Their journey to Dylan...

For the past year and a half my sister and her husband have been going through the adoption process. To be honest, I never thought that they wanted children, but apparently Carin never wanted to give birth to her own child.

During Christmas 2008, our family was given the news that Carin & Rusty would be starting the adoption process. After the initial shock of this announcement wore off, we were all completely supportive of their dreams to adopt a little boy. After months of classes and background checks they were finally approved to be matched with a child. This approval came in June.

The next step for them was to be matched with a child. Sometime in July, a match was confirmed. After reviewing his file, Carin & Rusty moved forward with the process and met with Dylan. A few short weeks later, mid-August, Dylan moved for the last time into Carin & Rusty's home.

Yesterday, nine months after Dylan moved in, the adoption became official. Dylan now has his Forever Family, and never needs to worry again about being taken away to a new strange place. Aside from his loving parents, Dylan now has two sets of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins!

Welcome to the family, Dylan! We love you and are so excited to have you in our lives!!!