Aloha, Diane!

We just wanted to thank Lifetime again for helping us make our family complete. Yay! We officially finalized Nijel's adoption this week! Nijel is six and a half months old now, and we truly cannot remember what our lives were like before this precious blessing came into our lives. He has stolen our hearts, that's for sure!

Love,
Craig and Jennifer

Dear Veronica and Lifetime staff,

We are so excited about the new addition to our family; our son Jaxon Aidan! We are so grateful and appreciative for the role Lifetime Adoption played in making our dream of starting a family come true. We never imagined that within three months of signing on with Lifetime that we would have our own God-made baby in our home and lives forever! Lifetime's dedication (and especially dedicated efforts) made an otherwise anxious process extremely enjoyable.

Many thanks,
Allen & Melinda

Hi Diane and our Lifetime family,

Well...it's been a whole year and we are still in disbelief!! We still marvel at our daughter and how much joy she has brought us as well as our entire family. Looking back through all of our trials with infertility we just could not see or understand what God's plan was for us.  Now looking at our daughter, we understand and all the sorrow and tears that we had for so many years seemed to disappear instantly with her birth. We are so looking forward to our lives as a family--Life could not be happier!

Always,
Dave, Tiffany and Little Miss Ayden-Elizabeth

Here's a photo of little Aiden enjoying some ice cream. Isn't this the sweetest face!? Aiden gives me so much joy and this year I was able to celebrate Mother's Day with very full arms! I vividly remember sending our profiles out a couple days before last Mother's Day and now this Mother's Day I am holding our beautiful baby boy! I can't even begin to express the amazing feeling of having my arms full with our son! Last mother's day this was just a dream! This Mother's Day was a reality and I enjoyed every minute of it. We celebrated Birthmother's Day the day before Mother's Day as well!

Aiden is only five months old and doesn't really understand yet but one day he will celebrate Birthmother's Day with the same enthusiasm as us! We emailed his birthmom a card and lots of love you's from family and we sent her lots of wonderful pictures.

Just wanted to say thank you Lifetime for helping us in adopting our son. You all worked so hard to find us a wonderful amazing birthmom and a beautiful baby boy! we are so glad God used Lifetime to help us in creating our forever family and we are all so blessed that Aiden has such an amazing birthmom!
 
Love,
Ryan, Brandi, and Aiden

We wanted to share with all of you at Lifetime the amazing thing that happened last night…we were out to dinner for a pre-Mother’s Day celebration.  Part way through dinner, the little girl at the next table started talking about Katie.  “She loves babies” her father explained to us. I picked Katie up out of her carseat so the little girl could see her better and turned around to look at the little girl.  I was about to tell them that Katie was adopted when the father asked us “Did you adopt your daughter through Lifetime?”  We responded “yes”, amazed at what he was asking us.  Turns out the mom (Julie) recognized Katie from her pictures posted on the Lifetime website.  This couple (John and Julie) adopted their daughter (Janelle) at birth, now four, through Lifetime also!

The amazing part of this story is that they live in a town four hours north of us and were just visiting here for the weekend to celebrate Mother’s Day.  What are the chances of us being in the same town, at the same restaurant, at the same time, seated next to each other?  By no means was it just a coincidence!

Our little discovery ended up getting the people at several tables around us involved in our story and several families came by to meet Katie on their way out.  Some of them had their own stories of adoption to tell and others just wanted to say “hi” to our precious girl after hearing her story.

What an amazing evening, even more than we had originally planned!  It was so cool to share our “Lifetime” stories with each other and be able to explain to Janelle, that Katie is adopted also, just like her.  This will be a great story to tell Katie someday about our first Mother’s Day!

-Roger & Tricia

Xavier turned three last month! We can’t believe the time has gone by so fast. It seems like yesterday our lives changed forever when God brought you into our lives with such a precious gift. Well that precious gift is extremely intelligent and has one interesting personality, to say the least!

We read to him every night, and once he has heard the book a couple times, he can read it to you based on the pictures he sees. He’s amazing! He has really taken to the drums and has for some time now. He makes up beats and sometimes I have to look to make sure it’s him playing because it sounds just that in sync. Music is his thing which makes me tremendously happy because it’s my thing too! Hopefully, he will start lessons with the minister of music at our church by the end of the year.

He spends a lot of time with our parents who of course let him do anything he wants! We guess that’s a grandparent’s prerogative, especially considering he’s the only one on my side and 12 years younger than the last grandchild on Mike’s side. Spoiled is an understatement!

The summer is quickly approaching, and we are trying anxiously waiting to see if he gets into child development in the district I teach in. Also the potty training is finally almost a triumph!

Sincerely,

Hi Heidi and Lifetime staff, 

Big sister Raina is such a great little mommy.  After a long night of feedings I was asleep on the couch and woke up to find her changing his diaper and making a bottle. She loves strolling him around the neighborhood and showing him off to her friends.  Now, if only we could train her to wake up at 1am, 3am, 5am to feed him in the middle of the night!

Dear Veronica & my Lifetime friends,

I have been a very busy girl this month!  In the past month I celebrated mommy’s birthday with all my pre-school friends, was dedicated at church, went on a road trip for spring break through four states, met my aunt, uncle and cousins for the first time, celebrated my first Easter, attended three birthday parties, started sitting up, eating rice cereal and sleeping through the night (most of the time) and took my first trip to the zoo.  I have also grown an inch and a half and gained just over a pound (which means I’ve switched clothes and diaper sizes again too!).  Love to you all!

Love,
Katie (Lifetime baby of Roger & Tricia)

Veronica and everyone at Lifetime,

We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your part in bringing us our precious daughter! Ava is eight months old already and we are truly obsessed with her. She is such a good baby and so happy.

We had such a wonderful experience with Lifetime and you made us a family. We cannot begin to express our joy! Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts. You will all always mean so much to us!

-Bryan & Shara

We appreciate all your help and the support from Lifetime. We are all doing well and very happy!

-Telita and Dave

Amie and Heidi,
Thank you so much for leading our son, Bodhi, home to us! Our match with his birthmom was a perfect match for us that seemed like it was meant to be from the beginning. The love we feel for our sweet baby is one that is complete and impossible to explain how great it feels. He is nine weeks old today and we are enjoying every moment with him.

Best wishes to all the adoptive parents and birthparents working with Lifetime!

-Jennifer, Mike and Bodhi

Hi Heidi!

Last Easter weekend Evan was a well-behaved little guy, sporting his bunny attire for the whole day on Sunday.   (Even bunny-ear feet on his pants!) He is seven months old now....already!  Boy, time goes by fast.

Hi Veronica!

Max is three and a half now—time sure does fly!  He’s playing Blastball this summer (a pre-cursor to tee ball) and loving it!  He is always the life of the party and loves being around people.  He is very affectionate, giving literally everyone he sees a hug.

Here’s a recent picture of him in his uniform—pretty cute if I do say so myself!  Hope all is well at Lifetime!

-Jacob & Kim

Hi Libby,

Hi Amie,

Happy Easter! I am 14 months old now. Hard to believe, I know. I am walking and "talking" (though no one seems to know what I am saying, LOL). I love all kinds of music, walking barefoot on warm concrete, listening to NPR, "cheesing" for the camera, pointing at things and have started developing my own brand of humor (like running in the opposite direction when my parents call me or snorting like a pig) to make myself laugh. Easter was wonderful and I had a great time at church today, waving to and giggling with all of my friends. Mom and dad said to say "hello!"

-Cameron Levi Isaiah and his parents

Hi Diane,
Here is a recent picture of Ayden sitting on the front porch stairs after church yesterday for Easter with her Easter bunny. Again, we just marvel at her growth and development and as usual...she is still getting into everything! Our daughter brings us a wealth of joy and we really could not imagine our lives without her; she is simply our world (and nana and pawpaw's world too).

She is walking and learning to talk and believe me...Ayden is so warm and friendly she doesn't meet a stranger! We are so blessed to have her and every day we send up a prayer thanking God and Ayden's birthmother for such a wonderful and blessed gift. Ayden will be a year old in a few short weeks and we simply can't believe how time has flown. Again we thank Lifetime for their presence in matching us with the most giving and beautiful birthmother--we are still in awe and completely humbled to be Ayden's parents for she is truly a gift from God.

Hi Veronica,

We want to wish you and everyone at Liifetime a Happy & Blessed Easter!

-Matthew, Kimberly, and Grayson

Happy Easter to the Lifetime staff!
Aiden just had his very first Easter egg hunt. He got tons of treats!

-Ryan & Brandi

Nico just had his second haircut, as you can see he still has his curls!
I was just thinking of all at you at Lifetime and wanted you to know that we are grateful everyday for all of your help and support. Have a blessed Happy Easter!

Love,
Laurine, Nick, and Nico (almost two and a half)

Hello Veronica,

I just had to show you a picture of Zoey the day of her first birthday
party. We were on the way out the door and she just gave the cutest smile so I wanted to share it with you. She is ADORABLE. Okay, I am a little biased. I am so in love with this little person. Thank God for Lifetime. She is the most amazing gift!

Love,
Kaydra

Can you believe Miss Kayla will be turning one year old in a week! Crazy!

Here is a pic from her latest photo shoot. She is wearing her birthday dress!

Thank you again Lifetime!

-Weston & Lisa