Its all about love!

Hello

We are Andrew and Marti and of course we cannot forget our beautiful boy Austin. Let us tell you a little about ourselves and how adoption has touched our lives. Many years ago we went through infertility and then my husband had a health problem that prevented us from becoming pregnant. After much pray and we knew that adoption was the means by which our hope and dreams of having a family would come to past.

After many years of waiting and having one fall through the Lord saw fit to have Austin placed in our home. We got the call and then three hours later we were at the hospital to pick up our little boy. Now Austion is 3 years old and is full of life and loves to play outside and run and run and run. Mom sometimes struggles to just keep up. To be called mommy and daddy is a dream come true. I will always be eternally grateful to Austin's birthmom for giving us the chance to be his parents and to love him.

Now we are waiting for another precious soul to enter our home and become part of our family. For this reason this blog has been created. I would like to tell you about our little family.

Lets begin with Andrew: Andrew loves to fish, hike, work on the farm that we live on, play outside with Austin. Andrew has a bachelors degree in Technical Sales with an emphasis in business and botony. He now is a gardener and has always enjoyed watching living things grow. He also loves to go for long drives and camping. Andrew is a very honest person who would do anything for anybody. I love my husband and am gratiful for the respect and love that he shows me. I love to watch him play with Austin and see the bond they have. I know Andrew is a great father and he will make a great father to another little one.

Now there is Marti: Marti loves to scrapbook, read, hike, camp, water sports, and anything to do with Austin. She has her associates degree and she has a certificate in medical transcription and at the present time works from home as a medical transcriptions. This allows her to be home and take care of Austin. Marti plans on being a stay at home mother when another child is placed in our home. She loves being a mother and loves watching Austin grow and develop. She loves to be on the go and now Austin loves to go too.

Now lets tell you a little bit more about Austin. Austin was placed in our arms in August of 2005. He was just beautiful. We never dreamed how wonderful it would be to have a little one in our arms. Now going from just two to three was a change that we will never forget. Now from sleeping through the night to being sleep deprived. Luckily they grow out of that phase, but what precious moments those were. Andrew and I had to fight over whose turn it was to get up because we both wanted to just sit and watch as he drank is bottle, but now those quiet times are gone and we are into the running everywhere phase and nonstop talking. To hear the words mommy and daddy are very precious. Austin loves music. He will sit for hours and play the piano (or bang on the piano), but he is working on his technique of having the finger spread and sitting upright. He is very observant and wants to do everything himself. He is Mr. Independent.

I hope that this gives a better feel of who we are and that we have more love to give. From our hearts to yours.

Andrew and Marti