Growing The Nelsens

11/23/2021

Just hanging out with dada

12/02/2019

It’s not often a photo moves me to ugly cry, but with this one, I just can’t help it. Our daughter is the absolute greatest gift God could ever have entrusted us with. And she wouldn’t be in our arms without the brave love of her first Momma. This beautiful girl is ours through amazing sacrifice, and we couldn’t be more grateful. Every day David and I marvel at our blessings. Even at 3am, we are just so happy to see this perfect little face ♥️ I’m sure more pictures from her newborn shoot will follow. But for now, we are simply in love.

11/25/2019

In the last 24 hours I think we’ve experienced every emotion there is. There are no words to truly capture the depth of loss and the height of joy adoption brings. We feel as if we lived the Death through the resurrection all in one day. We are exhausted. We are spent. We are overwhelmed with joy. May this little girl continue to be blessed with such wonderful community as all of you ♥️ Honestly, she would be here without each and every one of you. We have so very much to be thankful for this holiday season ♥️

11/25/2019

Watching our first Packers game as a family of three. Please join us in welcoming Thea into our family ♥️♥️ Please continue to keep her first momma in your prayers throughout the next few days and weeks. We are so overwhelmed with gratitude and joy. God is so very good.

11/22/2019

11/22/2019

We are traveling and on our way ♥️♥️

11/21/2019

Y’all are AMAZING ♥️ As of this morning, we are only $1797 away from being fully funded! We only have 24 hours left to come up with it, but we are trusting God will provide completely! Please think of us this morning, and perhaps consider donating what you’d spend on coffee or breakfast to help us be in a position to bring Baby home if Mama decides to follow her adoption plan. We know this is a BIG ask. We also know we serve a BIG God!

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Please also be in prayer for us as we travel, for Mama as she has surgery and gives birth, for safe delivery of baby today, and for all of our hearts. Today will be a miraculous day, but also a day of great loss. Lord Jesus, we ask you bring your peace, your grace, and your redemptive power this morning 💗 Come Jesus, come.

11/21/2019

Okay everyone here is the latest update. We got a call from our adoption consultant. We were chosen. The birth mom is going in for a c section tomorrow morning. We are with in $3000 from being fully funded. We need help from our family and friends. You can check out all the ways you can help through our social media link at linktr.ee/daveandbritt.

11/20/2019

New designs just in time for the holidays 🙂

https://etsy.me/2MjXQcO

11/19/2019

Today was a hard one. Most of the time, when we hear a 'no' from an expectant parent (meaning they've chosen another hopeful adoptive family), we are completely at peace with this response. Today, however, the 'no' hurt. We are still in the nebulous world of re-doing our home study, and can only present on cases where legal counsel feels confident allowing us to do so. Until our home study is redone in full, we can only look at in-state adoptions - which is fine with us. This morning we were told we were one of the top choices for an expectant Mama, only to be told a few hours later that she chose another family. While we praise God for this Mama and her courage, and completely trust her decision was the right one for her baby, it means we went from putting together tentative travel plans and thinking about holding a baby this week back to waiting in the unknown. I think there's a part of my heart that aches to hold a child again. I know no child will truly fill this ache the way Christ will. But today, the ache is deeper, larger, more pronounced. David is wonderful and constantly reassuring that we will be united with the baby God has for us at the exact right time. We are still disappointed that time isn't now.

Had we been matched, we would have been just $5,000 short of being fully funded 🙂 That, in and of itself, is truly a miracle! If you would like to help us close this gap, you can do so by donating directly to our Venmo account, registering to run our virtual one mile fun run or 5K on Thanksgiving Day, or shopping in our Etsy or Bonfire stores. You can access all of our fundraising links here: linktr.ee/daveandbritt.

As always, thank you, thank you for all of your ongoing love and support as we build our forever family.

11/18/2019

Looking for some fun holiday accessories? Check out our Etsy page ♥️ Order soon for Thanksgiving delivery! All proceeds go towards funding our adoption :)

https://etsy.me/2MjXQcO