Our Adoption Process

Nov 113 min read

Home Study Approved 🎉

2024 has been full of personal and professional accomplishments... and we spent the summer making some significant progress on the adoption

Feb 11 min read

"Why is it taking so long?"

We know, we know... it's been crickets around here! It's been a bit since we've shared an adoption update, and well, that's because...

May 16, 20232 min read

How is it May?

The last year has flown by, but was an incredible one with a lot of new beginnings. New House, new puppy, new grad school program, new job

Jul 8, 20223 min read

Home Study Ready

Spring and summer 2022 have been BIG for us. We bought a house and sold our house, moved, completed 2 fun adoption fundraisers...

Mar 13, 20223 min read

March Madness!

Excited to finally be able to announce some real progress! For a very long time, it’s felt like we’ve been stuck, unable to move forward...

Nov 22, 20213 min read

IOWAdopt turns One 🥳

The last year has been so fun posting life updates, what we've learned about adopting, and sharing fundraisers on IOWAdopt. To date, we...

Aug 29, 20213 min read

Summer Lovin, had me a blast

It's officially the end of summer. Football is back, pumpkin candles are burning, students are back on campus, Halloween costume planning...

Feb 16, 20213 min read

We are so loved 💝

What a year 2021 has already been. We launched & completed our first adoption fundraiser, Jedd started a new job, Iowa got 92 ft of snow...

Jan 6, 20213 min read

Piecing together our puzzle

One of the the most daunting aspects of adoption is the cost. Adoption costs vary by case, but typically total $40,000-$45,000...

Nov 29, 20202 min read

Thankful

This year has often made it difficult to find times to pause to be grateful... especially with the pandemic, Jedd's furlough...

Nov 22, 20202 min read

Happy National Adoption Day!

Last summer I started tossing around the idea of starting a blog about our adoption process. A vlog is more up Jedd's ally, so.....

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