{Why we CHOOSE to adopt}

I know this kind of seems strange but we knew that we wanted to adopt early on. We both knew we wanted to adopt before we were even married. While we were dating we talked about it. One year after being married we became pregnant with our daughter Ali. We had a rough pregnancy in which she was born 7 weeks premature and weighed only 2lbs. 12 oz. A couple of years later we decided to get pregnant again. We found out we were having twins and were thrilled. We soon found out that Ella had not made it, and Ava was born 11 weeks early with many complications. Six weeks after they were born she returned to her father in heaven and sister.  We have grown stronger as a family with this experience. We try daily to live accordingly to be able to make it back to them.  We were advised not to get pregnant again. We truly feel blessed to adopt. We feel that we have been given a gift from our father in heaven. A new hope. We take adoption seriously and know that it is an important decision. The lord had made it clear to us that this is the way he wants our family to continue to grow! This is why we say we CHOOSE to adopt, it is not that we have to adopt, we feel it an honor!