Shirts, hoodies, stickers, kid shirts, beanies, and now introducing — ornaments! We partnered with Keystone Steel Co. and are so excited to announce our Shaver Crew Adoption ORNAMENTS! 😀 The story is kinda crazy and proof that there are some incredible people in the world. ;P An acquaintance of mine tagged me in a post Keystone posted on […]
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old baker vendor event
Much to my astonishment, I was accepted to be a vendor at Old Baker Farm’s vendor weekend (a well known pumpkin patch) where I got to sell our sourdough bread, bagels and cookies + our adoption merch and superhero capes. On Saturday (10.22.22), all the vendors had to be fully set up by 8am and […]
superhero set fundraiser
Ready to save the world? Be a hero by helping us adopt I found this fundraiser in my initial fundraiser idea search back in January but I intentionally set it aside to release in the Autumn. When September was ending, I found our sets and anxiously waited for them to arrive in the mail. Pretty […]
adoption merch – beanies
I am so beyond pumped to announce we have added beanies to our lineup of adoption merchandise! 😀 Since releasing our shirts, hoodies and stickers on March 4th, we also added kids shirts in May. The journey of how it all came to be is incredible, and this addition is no exception. In the summer, […]
our adoption profile book
Because we are adopting a newborn and the expectant mom gets to choose which family raises her child, one of the things we needed was a “profile book” of our family. Basically a photo album with a mix of posed and candid shots + answers to questions our hired-creator asked us like what are our […]
we are active!!!
WE ARE NOW ACTIVELY RECEIVING CASES 🥳 Aaron & I have dreamed of this moment since we decided to adopt at the beginning of 2022 and to say we’re excited is an understatement! 😄 Full transparency, the devil tried to steal our joy. Even though we had finally reached this next, pivotal chapter in our […]
all the paperwork has been approved!
We got an email from our Document Dude on Tuesday (9.13.22) saying they had all the required documents and we are ready to go active! We’re currently under final review and then we get assigned a consultant who we’ll work closely with during this next season of looking at cases (situations) and choosing a baby. […]
adoption is not “the easy way to have kids”
Some people say this, and it cannot be further from the truth. Adoption is not easier than being pregnant! 4 pregnancies over here & it really would have been “easier” for me to be pregnant again. If we had announced we were pregnant when we announced we were adopting, September would be baby month. But […]
farmer’s market round-up
Looking back over the summer, I see 11 weeks of grit and faithfulness. I see amazing people who started as strangers but quickly became incredibly invested in our family. I see God’s goodness and provision. And it all started with a hesitant “yes.” I was selling our sourdough bagels and bread online when I was asked by […]
our fall goal for the adoption
When we signed with our consulting firm in May, we were told our first step would be paperwork. LOTS of paperwork. And since 90% of that paperwork was legal, it cost money. Unfortunately about as much as we brought in with the fundraisers we did over the summer. I am happy to announce we’re almost […]