The story of Kya Harper

National Adoption Month is here, and What to Expect Adoption Support is happy to share the store of this adoptive family! Please read below to hear the story of Kya Harper:   Our Adoption Story - I will start by saying, adoption has always been an option for us, so when we struggled to have children on our own, the decision to adopt came easily. I will also tell you, this is truly a God story... Having no idea where to begin, we contacted a local place that places foster children to do our home study. Our social worker was fabulous, but cautioned us that they did not place newborns very often. We prepared to take our home study to an agency. (This process began in July 2009). By October, I was getting anxious, the holidays were around the corner, and we really wanted our baby home for them. After many prayers, God granted us the piece of mind of "just knowing" it would happen. Sure enough on November third as I stood in front of 20 or more 7th graders, the call came...from the place that said they rarely placed newborns . A baby girl was born and being placed for adoption; if we were ready, she was ours. The next two days were a whirlwind...I picked up "it's a girl" balloons on the way home from work to let my parents know they would be getting a new granddaughter, then my sister and I headed to purchase baby stuff. My mom set up a nursery, friends and neighbors dropped off items we would need, and my co-workers put together a baby shower. On the morning of November 6, 2009, our social worker and attorney literally delivered our baby to our front door! Kya Harper, we named her, was the most precious little thing we have ever seen! (And still is). I know all adoption stories do not go this smoothly and that God surely had a hand in this one Our adoption hearing was exactly 3 months later, and it was official! What to Expect Adoption Support would like to thank this family for sharing this story and would like to say Happy 5 year Gotcha Day Anniversary!  Knowing this family on a personal level we have to say the story of their adoption is nothing but a God story. We are happy to say that since the adoption of Kya Harper, the family has since expanded as they welcomed a second child through adoption to complete their family!