Adoption and Open Adoption- Knowing that we are supposed to be parents has been one of the most comforting answers to prayer. I specifically remember discussing adoption when we were dating, at that point in life we were thinking it would be something we could do once our biological children were a bit older, now we know this is how we will start our family. Both of us come from close families, and we couldn’t imagine anything different. We hope that our birth mother will be comfortable with an open adoption because we would love to share with her, and her family if they choose. There will never be a time when your child doesn’t know who you are, that they are adopted and that they are loved by both of their families.
Family- Family is something that is very important to us. We aren’t Italian but if you imagine a “stereotypical” close knit giant Italian family it might help you understand our family a little better. There sure are a lot of us! On Kira’s side alone there are 12 Uncles, 10 Aunts, and lots of cousins in every age group- so there are always people around to play with. We hope our child will get to know their birth family as well as our family. We both have fond memories of family outings and adventures and hope to continue some of our family traditions with our own children and we are excited to create new family traditions together. We are fortunate to have many friends and neighbors who are like “family” to us. We are blessed to have other families in our ward who have also adopted their children. We have built quite the network of strong people to help buoy us up on rainy days and we have been able to help each other through our trials.
Parenting- I am going to be completely honest and upfront right now- we are not going to be perfect parents. But we will try every day to be better. Each child is different and requires different parenting skills, resources and knowledge. I know there will be times when it will be tough and we will take each day as it comes and do our best to help each other learn and grow.
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