Shannon & Rebekah with their beautiful daughter, Emelyn

-California-

Adoption Answer has truly been an answer to our prayers.  After years of failed attempts to conceive a child through fertility treatments, we decided to build our family through adoption.  There were so many choices and variations in the adoption world that we felt our heads spinning and we didn’t know where to start.  We came upon Adoption Answer by a divine chance and immediately felt comfortable and at peace with them.  Michelle and Wendy came to our home and answered all of our questions and when they left, we were excited and ready to start the adoption journey.

Right away we had a few matches that didn’t come to pass for various reasons but within the 6th month, we were matched with our daughter’s birth mom and we couldn’t have been happier.  She is a remarkable young woman that we have great affection for.  Our birth mom graciously allowed us to be at every doctor’s appointment and even blessed us with the ability to be present for our daughter’s birth.  Michelle and Wendy were there for us every step of the way and Michelle and Arielle were with us every minute the day of our daughter’s birth.  I honestly don’t know what we would’ve done without the Adoption Answer team as they were our complete support system through what can be an intimidating endeavor.

We were completely amazed at how wonderful and peaceful the adoption process could be when you have the right people on your side.  They really care for the adoptive parents as much as the birth moms and that was invaluable to us.  Our adoption process could not have gone better and we have no doubt that Adoption Answer was the reason why.  We have truly been blessed beyond imagination with our daughter and the memories leading up to her birth with the help of Adoption Answer.

Scottie & Christa with their adorable son, Sam

- Iowa -

Every day we thank God for bringing us to Adoption Answer.  After struggling with infertility, we decided to move forward with adoption.  We felt very overwhelmed with information when searching for the perfect fit.  That’s when we met Kristen, our adoption coordinator.  She made us feel a sense of peace, she was truly our angel in our adoption journey.

We then spoke with Michelle and Kristen and within the first month we were immediately matched with an AMAZING birth family!  From the moment we signed with Adoption Answer, Michelle and Kristen never left our side.  They were available at any time for our phone calls and Michelle was with us every step of the way during our meeting with our birth family and the day our son came into this world.

We remain very close with our birth family.  They are amazing and we have been blessed beyond belief.  Adoption Answer truly answered our prayers.  They were the angels that brought us to our miracle.  Not a day goes by that we are not thankful for the fabulous staff that helped us through this miraculous event!

Jason & Stacy's miracle baby ~ Bradley

- Michigan -

We wake up every morning and thank God for blessing us with our adorable little Bradley. He is such a joy and we are so deeply in love with him. After finding out we could never conceive a child we knew we wanted to adopt right away. We started our adoption journey and soon after we met the most amazing lady by the name of Kristen, an adoption coordinator for Adoption Answer. After the very first conversation with Michelle and Kristen we knew at that moment we wanted to work with Adoption Answer. They made us feel so comfortable and excited to start our journey.

After waiting about 7 months, I can remember the day so clearly that I answered the phone and on the other end was Michelle’s sweet voice to let us know we have been picked. My heart filled with joy and my eyes filled with happy tears. That night we spoke to our birth mom and felt such a connection. On April 20^th at 12:30 our son was born Bradley Carson Gittins 6lb 11oz and 19 and half inches..such a magical moment. We love and care for our birth mom and are so grateful that she chose us to be the parents for her son.

Each adoption journey is so different and may have many ups and downs but please know to just hold on tight and in the end you will feel so much joy and love and forget all about the bumps and hills you had to overcome. Just know Michelle and the Adoption Answer staff will be right by your side holding on with you each step of the way. We have developed such a lifelong friendship with them. The devotion and love they bring to each adoption is so deeply appreciated and we can’t thank them enough. We love you guys and God bless you for all that you do for not only your adoptive families but the dedication you have for all the courageous birth moms during such a difficult time in their lives.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Love,

The Gittins Family

Jason, Stacy and little Bradley

(Below is a picture Michelle took as Jason & Stacy were seeing Bradley for the first time.  Jason immediately started crying and I love the look on Stacy’s face.  The nurse on the right was adopted herself and was very supportive of this whole situation.  Thank you to the amazing staff at Northridge Medical Center who cared for Bradley during his stay in the NICU.)

- It was LOVE at first sight -

- North Carolina -

After going through infertility and then suffering miscarriages, we came to realize that we were meant to be parents and could love any baby as our own.  At the very beginning of our search on adoption God intervened and brought us directly to meet Kristen, our Adoption Coordinator from Adoption Answer.  As soon as we had our phone meeting with  her and the director Michelle, we knew we were on the right path.  As we were brand new to adoption, we were doing a lot of research and understood that it typically could take a long time – even years  – to be matched.  Through Adoption Answer, we were matched within a month!!!

We fell in love with our son’s birth mom the first time we met her.  We formed a connection and developed  a close bond.  Our relationship remains open and loving.

The Adoption Answer Staff was always there for us.  Michelle, Kristen, Wendy and Arielle – we honestly felt like they were our guardian angels through the whole process.  The service is incredibly personalized – Michelle was even the birth coach to our birth mom during our son’s delivery.  We are forever grateful to Michelle and the entire Adoption Answer staff – for their true love and support.  We could not have asked for a better group of women to take on this journey with us.

- Georgia -

Adoption: So much more then a meaning to a word, its the most incredible gift we’ve ever come to know. After experiencing years of infertility, and trying to concieve naturally, we began discussing our options. Shortly after we began calling Adoption Services, and after four months of endless calls to adoption agency after adoption agency, I called Adoption Answer, this is where our journey began. I spoke to Michelle for what seemed to be hours. I was smiling, crying, happy and sad all in one great emotion. We began our journey in Feburary of 2010 with hopes of a baby to come with Adoption Answer’s help. Little did we know our fast our family would grow. In August 2010 we had a beautiful baby girl Sara, she is “our PERFECT” baby. I couldn’t imagine life without her, my new family with Adoption Answer and the most wonderful Coordinator Ashlene. We can’t wait to expand our family again with the help of Adoption Answer!

- California -

Only six months ago, we experienced the blessing of a lifetime and an answer to our prayers – the birth of our adopted daughter Ainsley Isabella.

Our journey to adoption was a long one, but worth the wait.  Years of failed fertility treatments was compounded by the sudden loss of our baby daughter at 20 weeks in utero.

Shortly after receiving that bad news, we received a telephone call from a family member telling us about a successful adoption through Adoption Answer.  Thoughts raced through our minds – “Were we ready for adoption?”  “What about all of those terrible adoption stories we see on the news?”  “Can we afford adoption?”  We prayed about it and decided to call Adoption Answer.

We will never forget that beautiful day in January 2010 when we walked into the Adoption Answer office and spoke with Michelle and Wendy.  Our nervous and scared feelings were immediately calmed by the warmth and love we felt throughout the room.  We struggled to tell our story about the journey that led us to adoption and ultimately to the office in which we sat.  At the end of our initial meeting, we were convinced that God led us to the right place!

Within a few weeks, we received a telephone call from Michelle about a young birthmother who wanted to meet us.  We met over breakfast and immediately loved the birthmother.  We were officially matched by Adoption Answer that same day!

From that day on, we kept in close contact with the birthmother.  She graciously invited us to all medical appointments and ultrasounds, which we gladly accepted.  Through this time, we developed a caring relationship for one another.

We were both blessed with the enormous gift of witnessing the birth of our daughter in May 2010.  What a miracle!

Our birthmother continues to be a part of our lives.  We will always love her.

We would not recommend anyone other than Adoption Answer.  Michelle was extremely caring and helpful in facilitating communication with our birthmother and guided us through the pathways through the adoption process.

God bless everyone at Adoption Answer for making miracles happen and helping to create happy families.

Darren, Karri, Aiden (age 6) and Ainsley!

Rob, Christy & Katarina ~ feeling so blessed to be a family.

- Texas -

Rob and I are so thankful for Ashlene and Michelle at Adoption Answer.  They helped make our dream of being parents come true. We were blessed on November 13th with a newborn girl that we named Katarina Addison.  It is amazing how things work out and how your life can change in an instant.

Rob and I tried for over seven years to get pregnant.  We tried everything possible, and nothing seemed to work.  We decided in March of 2010 to adopt because we both knew that we had so much love to offer and really wanted to be parents.  We met Ashlene and her husband Chad in North Carolina around that time and just fell in love with them, and their little guy Zakai – whom they adopted through Adoption Answer.   Ashlene told us all about her experience with adoption and that just encouraged us to move forward with adoption through the use of Adoption Answer.

Rob and I knew this was God’s work that brought us together with them.

We spoke with Michelle a few times on the phone before flying out to California to meet with her.  She is truly an angel and listening to her just makes you so relaxed and loved.  Yet, what I love most about Michelle is that I know she is always praying for birth moms and those trying to adopt.  She is awesome!!!

Well, this is how we were matched with our birth mom… we received a call on Tuesday, November 9th wanting to know if we were ready.  We said “YES!!!”  I flew to North Carolina on Friday, November 12th and Saturday morning I received the call that our birth mom was in labor.  I rushed to the hospital and went straight to my birth mom’s room and never left her side.  That evening at 7:20 pm, I witnessed the ultimate of God’s work… my daughter was born.  I was there to see it ALL happening.  No one can ever take that memory from me or the ones to come with Katarina.

Rob, Katarina and I are a family and we are all blessed to have each other.  Thank you God for answering our prayers!!!  And thank you Ashlene and Michelle for making it happen.

Rob & Christy's baby love ~ Katarina