When we started...

The last picture I took of Macie.

Eli and his sister Macie.

Macie at seven months old her first day with us.

Our journey to adoption started back in 2004. We were foster parents and took a 7month old little girl in to our home. She went to live with her bio father about a month later. I was still her babysitter during the day and she was just a joy. To make a long story short, her bio father ended up going to prison and he asked us to adopt Macie because he was going to be in jail for a few years. And we happily said YES! Macie lived with us for three years all the while we were trying to adopt her. He bio mother had not been in the picture for years when she decided to show and contest the adoption. Macie didn't know who this woman that was claiming to be her mother ....Our adoption failed and Macie went back to live with her bio mom..the same mom the state took Macie away from when she was seven months old. It breaks our heart to think about what our little girl is going through...they live in the very same town as we do and I have seen her bio mothers name in the crime blotter more than once. We also know from the bio father that the state in back involved with Macie and her bio mother.

But before we had any idea that our little girl was going to be leaving we signed on with an adoption agency to try to adopt a little girl...a sister for Macie. But Macie is gone...our heart is broken...She was looking for forward to having a sister.

It took a while but we are ready to move on and bring a daughter home. Macie will always be our little girl and we will always pray to have her come home but we know in our heart that God has another little girl out there somewhere that is meant for our family. Our boys can't wait to have their new little sister come home...and neither can we!