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I had my first open heart surgery at 7 days old. My 2nd surgery didn’t come until I was 10 years old. Living with congenital heart defects was all…

My baby is one. So, I guess that hardly qualifies her as a full blown baby anymore since she’s slowly creeping into that toddler stage… but my…

Written by Alissa Kay We consider ourselves to be lucky to have relationships with our kids’ families. Our kids are so loved by so many…

A letter to my kids… I loved you from the moment I heard about you. I loved each of you fiercely before I met you. I loved you before I knew you…

Adoption has clearly changed my life. I’ve added so many people in my life that I wouldn’t have gotten to know & love if it weren’t for…

Remember here when I told you we were going to Disney World? Well, we went and we had a fantastic time! The very first thing we did was…

Written by Alissa Kay My family goes out as a family of 4 and people have no clue that we are an adoptive family. We look like any other family.…

Written by Alissa Kay One day in August of 2011, my phone rang. I had family visiting from out state. Matthew was napping. I was hesitant to answer…

Written by Alissa Kay Before we got married, we talked about kids. We wanted 2-4. Or somewhere in the middle! We were ecstatic to be parents to…

Written by Alissa Kay Adoption is complicated. Some people say it’s the easy way to have a family… clearly; they haven’t been through the ups…