We're Matched!!! It's a GIRL!

We are beyond thrilled to announce that we are officially matched with a beautiful birth mother and are expecting a baby GIRL in September!! We can hardly believe it! God truly brought us all together and we are moving forward in faith that we will be bringing home our baby girl in September. (Spoiler alert- she's here! More here.) As we've said before, adoption is always a risk, and we are trying to protect our hearts while also celebrating every part of the journey. While we can't share every detail, we want to invite you to join us in praying for this entire situation and everyone involved. Thank you all SO much for your encouragement and prayers thus far!!

We went to AZ to visit her and get to know her family.  It was a wonderful trip that strengthened our bond with her birth mother and sister and we are overjoyed. 

Many of you have asked how you can help! We have partnered with an organization called AdoptTogether where friends and family are able to give online towards our adoption costs as a tax deductible donation! AdoptTogether takes no fees or extra charges. Our donation page and our story, along with more info on all the costs involved, can be found here: www.adopttogether.org/mcmiracle . Right now, we have a donor willing to match up to $5K in donations through July 31! This is an incredible offer to help us reach our goal and bring home our little McMiracle! She is loved so much already and you are all a part of our story! Love, KK&J

***UPDATE!***  To Read about our daughter's birth story, click here! 

Adoption Photo Shoot

John and I had the honor to work with Holly D of Holly D. Photograpy a few weeks ago! She was in town shooting a wedding and was looking for some willing participants to take some shots around the area. We were so blessed to connect up with her and she took some fun "adoption maternity pictures" for us! We made up some of our own ideas, borrowed a few others from Pinterest, and just had a lot of fun! We loved having a chance to take some pictures to celebrate this journey and time of waiting for our McMiracle baby. (Currently we are still waiting to be matched with a birth mother.  *UPDATE* Our Daughter was born 9-13-17 - Read about it here!)

I love photography and story telling. I LOVE maternity pictures- I think they are so special and a wonderful documentation of the miracle that is pregnancy. I have always been in awe of the way God creates life and allows the woman's body to adapt and create a perfect environment for His most amazing creation.

Many people have asked what it's like for me to see so many friends posting pictures of their pregnancy and their maternity shots. The truth is I absolutely love seeing every picture and my joy for my friends is genuine and abundant! There is always a little moment of wonder and a tinge of sadness that I will never be able to experience pregnancy and provide that safe and perfect home, feel hiccups and kicks and movement, to sing to and pray for and bond with that baby who knows my heartbeat and shares my blood. But our journey to growing our family is unique and beautiful and overwhelmingly exciting with its own set of challenges and special moments! I am so grateful that we had this opportunity to take these pictures and celebrate together.

Thanks, Holly, for these special photos.  They are treasures!  If you have taken adoption "maternity pictures" leave a link in the comments.  We'd love to see them.

Somewhere in this beautiful country our little McMiracle will be born!  **UPDATE** She was born in the beautiful state of Arizona on 9-17-13!  To read more, click here!

In keeping with our theme pictures from our engagement pic below :)

This was one of our engagement pictures!

To Read Our Daughter's Birth Story, Click Here

Welcome!

Hi! We are John and Kristen. The goal of our page is for you to get to know our family and our passion for adoption. We are ready and waiting to welcome a new baby into our home. Currently, we are home study approved for domestic newborn adoption (North America), multiples and sibling groups. Check out our family profile to get to know more about us.

We will be sharing updates and thoughts along our journey of adoption.  Please feel free to share this page and help us spread the word that we are an available family waiting to be matched with an expectant mother who is seeking a family with whom to place her child. Thanks!! Free free to contact us here.


**UPDATE!  Our daughter was born 9-17-13 into our family through adoption. Read about it here!  We are hoping to adopt again in the near future!**