong women they are. We can only hope that Faith will grow up with those same traits. We were fortunate enough that we arrived just an hour before the birth of our daughter and we got to hold her and kiss her for the first time when she was just a few hours old. We were there for her first bath and we got to give her first bottle to her. We cannot imagine that this could have been a more perfect situation even if we had planned it. If we could tell waiting families one thing, it is to not give up and don’t lose hope. Your baby is out there waiting for you and you will be brought together in time. It won’t be your timing, but once you hold that precious gift in your arms for the first time and you look into the eyes of an angel, all the time, pain, and despair will disappear. We know that it is hard and we understand all too well the pain and the undying desire, but know that it will come to an end and the joy and happiness that will replace it will be well worth it all. These past seven weeks with Faith have been the best of our lives and we look forward to the rest of our lives with our little princess. You helped to make us a family and there are not words enough to express our thanks and gratitude. Love, Kyle, Julie, and Faith |
We Are So Happy! Hi Everyone, We would like to introduce to you Abigail Rae! The adoption is final as of today!We are so excited and can hardly believe that this day has come and what a day it was. We woke up this morning and it was 45 below yes I said 45 below zero. Oh well that wasn’t going to stop us from going to our hearing. Abby is growing like a weed! I can’t believe how fast she is growing, to me it is almost too fast. She weighs 15 pounds and is 23 1/2 inches long. She is only two months old…We actually saw the Dr. yesterday and all he said is that she is happy, healthy We hope that this finds everyone as happy as we are… Love, Monte, Kristi & Abigail |
She's One of a Kind! Bess is such a happy little girl.She’s One of a Kind! As you can see, Bess is a vivacious, free-spirited almost four year old. She is a daily blessing to us. My prayer during our wait for her was that God would work through time, space, and people’s lives to create the perfect little girl for us. Surely He did just that, because Bess is so unique and special; she’s one of a kind! We now know that our waiting time served a purpose, even though we became frustrated at times. We had to go through all of that to get our Bess.Charlotte and Frank with Bess. If it had happened any sooner or any other way, we wouldn’t have her, we’d have the “wrong child.” You at Lifetime worked to make our family happy and complete, at last. Multiply that by the others who have been helped and you’ll rightfully feel good about what you do! All our best, |
We Are So Blessed! Is he just the most beautiful child ever!! We are so blessed. Happy Holidays to you all! Thank you, |
What A Blessing!Here is an updated picture of Marcianna Isabella. She is growing so fast, she is a Godsend! We can’t remember how life was without her. She is truly a blessing and constant reminder of how prayer works. Marcianna’s Birthmom is a special young lady whom we have grown to love. Again, I would like to thank you for the Lifetime team and their part in this blessing, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. Marcel & Gloria |
We Had A Great Adoption! We just wanted to say thank you again for doing such an incredible job Thanks to all of you wonderful people at Lifetime, our adoption process was quick and unbelievably smooth and easy. We could not even have imagined a better situation. Thank you again for all of your dedication and hard work. We have the most amazing baby, and we could not have done it without you! Love always, |
Hello Everyone! Here he is – our beautiful blessing! We all have worked together many years now, and we thank you! Everyone has consistently been so friendly, helpful and understanding – we will miss you! Thank you for all your efforts in helping us receive our gift from God! Blessings, |
Praise God! “He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord.” Psalm 40:3 Thank you all for your part in our wonderful blessing. Jeff, Ernie, and Lauren |
She's Really Ours! We are glad that our birth father and birth mother are doing well. There isn’t a day that goes by we don’t think of them and their unbelievable generosity. We pray they are adjusting well and that they are at peace with their decision. We also hope they know how they have enriched our lives forever and how grateful we are to them. Avery is thriving! She is healthy, happy, and the center of so many lives. She was welcomed with open arms by our families and friends. It only took them a couple of minutes to fall in love with her, just as we did. We spend a great deal of time staring at her and finding it hard to believe she is really our daughter. God has blessed us in the most amazing way. I can’t stress enough what a gift this child is and how much she is loved and cherished. Joseph and Paula |
Our Beautiful Boy We recently became the proud parents of a beautiful little boy, Daniel, thanks to the wonderful staff at Lifetime. Our experience toward adoption was very positive and rewarding. We could not have welcomed Daniel into our family and our hearts without the assistance of Lifetime. Ronald and Darlene |
Miles of Smiles Hi Deena!!! Happy New Year to you! It’s nice to hear from you. Everything is going well. We have been quite busy! We had a great summer with trips to see the grandparents (Can we say getting spoiled!), visiting amusement/waterparks and museums for the first time and their favorite, dressing up like cows for Chick-fil-A Cow day. Alexis and Javon are doing excellent! They have transitioned quite well. They are such AMAZING children! We are so amazed each day of their progress. They soak up education like a sponge! They LOVE schoolwork! Yes! Can you believe it? If they could have learning time all day, they would. They have developed great friendships with the kids in our new neighborhood, church and in our town. They are extremely personable and love people. We live in a close-knit community where “everyone knows everyone.” They have made such an impression with everyone here. We can’t go anywhere without everyone asking for them! They get SO much attention! It doesn’t matter if we go to the grocery store or shopping or to the post office, everyone knows of Alexis and Javon as the sweetest kids they have ever met. If I go anywhere without them, people are literally disappointed. It’s so funny. It was such a pleasure to experience all the holidays with them. You can imagine all the excitement in the house with them learning about Halloween/Harvest Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas! We also continue to have a great relationship with their birthmother and stay in contact with her often. She is doing great, working so hard to start achieving her future goals. Attached are some pictures of the kids! Thank you and your office for all the hard work in bringing Alexis and Javon into our lives! We cannot thank you enough! They are truly such blessings and amazing children! We all are so full of joy! Thanks Deena!!!!!!!
With Much Gratitude and Thanks, Raphael and Kim |
Our Dream Come True Hello Linda, We can’t thank you guys enough for all the joy and blessing you have bought us. We just can’t stop singing your praise of how professional and helpful Lifetime has been in making this a smooth and enjoyable experience. I know we have referred Lifetime to several families that have expressed interest in adopting.
Our little princess was born in December and this is absolutely the most precious blessing anyone could pray or wish for, she has brought so much joy into our life. Best regards, Charles, Rosa and baby Chase Rose |
Pure Joy! Hi Diane, Happy New Year! We continue to be in contact with Jayden’s birth mother and things are going great. We have developed such a love and admiration for her! Here is a recent picture of Jayden … he is truly the happiest and most easygoing baby I’ve ever been around … pure joy!
I hope all is well with you, Laurie & Ryan |
Our Boy, Our Joy Hi Libby and Diane! Hello from Texas! Rich and I wanted to send you a few pictures of our precious David and wish our Lifetime family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
David Is doing great. He is 4 1/2 now and is in his last year if preschool before starting kindergarten. He loves building things with blocks and Legos. He enjoys taking our dog Skittles to the park and riding his scooter with his big brother Ryan. He is such a joy to us.
We hope you all are doing well. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! -Rich & Jennifer |
Twice Blessed by Adoption We’ve been reminiscing lately over this last year and all that we’ve been blessed with in Dane’s adoption. He turned one a couple of weeks ago! Time sure flies when you’re having fun! I am moved to tears every time I pray over my boys and thank God again for the gift He gave us in them. Thank you so much for your hand in bringing us our boys and making us a larger family! We treasure you! Some updates….Colin is now seven and in second grade, Dane is now one and on the verge of walking. The boys have a special connection and Dane squeals in delight every time Colin walks into the room. God has recently blessed us with a large home and we can’t wait to fill it with more kids! Dustin is in search of a new job in the computer industry and I am enjoying every moment at home caring for our family. We currently have another family living with us while their house is being built and the boys are loving having other little boys around to play with! Our relationship with both our birth moms are flourishing and we so blessed to be a special part of their life. Colin’s birth grandma has come to visit multiple times and we cherish those visits. Thank you for all you do for each Lifetime family! You are priceless. -Tami and Dustin |
The Son That Brightens Our Day Hello Veronica and everyone at Lifetime! Just wanted to share that Emmanuel turned one a couple of weeks ago. He is a big, beautiful son! He is very tall for his age…off the charts the doctor says. We are so happy for this blessing. He is walking and talking some; he even says “bless you” after someone sneezes, too cute! Everything was finalized exactly six months after his birth and it all went well. We still keep in contact with his birth mom by sending pictures and via texts. As you can imagine, it is still quite difficult for her so we are so glad that we decided to keep in contact with her. She says it makes this time in her life a bit easier to know that Emmanuel is loved, healthy, and doing awesome. He and his big sister get a long perfectly and the rest of the family just smothers him with love. We’re grateful for all your help. Until next time, God Bless! -Corey and Joann |
Blessed by Open Adoption Hi Libby, It’s so great, as always, to hear from you and Lifetime. We would love to be a part of helping other hopeful adoptive parents through their journey. We still sing the praises of Lifetime and the support we received and regularly recommend you to anyone who expresses an interest in adopting. We were indeed able to overcome concerns about an open adoption. Latonia communicated quite a bit with Georgia’s birth mom before she was born, drove her to the hospital and was able to be present for Georgia’s birth. We also were able to spend the entire time Georgia was in the hospital with her. The surprise has come from the ongoing contact with Georgia’s birth mom. We exchanged cell phone numbers and text her every month or so with a picture and anecdote about what Georgia’s up to. Georgia’s birth mother also sends texts for her during milestones, like her birthday, Christmas and Mother’s Day. She is very respectful of us as Georgia’s parents and we’d love to share with other parents that contact with your child’s birth mom doesn’t have to be scary. We would love to assist in helping other parents. We may even be interested in another adoption! Best, Latonia and Brent |
A Gift from Above Greetings from Idaho, We are so glad to be back home with our precious little man! We wanted to tell everyone at Lifetime THANK YOU! You guys never gave up on us and we appreciate all the encouragement and prayers during our adoption journey. It is truly God’s perfect timing! As we can look back we know that the Lord was doing far more than bringing us Justus, but He was working on our hearts preparing us for the time we would spend with the birthparents and everything that followed! He is a beautiful cuddly baby and truly a gift from God. We can’t thank you enough for all that you do for the adopting families but also the birthparents. We are forever grateful! Faith, Hope and Love, Jerrod & Amy (and now 4 boys!) |
A Year Goes By Fast Hi Joan, God has really blessed me and my family with the most wonderful little girl and Maya is such a sweetie and a little Silly Billie. Even the teachers at her daycare remark on how Maya is always smiling and laughing! I wanted to let the Lifetime families who are still waiting to know that God knows exactly when to bless you with the right child as Maya was my second match and I can’t imagine life without her. I’m still in contact with her birth parents and they’re doing good. Here’s a picture of Maya from her birthday party and another of her clowning around at home… God Blessings to All, Traci |
David & Jamie Adopted a Baby Boy! Congratulations from the staff of David and Jamie write, “May we present Joshua, the most perfect little boy ever! He is wonderful and we are tired. We would not have it any other way!” |
Xola is doing well and we can’t get enough of her. We are starting to see her personality and she’s strong willed, very observant and content. She’s crawling and into everything! She loves following our dog around. 
It was such a pleasure nurturing and watching Cade grow up into the man he is today. He graduated high school 2019 and just finished his first year of college with a 3.5 GPA. He was awarded a scholarship to play baseball at his college. 
And a pic of Kyle and Zoey in Disney just before Christmas (pure Joy). 
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We’ve also gone out to breakfast with her and she did great! Leilani, overall, is a very easy baby. 
I hope you and the rest of the staff at Lifetime are well! I’m sorry I don’t touch base more frequently but this little guy keeps us so busy. I also wanted to tell you that the main reason that we selected Lifetime in the beginning was because there was a Mother’s Day special going on where a portion of our fee went towards the birth mother scholarship fund. Something about that felt so great to us and it just is amazing to me that four years later, Isaiah was born on his heritage’s Mother’s Day, three days before the Mother’s Day we celebrate, and this little boy made me a mom. 
Open adoption has worked out great for all of us. Keenan knows both birth parents and feels those beams of love from them at all times. We helped Keenan’s birth mama Nikkie do her family tree using DNA, and she miraculously connected with her own (late) birth mother’s family, found out she has two half sisters who she has connected with, and found out who her birth father is. He had never been married, has no other kids, and didn’t know about Nikkie. She has two giant new families now! What an experience someone who grew up as an adopted only child.