Here we go!

This is about how I feel starting to blog BUT I am extremely excited to share about our adoption journey with you.  Say what?  You're adopting?  YES!  To first get you up to speed JFNF has currently added a new branch, Jessica Faith N Family.  Jessica Faith N Fitness is on sabbatical for at least the next six months.  I have traded in my trainer badge for a new position.  I have taken over as CEO of the Household.  My job description includes banking, planning, editing, promoting, wiping, cleaning, real estate, non-profit, sales, sports & recreation, religion, and all the other categories listed under "Industry" when I was creating this amazing blog.  I looked for an "all of the above" category but none to be found.

Our adoption journey has been a whirlwind thus far but it took a few years for us to arrive.  We have been blessed with our two fabulous biological boys, JC & JR.  There has always been some discussion about what would it be like to adopt.  Once baby JR was born this CEO was finished with populating the earth!  Although there would be no more production coming out of this business we believed that if the Lord lead us to continue to expand adoption would be the option.  We found ourselves in 2015 looking straight into this journey.

I have a bit of a motto.  It's "Get up OR Shut up!"  I must be honest I only can handle talking and meddling over a topic for so long.  At some point I must either move forward or put the issue to rest.  Adoption became the topic for the "Get up OR Shut Up" discussion.  Big J and I had done enough meddling around this topic.  It was time to pick a course.  Through out the year songs, bible studies, scripture, meeting random people who over hear your conversation, and a gamut of other "signs" pushed us to the crossroads.  We both agreed we at least owed it ourselves to really look into what adoption meant and what it looked like.  Do we go domestic or international?  Are we booking flights or talking children?  Honestly, there was no problem "talking adoption" but we didn't even really know what the language meant!  So after some basic research we determined a domestic infant adoption was where the Lord had called us.  There were many things that lead us to this decision.  I would love to share specific details if anyone has any questions.  Please email me your questions!  

That's all I can handle for now!  This lady can only clock so much time on a computer!  I hope you've enjoyed thus far & got at least one laugh.  I look forward to continuing to share our journey of how we got to this point and where we are headed.  I will also be using this blog to keep you informed about some of our fundraising opportunities and other ways to support adoption. To all those looking for a pinterest worthy blogger and irresistible pictures sorry you got lost and landed here!