To Our Coordinator,

Ruth and I can't put into words how wonderful it is to finally be parents. It is truly one of the greatest feelings in the world. Our thanks and deepest gratitude to you and the entire Lifetime team for making this possible. Please share the attached pictures of Natalie with everyone around the office so that they may see the joy they've brought into our lives.

Again, many thanks!

Brian & Ruth

Hello Lifetime,

Our baby girl Jillian is smiling already. She is now 4 weeks old. We waited so long for her and our journey was not an easy one but God knew just the right time to bring her into our family. We were so thankful to meet her loving birthparents and all of you at Lifetime. What a joyful Christmas we will have now that our family feels complete.

Jim & Eleanor

Merry Christmas! It's hard to believe Tripp is almost six months old already. What a Merry Christmas this will be!

Warm Wishes,

Garrick, Valerie and Tripp

Dear Lifetime Staff,

Here is a recent photo of our beautiful son Drake at 17 months old! He is an absolute joy - funny, smart, energetic, and full of life! We are all looking forward to a wonderful second Christmas together and a Happy New Year's Day when we will visit Drake's birthmother.

Thank you so much for bringing us together!

Love,
Stephen, Linda, & Drake

To Our Coordinator,

Just a few months ago we signed with Lifetime in hopes of becoming first
time parents. Never in our wildest dreams did we believe it would happen so quickly!!! We received the call, and a week later we were on our way to
pick up our little guy. Hudson was born at the end of September, 2005, and we couldn't be more proud. We truly believe God has a plan for everyone, and we are glad his plan was for us to parent this precious baby. There were a few ups and downs throughout our adoption process, but with prayer it all seemed to work out perfectly. This Christmas we wanted to thank Lifetime for your help in our adoption process. We truly are blessed with the best Christmas present ever, our precious baby boy!!!

Thanks again for everything!!

P.S. Here's a picture of our little miracle! He's growing so fast!!!

Tony & Missy

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 of 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 my life and also the joy of all my family and friends. Just look at that face, she is truly Heavenly sent!!!!

God Bless Everyone,

Anita & Eva

While writing our Christmas letter for the year we happened to look back at some letters from past years. Our 1995 version talked about us trying to get pregnant and have kids, and asked for prayers from our friends and loved ones. So, it is probably pretty obvious that our journey to parenthood has been long and full of ups and downs…. and many, many prayers. Last December, our prayers were answered and we now find our lives transformed and enriched by our twin son and daughter, Chris and Kelly, and a new extended family. When we tuck them in each night we now understand why there was a long wait. God’s time isn’t always the same as our time.

May He bless you and help you keep faith.

Paul & Debra

Geno and Mary welcomed their baby boy to their family on Thanksgiving Day.

They were able to come and visit with us the following week and introduce us to Jacob. The five months that they spent working with Lifetime was a pleasure.

Congratulations Geno and Mary!

From Everyone at Lifetime

To Our Coordinator,

All three of us are doing really well and looking forward to the holidays! Ryan turns seven months old today, so we all went down to the portrait studio for his seven month pictures (we're taking pictures of him on each monthly birthday for his first year) as well as our first family portrait for the holidays. We can't believe how quickly he's growing!! He's such a super handsome little guy (of course we're a little biased!)-- and an exceptionally good baby. He's always so smiley! We're so fortunate!

We can't begin to thank you enough for all of your assistance with Ryan's adoption. We're looking forward to having everything finalized in the coming months, and hopefully contacting you again soon to begin the adoption process again so that Ryan will have a little brother or sister to grow up with!

In the meantime, we hope you and everyone at Lifetime have a happy holiday season!!

Thank you again for everything... you've truly helped make our dreams of having a family come true!

Warmly,
Alan, Kelli and Ryan

To our Friends at Lifetime:

Today was our first day of a lifetime of days at home with our son. It was just ten days ago that our life took a dramatic change for the better when we received that certain phone call that said "Catch the next plane to California!" Although you had told us many times over that our baby was out there waiting for us and to always be ready, we still can't believe we got the call. You were there every step of the way, and you always gave us positive encouragement through our long wait. You were right! Our child was out there waiting for us. He is living proof that miracles do happen.

Yesterday, as we brought our son home, we told him (although he's likely not going to remember the conversation for a while!) that he had already taken us on an adventure that most people will never have in a lifetime.
Now it's up to us to help him begin the next leg of his adventure!

Everyone at Lifetime was wonderful through this experience. It warmed our hearts to get to meet everyone in person. John Clinton is home and doing wonderful and is well on his way to getting spoiled by all of his family and friends! Lifetime, keep up the good work, and thank you for all that you have done. God Bless You All!!!

Love,
Matthew, Teresa, and John Clinton

To our Friends at Lifetime ,

Thanks so much for the great job you all did for us throughout the adoption of our son, Patrick Ryan. What a blessing and gift he is to our family! While celebrating our 10th anniversary in Cancun, Mexico, we received the call that our son was born, seven minutes before our anniversary! What a great anniversary gift!

The Lifetime staff was there for us in the early morning hours as we flew to California where our son was waiting. It's hard to believe after the wait that Patrick is home with us. Thanks, Lifetime, for everything, and God Bless you all!

To waiting families: Don't give up! When the waiting gets long, trust in the Lord! God's timing is so perfect and somewhere out there He has a special child chosen just for your family!

God Bless!
Rich, Tina, Caleb, Katrina and Patrick

Hello Lifetime,

Your staff has been so wonderful. We cannot tell you how much we appreciate everything you have done for us. We are sure that we will be visiting the area and will definitely stop by and say hi and thank you. The staff at the hospital was awesome. They were all so nice and helpful. The transition with Lifetime help and the hospitals help could not have gone any smoother or wonderful. We are having a ball with Joseph. He is a wonderful baby. He is so perfect. He is a miracle and definitely worth waiting for.

Again, we thank all of you so much... you have no idea what you have done for us. We will keep in touch and can't wait to come and visit. You all are the best, again Thank you, Thank you... we love all of you for making our life long dream come true.

Mark & Lisa