Why Adoption?

Colby and I had been married about about two and a half years when we decided we would like to start trying to have children. Unfortunately, our excitement for a family slowly became a continual disappointment month after month of being unsuccessful. After we had been trying only about 7 months, I began to have very strong feelings that this wasn't going to work. I remember being in the temple and having a strong feeling that even though we may not be able to have our own children, I am so fortunate to have the ability and opportunity to adopt.

So from that day, I kept bringing up the possibility of adoption to Colby. At first, he was completely against it, because he really felt like everything would be fine and we would get pregnant soon. However, after a year of trying, we still had no pregnancy. I began going to the doctor for infertility treatments. Colby was tested and we tried a few procedures. The doctors could not find anything wrong with either of us, and for some unknown reason nothing was working.

After about two years of trying and going through infertility treatments, we decided that our family needed to be built through adoption. Since we have made this decision, we have both felt very strongly that we are doing the right thing and that the child meant for us will come through adoption. Many people question why we don't keep trying to have our own child through other procedures; the reason why is because we feel SO strongly that we need to adopt. It isn't just about having a child that looks like us and has our genetics. Rather, it is more important to us that we have the opportunity to become parents and have our own family. We know that adoption is not always the easiest road to take, but it is the right one for us. We are anxiously awaiting the day we are able to bring home our little angel.