Our family is made, the wait is over.
Thank you for reading and following along over the past four years. It’s time to live the life we dreamed about, and savor every minute.
We found our happily ever after, and it’s right here.
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. ~T.S. Eliot
Gorgeous photos!! Truly makes me.misty-eyed! I said this before but ita worth repeating “I’m so happyfor your family!!
I’m so happy for you. It’s been an incredible journey to get to this amazing place. Yet the best of the journey is yet to come.
Love you all!
Tabitha
Love everything about this post. Congratulations.
Congratulations! Your post sounds like a good-bye…are you closing down the blog?
So happy for your family. It sounds like a goodbye to me too. Is this it?
It has been such a pleasure watching your family take shape. I am sad to see you stop blogging, but at the same time I feel excited for the future for all of you. I am very glad that we’ve developed such a nice friendship where the ending of this blog means little. I’m proud to be your friend and proud of how far you’ve come.
Yes, the blog is closed. I’ll keep it up for a little while to help those in the adoption process or families considering an open adoption, but our story ends at the beginning
I feel so good about this, so peaceful. It was time.
All the best,
Jen
Oh Jen, so happy for you, and I will so so miss your blog. Enjoy life with those you love — much more important than documenting it for the rest of us:)
I just saw this blog is closed. Thank you for sharing your story. It is an incredible one.
Thank you, Misty! I loved all of your comments! Yes, the blog is done, but believe me, the fun has continued! I keep the blog up to help anyone looking to research open adoption. It has been amazing for us.
love love love. xo xo.
What amazing photos………Congrats!!! I’m sad that your blog is closed. I have been reading since the beginning and I have loved following your journey. Best of luck.
Jen wishing you continued happiness. I’m truly gonna miss reading about your beautiful family. I can remember finding your blog thru Allie’s (The Scott Household). I also remember that CoCo was born a few days before my grandson. I even copied a photo of her w/the “onesie w/the calendar date of her birth” and it will ALWAYS be one of my FAVORITE SHOTS!!
It truly has been a pleasure following you and I wish nothing but the best for your beautiful family.
The curtain closes here, but I know it opens to a WHOLE NEW WINDOW of life for you NEW LIFE!!
“your NEW LIFE”
I am so happy for you and your family! I found your blog while researching open adoption a few months back. Thank you for sharing your journey. Your story is inspiring and your photography is true art. I miss your tweets and commentary on life. Enjoy your happily ever after!
Happy for you as well. I’ll miss reading too – I’ve been following along for a LONG time.
Hopefully one of these days, I’ll actually get to meet you at one of the Gladney events. Well, actually, we did cross paths at the Skittle, but as soon as I realized it was actually you, my son started running, so I couldn’t introduce myself. I know you’ll have NO idea what I’m talking about LOL, but I noticed that you were having a hard time opening up the doors to one of those ride on trucks right on the inside of the Looney Tunes area. Since I had just struggled myself to get my son’s door open, I was going to help you when you did get it all figured out. I took a second glance and I thought I recognized you, but it was getting dark at the time. Then I recognized your youngest daughter and son with you. But like I said, I had to run bc my child is a maniac runner. LOL When I told my husband that I saw you, he asked if I introduced myself and I told him, “What did you want me to do, yell at her from across the ride that I’m a blog stalker?!” LOL
Enjoy every moment.
Had to come back and ask…”will the PHOTOGRAPHY blog close as well?”
LOL-no, Sugar is how I pay the bills. That blog isn’t going anywhere. My professional and my personal life are two different arenas
Yay!! I can still view your beautiful photography!
Jen, it’s been a while since I’ve stopped by your blog, and I’ve got to say, there are a few tears coming up this morning that I wasn’t expecting. I can’t tell you how happy I am for you!
In the short amount of time we spent together, I quickly learned that you were one of the sweetest people I’d ever met, with one of the biggest hearts. The help you extended at the beginning of my photography career helped me to discover the confidence I needed to make it succeed, and now it has grown in ways I could have never imagined. It will also help supplement our family income as my husband retires from the military next year and transitions into his next career. I truly cannot express how comforting that extra line of income is, and I really don’t think I would have believed I could have accomplished what I have if I hadn’t been inspired by your example. The fact that you were willing to help out a complete stranger is a testament to your kind heart and your willingness to extend goodness out into the world.
However, when I visited you in Dallas, subtle as it was I could tell there was something stealing a little bit of who you are. It just seemed like there was a little touch of sadness and confusion to you…greatly outshone by vibrance and smiles of course, yet it certainly existed. Now, clearly, I understand what it was. I’ve checked in on this blog from time to time since then, and have seen some great new emotions on your face: initially relief….then strength & independence…now pure bliss. I am so happy for your happy ending. Blessings – PB
So happy for you – sad for me (no more blog). Stay in touch! I thought of you on your wedding day, hoping all was going to plan (well as much as those things do go to plan).
If you’re ever over this way – don’t hesitate to let me know
Kez
I have been following your blog for awhile now and am so beyond thrilled you found your happily ever after. Your tweets were also hilarious
(I’m assuming you went private with those- understandable 
) You are an inspiration to so many. Some of my friends have thought/are looking into adoption. From reading your blog for so long as well as other adoption blogs I have come to realize how amazingly beautiful it is. Congrats and best wishes on your fabulous life together!
I’ve bee “off the grid” for awhile and am wondering if I’ve missed something. I’ve followed your blog for a long time, and since the last post was in July, I was wondering if you’ve moved it, made it completely private, or been too busy with your well deserved beautiful new life to continue to blog. Please let me know. If it’s moved, I’d like to update my link. Thanks! {blushing in case the info is here and I just can’t find it
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Elena (and others that have asked), I am no longer blogging personally, so you aren’t missing anything
Twitter and Facebook do a pretty good job of documenting our comings and goings these days. We are all doing wonderfully, and enjoying every day.
I do some guest blogging on parenting and blended family blogs, but keep it unidentifiable (for six very good little reasons
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Wishing you, and everyone, a wonderful new year!
Jen