UPDATE!!!!!

I really cannot believe the amount of love and attention this a gotten! I’m blown away. You ladies are all so sweet.

For those who have asked, my blog is thelifewithabeard.home.blog

There’s not too much up yet because it’s been a crazy past couple of weeks but feel free to read and give feedback ☺️

My Instagram is bailliebeard if you want to keep up with Charlotte or you can add me on Facebook! Again, thank you ALL! It’s hard to get through to reply to all of the comments but I’ve read every single one and the support is overwhelming ❤️

I’m just copying/pasting this from my blog because I don’t want to type it all out again but this is my husband and I’s adoption story 💗

Pics below 😊

My husband and I had tried and tried and tried to have a baby for over a year and after 2 miscarriages, I had all but given up hope. I was ready to give up on the idea that we would ever have a baby. As a last resort, we looked into adoption. Sadly, most agencies we found wanted us to be a minimum of 25. We are 22, so as you can imagine, that didn’t give me any confidence in getting a chance. We figured, because social media is a huge world, we could get the word out about us looking to adopt so much quicker. So, as many of you know, we posted a picture of us holding a sign stating that we’d love to adopt. Amongst all of the love and support that came from posting that photo, we got a lot of backlash about how we should just grab a child from the system if we wanted one that badly, or that we should stop telling women not to abort. So again, I was bummed out. I stopped looking at the comments and it eventually died down and we had all but forgotten about it.

Until May 6th, 2019. It was a monday and I had gotten a Facebook message from a woman telling me that her sister had just given birth and had heard that we were looking to adopt. I was completely in shock and knew that it was most likely someone messing with us or that the odds were against us yet again. I cried all night missing the babies we lost and wanting something to go right and in our favor. Tuesday morning, Jacob and I went to the hospital to meet the babies mother. She didn’t want anything to do with this beautiful little girl. She wouldn’t hold her or even look at her. It broke my heart. She let us meet the baby girl and the case manager with the hospital came to talk to us to help us decide what our next move would be. She encouraged us to find an agency and not a lawyer but we knew that the baby would have to go to the state if no one had custody of her by thursday. Her mother already had a case open against her with another child and she wasn’t going to get custody of this baby girl easily… not that she actually wanted her. So, we left the hospital and started looking for an attorny who would take our case. We met with one that afternoon who told us what we needed to do. We started the paperwork and hoped that the birth mother would come to his office to sign them. She had 72 hours after giving birth to decide if she wanted the baby or not. She showed up on her own and signed the papers voluntarily which allowed the judge to grant Jake and I emergency custody. This was just so we could get her from the hospital once she was discharged. The next morning, the case worker from social services came to evaluate our home and determine whether or not it was appropriate and safe and she told us that she had known the birth mother for a very long time and that we didn’t need to worry about her wanting the baby back and this gave me more comfort than I can express. We already had a nursery set up. Thurdsay afternoon the baby was supposed to be discharged but because her bilirubin levels were too high, they kept her again. Friday morning we had to go to court so that temporay custody could be given to us if the mother still didn’t want her. Spoiler, she didn’t. We left the courthouse and went to the hospital to see our baby. We were told that her jaundice was gone and that we could bring her home but then the doctor decided it would be best if we stayed in the hospital that night to ensure we weren’t going to be too overwhelmed bringing a newborn home. She was having withdrawals from Meth and the doctor didn’t want us to leave not knowing what to expect and wanted us to be around nurses if something happened. That night she was so perfect. I held her in bed, so in awe of this sweet baby. I just knew that God meant for her to come into our family. We had decided that we would name her after Jacob’s mom who had passed away while we were in highschool. Charlotte Claire Beard or CeCe. Legally, her name is “Infant Johnson” until we can offically adopt her because her biological mom refused to name her. She is the most amazing thing to ever happen to Jacob and I and has already melted the hearts of all of our friends and family, especially her grandparents. We still can’t believe we got so lucky to make her a part of our family. We are so in love with Charlotte and she fits right in. In just 2 short weeks, she has become my entire world and more. I cannot wait to see her grow and develop and see who she’s going to be. The adoption process is extremely stressful and expensive but it’s undoubtedly worth all of the trouble and every penny we put into it. This is truly a dream come true for us as we have always talked about adopting a child, little did we know that it would happen so fast. We can’t thank those who have helped us enough. Sweet Charlotte has so many people in her corner and so many people behind the scenes helping us adjust and provide for her. Thank you to everyone who has asked to hear our story and more so to those who have been along for the ride.