The Christian Crew

---- My name is Jessica I’m 24 I found out I was pregnant shortly after I turned 23. I was so scared to find out I was pregnant. I was a college dropout in the army reserve and I was working security full time making $12/hour and was barely making it. When I first found out I was pregnant I considered abortion for about two seconds. I didn’t want my family knowing I made a mistake and I screwed up. I wanted to hide my actions. After I thought about it and then remembered my values and beliefs that thought was gone as quickly as it came. My next options were to be a single parent or place her up for adoption. I thought long and hard about what I needed to do. At this point no one knew I was pregnant. When I went to the doctor to confirm my suspicions I found out I was 12 weeks along. At this point I started reflecting on my life, my finances and where I was at that point in time. The biggest question that went through my head was can I do this on my own. After goi...

makes me so happy and want to cry all at the same time! Getting this for our next child's room for sure! purchase it here!

turned me to a song i performed about 9 years ago. It Struck a cord with my heart today. Enjoy!

This is the first family portrait Brielle has drawn! At the end, Aria has her arm outstretched and it trails off the page.. like she's reaching for the rest of our family. Maybe her baby sister or brother We will see what God has in store for us!I sure hope our birth mom finds us soon. Where ever she is- we know she is being watched by angels through this process. She must be so incredible and we can't wait to meet her someday! Brielle's Birth mom is just wonderful and we are so lucky her whole family is still involved in our lives. We call and chat and send things now that we are far away in CO. I wish they were just a few miles away like it was back in LV! We miss you -awesome part of our family! Ta-ta for now! ~C

these will be featured at the National Families Supporting Adoption Art Display this coming weekend! both are very special to our family and have to do with our own feelings and experiences and are resounding feelings among the adoption community! Click on them to make them larger and easier to read!

I found this awesome artist on ETSY ! She has such great and special messages in her artwork but keeps them so playful. Here's a few of my favorites... This is an Adoption Piece which comes in Blue and Pink. I can't wait to have a reason to buy this for our next nursery! This one is just so fun! DJ Birdies ROCK! Brandon's parents and brother came into town today. We will have a fun filled week as we get ready for Aria's 3rd B-day and the Zoo and hiking etc... Also, an AWESOME birth mother blog has been on my reading list lately! She is incredible and writes so well! Can't wait to post more pics and to write a bit more from our hearts. I have had some incredible feelings lately... ~C

Brielle painted this for the 2010 National Families Supporting Adoption Art Exhibit! She wanted her birthmom to have flowers all around her! "Flowers make her happy", she said! To learn more about us, please keep reading or click on the sidebar labels to see who we really are, an adoption family, hoping to adopt again!