Congratulations!

Dennis and Michelle announce the birth of their son Martin Nicolas.

"Every good and perfect gift is from above."
- James 1:17

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, Teneeshia & Nicholas

Dear Lifetime Coordinator,

We cannot thank you and the staff of Lifetime enough for all that you have done for us. Our lives have truly been changed for the better. Jaren is the best Christmas gift a family could ask for. We have truly been blessed. To look in his beautiful eyes and see that wonderful smile gives us added energy from those sleepless nights. May God continue to bless each and everyone of you!

Love,

Vernon, Marla, and Jaren

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

Dear Lifetime Family,

Thank you so much for all you did to bring the love of my life to me, my daughter Eva. I know it's been said many times, but it's true, I know God sent the only child that was meant for my family and me. Eva is the joy of all my family and friends. Just look at that face, she is truly Heavenly sent!!!

God Bless Everyone,

Anita & Eva

Dear Lifetime,

We are writing to say thank you for making our dreams come true! Charlie will be six months old on Sunday and, as you can see, is the happiest baby in the world. Charlie is loved by everyone he meets especially his big brother, grandmother, and aunt and uncle.

He is a flirt and wakes up smiling every day! While our journey was definitely full of surprises and a few bumps, the reward is the most amazing gift in the world. We decided to pursue adoption in December, put our profile on the website in March, and were matched in three days. Charlie was born a week later. Our birthmother is a wonderful woman and we were lucky enough to spend time with her and her family during our three-week stay in her hometown. The staff at Lifetime held our hands and calmed us down as we went from being new Prospective Adoptive Parents... to Expectant Parents in three days... and then Mommy and Daddy ten days after that.

Thank you for all of your help!

Curt, Margey, Parker, and Charlie

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!
Mike & Marlena

Dear Lifetime,

I would like to thank Lifetime for helping me start my family. I have been blessed with a beautiful baby girl. She has been an absolute joy to my life and my families life as well. Thank you for all your help, the calls and all the hard work and support in helping my dream become a reality. To my coordinator: I thank you for being so nice. Your call, concerns, and keeping me uplifted during my wait. Thanks so much for everything.

Yours Truly,
Crystal

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 four months old soon and 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,
Garrick & Brenda

Jamal will be three months old tomorrow already.  He is now 13lbs 7oz.  He has recently discovered the wonder of his sister.  He loves to watch her and will smile really big when she talks to him and "pets" him. 

He also has discovered his voice; even to the point where he startles himself.    

Thank you for letting us share,

Garrick & Brenda

Dear Lifetime Family,
Can I tell you how in love I am? Christopher is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen in my life!!! He is my dream come true, and to you I owe a debt of gratitude.

Christopher Alexander was born last October weighing eight pounds and two ounces. Unfortunately, I missed his birth, but shortly after he turned 24 hours old, my mother and I were able to hold our beautiful bundle we call "our boy" and spent the day just loving him and trying to tell him everything about everyone in the family so he would be prepared when he got to meet them! We were blessed to be able to meet not only his birthmother (who is just an absolute doll), but also his birth grandmother. Both are very loving, wonderful and strong women. They brought a family picture for us so that Christopher can see his birthfamily - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings included. I keep it in a frame in his room so he can see himself how much he has his birthmother's beautiful eyes and big smile.

This adoption journey has truly been the most wonderful experience of my life, even with having two birthmothers change their minds. I KNOW that I have the child that I was meant to have. Please, PLEASE, other adoptive families - NEVER give up!!! Your child is waiting for you! (And it may not be the child you think). Trust me when I say that when he (or she) comes into your lives, you will know instantly that this is your child, and it was truly meant to be.

Christopher turned seven months the day before Mother's Day and is crawling and trying to stand on his own and take steps already! Every time I look into his beautiful dark eyes, I know I have been blessed.

Thank you so very much Lifetime, especially the coordinators who spent MANY hours on the phone calming, comforting and encouraging me, for bringing this beautiful boy and his wonderful birth family into my life.