All About Gracen

Gracen is our amazing energetic 3 year old.  Gracen can run at amazing speeds, he is determined to keep up with Brecken and all his cousins running around. It is so cute to watch him play, he loves to make sure Brecken and Mac have a toy and are by his side! He loves to get hugs and kisses from everyone! Gracen loves to laugh and talk. Gracen's favorite thing to do is swim.  He is quite the fish and loves to hold his breath and go under water.

Gracen's Adoption Story

On September 8th, 2007 Rachel was in bed and an overwhelming feeling came over her!  As tears rolled out of her eyes she turned to Nate and expressed her revelation that they were to adopt, now!  The next morning as Rachel was talking to Rhonda(Nate's Mom) she learned of an adoption agency in Northern Utah!  That week she was on their website learning that they worked with Birth Mother's from the Eastern United States and the longest wait for an adoption was about a year!  Rachel knew that this was what she was looking for!  A year would be perfect timing, Brecken would be almost 2 by then and it would give them time to get all the paper work done! 
Rachel and Nate had planned a trip to Northern Utah the beginning of October 2007 to visit Rachel's Mom and family and decided to meet with the agency and turn in the beginning of their paperwork!  While talking with the agency Rachel and Nate found out that they had Birth Mothers that were due as early as December that hadn't picked families yet!
Two weeks later Rachel received an email saying a Birth Mother had chosen them!  Gracen's Tummy Mommy had had an ultrasound early in her pregnancy which showed a baby girl was on her way, but at a later date an ultrasound showed a baby boy instead.  So everyone was waiting the arrival of a great surprise! 
Early in November of 2007 Gracen's Tummy Mommy flew to Utah to meet our family and friends!  And when we went to the hospital for the exciting day we had many family members there as a great support system!  Eleven hours later Gracen made his debut in to the world and our growing family!  His sweet spirit is so strong!