Today is my dad's birthday and my sister's birthday, and one year ago today is the day we found out our lives were about to change forever. November 8th will always have a special place in our hearts because we met our beautiful daughters on this day. After waiting 5 months (that felt like 5 years), we received that life-changing text, followed by that life-changing call, followed by that life-changing hospital visit. Although we were uncertain if those precious girls would o

I thought with exactly one month before the girls turn 1 now would be as good a time as any to wrap up our adoption series. Where has the time gone?!?! I can't believe how fast time flies! A lot has happened since The Day We Brought the Girls Home, so I'll try to be brief! I'll be doing more posts on adoption-related topics in the future, so I'd love to hear from you guys on what you want to learn more about and what questions you have about adoption. Shoot me an email or lea

"We won. Getting details" Does that text message mean what I think it means? Are we bringing the girls home? Are they going to be our daughters? After waiting an hour which felt like a year, we heard back that we were to meet our caseworker at 3PM to pick up the girls. We had 2 1/2 hours to get ready for our lives to change forever (which included a 1 1/2 hour drive) - do the math, people - 1 hour to prepare for TWINS! I was at lunch with my team at work, so I bid them farewe

So what would you do if I told you that you were bringing twins home tomorrow? Would you kind of freak out a little bit? Well, I can tell you that I have never had so many thoughts in my head simultaneously as I did in the hours following that life-changing phone call. There were moments of the highest highs you can imagine - picturing our family of 4 and all baby snuggles I could dream of, but there were also some lows. Shortly after receiving what had been the greatest phon

Let me just start by saying that as I sit writing this post watching my sweet blessings play together, I have never been so sure of anything in my life - the wait is SO worth it! God knew before we ever started the adoption process or before our daughters were even conceived that they would be Hyatt girls. Jeremiah 29:11, "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." Can I just say tha

​Adoption had been on our hearts since before we were married. We thought we'll get married, have some "us" time, get pregnant and have a couple bio kids, and then adopt... "We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps." Proverbs 16:9 - isn't that the truth?!? Well 3 years after we started trying to have a family, we decided to research adoption agencies thinking we'd probably adopt internationally. I was getting a little disheartened with the stats I read about h