Adoption and Parenting
Adoption has always been a part of Taylor’s life. Before Taylor was born, her birthmother decided to place Taylor for adoption and spent time and love hand-picking her parents for her. Taylor always felt right at-home with her parents and knew God had placed her exactly where she was meant to be. Taylor’s birthmother would often come to birthday parties or special lunches, and now she and Taylor stay in contact over text message. Both Taylor’s birthmother and her adoptive mother have guided her as Taylor becomes a hopeful adoptive mother herself. Taylor feels it is so special to have the opportunity to enter motherhood the same way her own mother did, and to get to learn from her throughout the process.
Cody and Taylor believe adoption is a beautiful story of God’s redemption and love. We know just how faithful God is at turning grief and sorrow into joy. We also know firsthand how God works through adoption to give a wonderful life to all parties involved, with renewed hope and joy to all in the end.
We believe children are a gift from God to be cared for and guided lovingly in the way they should go. Taylor dreams of holding her children close to her during the long days and nights of infancy. Cody dreams of getting to teach and model good character and important life skills for his children. Our greatest dream together has always been to have children to love, nurture, teach, and watch grow into the men and women God intended them to become.
Our Values
Jesus is the foundation of our marriage and of our life, and we believe it is a privilege to one day get to raise up God’s children to know their unshakable worth and identity in Christ. We want to guide our children with wisdom, teaching them right from wrong, showing them how to act with honor and humility. We want to build a foundation of trust with our kids, giving them the freedom to make their own age-appropriate choices, teaching them also that no sin can ever separate them from us or from God if they seek forgiveness.
Growing up on the ranch with frequent trips to Alaska will also give our kids the same invaluable opportunities to learn from God’s creation the way we both did as kids: hunting, fishing, animal husbandry and wildlife safety, all teaching us of God’s character as Creator and building strong decision making skills that carry throughout all aspects of life.
Adoption Q&A
Q: What age will the child you’re adopting be?
A: We felt called to support a woman or couple in an unexpected pregnancy that, despite being unable to parent their child for one reason or another at that time, still chose life. We are working with a Christian agency that supports expectant mothers with counseling and pregnancy-related costs, and Lord-willing, one day, we will be chosen by one of these expectant mothers to become parents. All this to say, we will be adopting a newborn.
Q: Do you know if you’re getting a boy or a girl?
A: Nope! We are so grateful for the prospect of parenthood. We have absolutely no preference.
Q: When will all of this happen?
A: We don’t know! We are home-study approved and could get the call any day that we are parents. That said, there are more qualified, waiting parents in America than there are adoptable babies, so we are expecting to wait 2-4 years.
Q: Will your baby be from America?
A: Yes, this type of adoption is only able to be done domestically.
Q: How many children will you be adopting?
A: Because this type of adoption only allows for newborns, and it is very rare for twins to be placed for adoption, we will likely be adopting one child at a time. Our dream is to be able to adopt two children so that our children have the blessing of a sibling bond throughout their lifetime together.
Q: Will your child know their birth family?
A: Absolutely. We will protect the privacy of our child and his or her birth family online, so not much will be shared, but our child will always know the person or people who loved them enough to give them life and hand-pick their parents for them.
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