Welcome to our Journey 2 Adopt
Reunited And It Feels So Good
Reunited and it feels so good! The long anticipated wait is finally over. The 30 day appeal period is complete and we have our go ahead to pick up the children. Travelling during Covid is not easy, having to take several PCR tests, and having the appropriate travel...
And We’re Off!
And we’re off! On Thursday, June 2, 2021 Ryan and I left our home into the unknown and what would be the biggest decision and adventure of our life. We arrived at the Winnipeg airport with everything in order, Negative Covid-19 tests in hand only to find out that 15...
Waiting Any Day Now
I can’t believe how quickly time is flying by and already we are at the end of March which is the expected time we will receive notification of when and where we are flying to for our first trip over to the Ukraine. The first trip is so exciting for us as it will be...
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Today we had our official adoption signing appointment at the UAS adoption agency office. This was one of the most exciting days for us as it means the next step is for our documents to be sent to the Ukraine. After many revisions of our documents, and sleepless...
Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork
It’s now been a year since we completed our home study, and just as Marla had predicted, now you wait for about a year. She was bang on. Throughout the last year all we have been working on is providing the appropriate paperwork to get our adoption in order. Every...
Preparing our Home, our Hearts, our Mind
One of our first activities in the process of adoption was to attend a 1 day educational seminar in October 2019, which covered a variety of topics to help prepare us for the journey of adopting. We heard from social workers, on some of the things we can expect as...
Let’s Do This!
The decision to adopt is something that takes a lot of time and heart to heart discussion, but for Ryan and I this decision was actually something we had oddly enough decided shortly after getting married. Ryan and I have been married now for almost 20 years, and...