Adopting Lylah into our family!

UPDATE - JUNE 30th

As of a few days ago, Lylah is living with us full time.  The legal paperwork will still take some time to finalize, but we are so happy that she is with us and we can begin getting her settled and establishing real routines.

She has been doing so well, and we already see a huge amount of developmental progress in her in the short time we’ve known her. She is now saying “uh oh” and “hi” and “bye” and blowing kisses - all things she couldn’t do when we first met her. She is also trying to say “car” and “snack” and “bath” and several other things. She displays a lot of understanding as well; the other day we asked her to please pick up her juice from the floor and put it on the table, and she did! We have been told that she cries non-stop at her previous home, and is never happy... here she laughs and giggles all the time, and is very pleasant pretty much all the time. (Unless she’s over-tired, lol.)

We are so very happy to be able to give her the attention and care she needs, and we’re very encouraged that it’s already making a difference. She’s become best friends with our doggies, and they’re thrilled to have a family member around that actually enjoys their gross doggie kisses.  

All gifts go towards the cost of the adoption, as well as practical things we need for Lylah.

We are SO very grateful to all of you who have already supported us in so many ways - financial, gifts, and otherwise. Thank you all so, so much for your love and kindness.

We’ll send out another update when the legal paperwork is more official. It will take another 1-2 months for all of that.

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UPDATE - MAY 30th

We have been officially "matched" with a little girl! 

We are going to be adopting Lylah, a 4-year-old girl, sometime this summer. Lylah has some special needs, and is developmentally behind her age. We learned about Lylah's situation about a month and a half ago, and since then we have been able to spend time with her and get to know her. We just officially decided to move forward with the adoption process.



Lylah will be transitioning into our home over the next several weeks by spending weekends with us. We don't have an exact adoption date yet, but it will likely be in the next 1-2 months. She's already very comfortable with us and has already started bonding with us, so we are hoping and praying for a smooth transition for her.

Lylah is a sweetheart, loves our dogs, loves coloring, laughing and cuddling. We're very excited to welcome her into our family, and our hearts.

THANK YOU for your support! We appreciate it very much.  (All donations go towards the adoption legal costs as well as getting our home ready for Lylah's arrival.)
 
J&T