Great Domestic Adoption Story

A special congratulations to our friends Michael and Dawn Hooks, who have just adopted a beautful baby. Follows is a letter from them and some photos of this amazing story.



Dear Family & Friends & a bunch of others on my email list,

I hope you enjoy the pictures of our new baby girl. Yes, we have a newborn baby, Hannah May Hooks, born on Saturday evening, July 28th at 7:12 pm.

God has definitely shown His amazing blessing this last weekend. The story of this blessing still seems unbelievable to me…

On Friday, Antioch Adoptions called to say they are showing our profile to a birthmother. On Saturday at 6:00 pm, the agency called to tell us that this birthmother did not choose us to interview, but there was another birthmother in the hospital in labor and they wanted to show her our profile. Of course, we said sure. We waited to hear what would happen. I was very nervous/excited/hopeful and called at 9:00 am on Sunday to find out what I could. I was told that she gave birth at 7:30 pm the night before (Sat), went home from the hospital, and would meet with the birthparent counselor at 4:00 pm that day (Sun) to choose a family by looking at five profiles (including ours).

At 6:00 pm on Sunday, the agency called us…. The birthparents had chosen us to adopt their baby and we needed to leave early Monday morning to drive up to Monroe, WA to pick up the baby from the hospital!!! We scrambled to cancel appointments for the next day, rushed to the store to buy diapers and formula, and packed for the day. We left our house at 7 am in the morning, dropped Danica off at her Grandma Hooks house, and took off for the hospital. We arrived at the hospital at 11:00 am and were immediately taken to see our little baby girl. After a long and amazing day at the hospital, we arrived back home with our new baby around 11 pm or so.



We are so thankful for this precious amazing baby. She is healthy and so sweet. She is very calm and quiet and Danica is so excited to have her baby sister. There are so many little details (which I didn’t write about) that had to be in place for this to work – God definitely had His hand in every piece – from the birthparents, to the adoption agency, to the FBI who sent in our fingerprint result just on time, to the nurse at the hospital who called our adoption agency…. What a miracle! I hope you enjoy the pictures. Thanks to all of you who have prayed for us to have the baby we desired. God has answered our prayer in an amazing way.




It was quite a shock to us – things happened so quickly! We are sooo busy getting ready for our new baby (buying stuff, setting up her room, and helping Danica adjust) while at the same time taking care of her (bottles, diapers, cuddles, and a trip to the pediatrician) and making sure we do all the legal stuff for the adoption. Today, finally, the birthparents rights will be terminated and we will be her legal guardians. The lawyer goes to court at 2:00 pm. In a few months, the adoption will be “finalized.” I want you all to know about this amazing answer to our prayer – our beautiful healthy newborn baby girl!

Love,

Michael & Dawn Hooks