I am beyond excited to share with you guys that Jeremy and I are ADOPTING!!!
Yep, still #notpregnant. Also, YES, that means there will be TWO ABM babies coming soon. Woooo!!!
Jeremy and I began the adoption process last summer, and it’s not super quick (our program takes an average of 18 months), but, luckily, I already feel like it’s flying by! I answer all the questions about timing, where we are adopting from and fertility on my family blog, The Larson House, in case you are curious.
After six months of keeping this huge secret, it’s so fun and surreal to finally share with you all! There are no words to express how excited and overwhelmed with love we feel. It’s the happiest time in my entire life.
Finding out Laura was expecting was one of the best days I can remember! There are so many things about adoption that are much different than pregnancy, but knowing I get to enter the “new mom” stage of life with her has been immensely comforting and exciting! We have been sending nursery ideas back and forth, talking about strollers and all that fun stuff. It’s so unbelievably exciting! I feel so lucky to share this season with her as well as so many other women I love.
Here are a bunch of photos we took to announce our new addition. We used some of these for our holiday cards, which went out last week. Eeeeek!
I’ll never forget when we were taking this photo a woman at the park walked by and yelled, “LOOK AT THE BABY BOOTS!!!!” Haha! Such a fun moment to share with a kind stranger.
OK, one last thing I wanted to share!
Many of you have asked (for literally years, but also recently in Laura’s pregnancy announcement post) how adding kiddos to our families might change the content of A Beautiful Mess. It’s a very valid question because many of my very favorite blogs have morphed into full-on family blogs (and away from whatever content they focused on before) after a baby has arrived. We get that.
But it’s important for me to let you know that we feel very strongly that we want to continue blogging primarily about Home Decor, Crafts and Food. I’m not saying we won’t ever include our kiddos, we probably will. And we will absolutely share things like our nursery tours and useful DIY projects in the kiddo category with you here (Laura has an awesome DIY coming up soon for how to make your own maternity jeans). That said, the main theme of this website will not change. We plan to keep doing what we do here. We love what we have created here, and we are still 100% passionate about DIY, crafts and recipes! That’s not going to change.
So for those of you who don’t want this to become a baby blog, you’re in luck—it won’t. And for those of you who want to read about my adoption and baby nonstop, I have already started a family blog for those types of stories. So you can follow that if you would like to!
Ah! You guys! I could go on all day about how excited I am, but I guess I’ll just leave it at that for now. Thank you so much for sharing my joy!!!! I love you guys more than you even know. xx -Elsie
Credits//Author: Elsie Larson, Photography: Amber Ulmer. Photos edited with the New A Beautiful Actions.
I used to read ABM all the time but I’m a little busy lately – but I keep checking in to hear about you and Nova! I am so, so excited for you! If I can’t wait, I can’t imagine you must be feeling 🙂 🙂 12 days – good luck!
Congratulations! You will be amazing parents – this is gonna be one creative and resourceful kid! Haha. I see the love you put into all you do, and can only imagine the love you will pour into this little human. You and Jeremy – stay strong and love one another – and this kid will see what true love is, and feel it through and through. You guys ROCK for adopting – God bless you all!!! ♡♡♡
Adoption is THE BEST. My sister is adopted! This is super fun news to read about! Congratulations!
So happy for you & best wishes!
So happy for you. What a wonderful blessing you will be receiving.
Wow, congratulations! This is such an incredible, beautiful thing to do for a child.
CONGRATS! That is so exciting. It’s so awesome you decided to adopt. I have always wanted to. Of course I married a man who refuses to ever adopt. But in his defense his sister was adopted and she was 100% that nightmare adoption story. Not to scare you. I have had many close friends that were adopted and they are awesome people that love their family and lives. I hope someday when my child(ren) are older that maybe I can talk him into being a family host.
Any who. I also just wanted to say it makes me sad that people get mad at bloggers or celebrity type people for becoming moms. It’s entirely life consuming. And it’s wonderful. I am interested to see how a second ‘family’ blog of yours would work out though.
Massive congratulations, such exciting news for you both xx
Congrats! How beautiful it is to see how your story is being written! I can’t wait to watch your growing family!
You’re going to make a wonderful mother, Elsie. I’m so so thrilled for you!
You two are incredible and inspiring on so many levels! What a beautiful and compassionate decision! Hooray for you!
Many many congratulations! So happy and thrilled for all of you!! xxx
i dont normally comment but wanted to say well done, adoption is hard, i adopted my little boy 2 years ago and it took over 18 months to go through the process… it is hard but the good out weigh the bad and its a beautiful thing you are doing xxx
Yay congrats!! That’s so awesome that you’re adopting. You’re going to be such a good mom!!
Emmy Coletti
Congrats!! It will be undoubtedly the greatest adventure! 🙂 <3
P.S.- 18 months is REALLY quick! It takes years (sometimes 10, even) in some places!
This is the coolest, most exciting, most inspiring news. HUGE congratulations to you both!
You are very inspiring, congratulations !
Huge congrats, SO happy for you, you will both make brilliant parents!! xxoo
Exciting!! Congratulations!
Congratulations!!! That’s great news!
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