HOPING TO ADOPT
(again!)

Loren Quinn, you're a real life dream come true. I can't believe sometimes, that I get to be your mom. You are my best friend and I'm so glad I get to spend my days at home with you. You never fail to keep dad and I on our toes. We can't wait to hear what funny thing you'll say next. Sometimes you say words or phrases that you don't really understand and we laugh hard over it! I love to keep a note in my phone of all the funny and sweet things you say and then print them out into a book at the end of the year. I never get tired of flipping through those pages!

 

You love to give us kisses and hugs, you follow dad around and help him with all the house/yard projects. You love to be outside, inside or anywhere because you're genuinely happy 99% of the time. You loved our trip to Hawaii last year and kept saying "I'm just a Hawaii girl now!" (me too, sis). Dad and I love how funny you are, how quick you are to say sorry when you make mistakes and how quickly you forgive us when we make them. You honestly do your best to make good choices. You are learning how to read and can usually be found writing notes to us. Last Christmas, you gave your best friend one of your favorite Christmas presents because she really wanted one and didn't get it. You have a heart of gold and are so generous.

 

The way you came to our family is nothing short of a miracle. Thank you for bringing SO MUCH JOY into our lives. I hope we can always teach you all the fun, good things in life and that you'll forgive us when we make mistakes. I hope you appreciate and love the relationship we get to have with your birth family and that you will always feel comfortable talking about your birth story - it's one of our favorites to tell. I hope you will always feel and know how much you are loved. I don't know how to put into words just how loved you are by dad and me but I hope you always feel it now and forever.  Love you 14, Lo Lo!

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Brooks Liam, you made it! You had to go through SO much within seconds of you being born and you've been working so hard to grow and heal since then. There have been so many times I've looked at you and just had the strongest feeling that I have known you long before June 6th. Everyone who meets you says you just fit. It's true!

 

From the beginning, the word I would use to describe you is calm. You are so calm and so easy going despite all life has handed you so far. We all love your happy little smile (that you really make us work hard for), your chubby little thighs and cheeks and your eyes that get bluer by the day! We are so grateful that after years and years of dreaming about you, you're finally here and you're everything and more than we hoped for! Because of your small left lung, the doctors have told us that you may not be a track star or that you might be extra sleepy or out of breath but by actual miracles, you are proving everyone wrong! Dad is convinced that you WILL be an athlete and that we'll send a post card of you winning a medal at the Olympics to all those doctor's who doubted you! You will go far in life, not just physically but in every way. There is a drive in you to accomplish anything you set your sights on, we can see it in your eyes! 

 

Lo is obsessed with you and wants to help change you, feed you and take care of you in any way. We worried about an 8 year age gap but having you here now, we know it's just right. Thank you for making your way to our family, we couldn't imagine life without you now! We love you, little Brooksy boy!!!