Our story starts in late 2016 when Andy and I met at Crossroads Church through the special needs ministry. We dated, fell in love and were engaged a year later, and by the summer of 2018 we were officially Mr. and Mrs. Alba!
Children were always part of our plan. God had placed a deep desire in my heart to be a mom from an early age, especially being the oldest of my siblings I've always loved babies and I couldn't wait for us to start our family. We had talked about having two maybe three children (I really wanted a third child as a tie breaker but Andy thought two children would be more than enough) So I compromised with the idea of two children hoping that maybe Andy would change his mind and try for that third child down the road.
However we both agreed we should wait and focus on our marriage first for a year or two to establish a strong foundation before starting a family. We waited for a little over two years before deciding it was time to have a baby. 2020 was going to be our year, and while it was a wild year with the pandemic and all the changes that brought, I couldn't be more excited to become a mama and start our family. I would daydream about the creative ways we could announce "Baby Alba" and I couldn't wait to get to tell our parents that they would finally become grandparents! But after many negative pregnancy test and heartbreaking disappointment, we sought medical intervention. We later came to find out that both Andy and I struggled with infertility and the odds of us getting pregnant weren’t realistic.
We held onto hope that our God could help us conceived naturally. So we asked for LOTS of prayer from our family, friends, and even our church senior pastor and elders. When the months slowly turned into years of "trying" we came to the sad realization that we weren't going to get pregnant and we had deal with all emotions of that reality. Infertility feels like everyone is running the race but you’re stuck at the starting line and can't move forward. We never imagined infertility would be part of our story but it is and God has been with us throughout this whole process and we know He has better plans for our family than we ever could’ve envisioned. God has led us through the pain infertility to the journey of adoption through a Christian embryo adoption!!! Embryo adoption gives children a chance at life when they otherwise would be indefinitely frozen, donated to science, or tragically disposed of. This form of adoption is an answered prayer and perfect fit for our family, just not for our budget. Would you consider donating any small amount and join us on this adoption journey? Help us bring baby Alba home.
