Our names are Pat and Rebekah Murphy. We have been married 20 years and
were blessed this past February with our miracle. On Sunday, January
29th we heard from a woman at church about a special baby with a
chromosomal disorder born in Germany. The next day we contacted LDS
Social Services to start the paperwork. Honestly, we have lost count of
people saying, "we know of a baby..." which always ends sadly for us.
So, we pushed forward with faith.
Three days later we started the mountain of paperwork and the beginning of our miraculous whirlwind adoption process. Five days after starting our paperwork, we met the birth mother and paternal grandparents. She and baby Freddie hopped on a medical military flight to Madigan Army Medical Center. We visited for 3 hours. On midnight, exactly 1 week after starting our paperwork, the birth mother said she had chosen us to adopt her special son. We were over the moon with excitement. Then exactly 2 weeks after starting our paperwork on February 8th, we picked up Freddie from Madigan and brought him home. We had the birth mother and the paternal grandparents over for dinner that night. On that day, our family expanded by one baby and a slew of new aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and friends.
We have a very open adoption. We visit the paternal aunts monthly and the paternal grandparents every 3 months. We visit with the birth parents about every other month. We have had extended birth family fly in from out of town to have them over for dinner and of course to see Mr. Fred. Because we plan on keeping a very open adoption with the birth family, we have decided to call the birth parents Freddie's God parents. They are the parents that God sent him to first.
We have an overwhelming sense of gratitude to our Father in Heaven and know that he heard our prayers and prepared us for this extra special boy. We are blindly walking forward in regards to Freddie's long term health, but we have faith that all will be as Heavenly Father wants it to be. All we know is Freddie is one very special spirit. We were sealed on Saturday, May 5th. We can both honestly say, that on that day, it was a perfect day filled with love; pure love. - Pat and Rebeka
Three days later we started the mountain of paperwork and the beginning of our miraculous whirlwind adoption process. Five days after starting our paperwork, we met the birth mother and paternal grandparents. She and baby Freddie hopped on a medical military flight to Madigan Army Medical Center. We visited for 3 hours. On midnight, exactly 1 week after starting our paperwork, the birth mother said she had chosen us to adopt her special son. We were over the moon with excitement. Then exactly 2 weeks after starting our paperwork on February 8th, we picked up Freddie from Madigan and brought him home. We had the birth mother and the paternal grandparents over for dinner that night. On that day, our family expanded by one baby and a slew of new aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and friends.
We have a very open adoption. We visit the paternal aunts monthly and the paternal grandparents every 3 months. We visit with the birth parents about every other month. We have had extended birth family fly in from out of town to have them over for dinner and of course to see Mr. Fred. Because we plan on keeping a very open adoption with the birth family, we have decided to call the birth parents Freddie's God parents. They are the parents that God sent him to first.
We have an overwhelming sense of gratitude to our Father in Heaven and know that he heard our prayers and prepared us for this extra special boy. We are blindly walking forward in regards to Freddie's long term health, but we have faith that all will be as Heavenly Father wants it to be. All we know is Freddie is one very special spirit. We were sealed on Saturday, May 5th. We can both honestly say, that on that day, it was a perfect day filled with love; pure love. - Pat and Rebeka
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