Hello, readers! I can’t believe that I’m finally typing this sentence…After a year on this adoption journey, we are finally parents! I just wanted to pop in here to let you know that I’ll be MIA for a bit as I adjust to motherhood and caring for a newborn.

I also wanted to show off our little love, Sofia Rose Briggs. She was born on Jan. 4th at 5:50pm in Des Moines, Iowa. Matthew and I had the honor of being in the delivery room while Sofia’s first mother was in labor. Witnessing Sofia’s fir...