Our first post

Wow! Never in a million years did I ever dream that I would be posting a blog, let alone one that would be focused on my life's events. This is kinda humbling and scary.

Well let's get started!

Hello, my name is Adrienne and my husband's name is Chad. We met in the spring of 2004 and this past July just celebrated our 7 year wedding anniversary! Because we both were in our late 20s when we met, Chad and I had talked about starting a family right away. But God had other plans.   Sept of 2004 I was diagnosed with endometriosis.(To learn more on endometriosis click here) A month after my diagnoses, I had to have surgery that changed my life forever. I have to have one of my ovaries removed due to the endo, and my other one had suffered major damage. At that moment it felt like my dreams of ever becoming a mother were ripped out from under me. The Drs. all said that there should be no issues with getting pregnant, and that we would be parents in no time. That was 8 yrs. ago.

The Drs. decided to put me in a 6 month menopausal state after my surgery. after that I was on all different types of meds. Meds to stop bleeding, meds to start bleeding, meds to get pregnant, meds not to get pregnant because my body was not ready for it.

Finally after 2 years of this back and forth, I had enough. Chad and I decided to seek out what God wanted us to do. (I know we were a little slow on the up take during that time.) We decided to pray. It seemed like the answer came as quick as lighting! ADOPTION!!! Then we started thinking. (Bad thing to do right after you ask for God's direction, just saying.) There was a couple in our church who went through fertility treatments...lets look into that. Adoption just is not for us.

Well we looked into it, and we prayed again. And once again the answer hit like a ton of bricks. ADOPTION!! Thankfully this time we listened.

Now Chad and I are excitedly working our way through a domestic adoption! We have been with our agency for a little over a year now.  Catholic Social Services. We have had a great experience this far. I am so glad that we got out of God's way and decided to let him lead us to our child!
And I am thankful for any and all who will bear with us on our journey, because its not close to being over with.