We are the Jarrett family and we are starting the process of our 3rd adoption...but 2 this time! We will be documenting our journey from beginning to end!! Thanks for joining us on this journey!! First, let me tell you a little bit about us. Jeff and I were High School sweet hearts and were married in 1996. We quickly started our family, and by 2002 we had 3 amazing biological boys. Jeff and I had always talked about adopting one day, and after no luck in having a girl ;), we decided we definitely wanted to look into it! We started the adoption process thinking we would bring home a “healthy” baby girl, until we saw the picture of a beautiful 1 year old “blind” baby girl.

We didn’t know anyone who was blind, or anything about raising a blind child, but we decided to bring this precious girl home to be our daughter. In April 2008, Jasmine became ours and our outlook on life has never been the same! After our experience with Jasmine and learning that blind orphans wait REALLY long times for families, we decided to adopt another child and this time specifically looked for a blind girl. In November 2010. Jewel became our second blind daughter and we are beyond blessed!

We have never been the same after seeing the faces of orphans… after knowing their names. We are a large family already, and don’t have much space or money, but we have enough LOVE in our hearts to give out. We have prayed and prayed this time over what to do. Adopting again isn’t logical…it isn’t what most people would do. We are going to have to give up “things” in order to do this, but it is worth it to give children the love that they deserve. To give them a Mom and a Dad, and brothers and sisters who love them. We’ve downsized to the minimal amount of “stuff”, and it will be so worth it to give these girls a home and a FOREVER family.

We again have decided to adopt girls that are blind…This time 2 at once! We don’t know how it will work out with 4 blind girls in our home, but we are up for the challenge! Our life will be overtaken by canes and Braille! Lol. The girls we are adopting are in two different orphanages, in two different provinces in China. They have started on their journey “HOME” and they don’t even know it yet! “Tamara” is 5 years old and seems to have some vision, but we really won’t know how much until we bring her home. She has spent most of her 5 years of life in her crib according to one of her caregivers. She is very delayed, but most could be related to institutionalization.

“Jenny” is 6 years old and is completely blind. According to someone who has recently visited with her, she seems to be withdrawing a little bit and is struggling with orphanage life. I can’t wait to get to my girl!

We know we want to adopt, we know the girls we want to adopt, and we know we love them. That is about all that we know right now ;) Adoption is very expensive, and adopting two at once is twice as expensive (as you might guess!). I’d appreciate so much any help you can give us. We want to bring these girls home so badly, but we can’t do it alone! We believe this is what God is asking of us, and we have faith in his plan for our family! We appreciate your help! If financially you can’t help, please like and share on Facebook and Twitter! We will have adopted 3 times, so I am becoming quite the expert! Lol. I am such an adoption advocate, and think that a lot of times people are scared of the process. I plan on writing a book, which will document the China Adoption process with tips, tricks, possible setbacks, and info you can’t only learn from experience. My book will also be personalized to my girls and things I learn about them along the way, as well as our “Gotcha” day and challenges of our 2 weeks in China with them. Adoption is challenging, amazing, stressful, and fulfilling all at the same time. I am excited to document our journey in a book then have it published!! We will also be working on a private video “Documentary” of our journey. We can’t wait to get things moving!! It takes a Family to adopt a child, and we would love to have you be part of our “Family” Thank you for your love and support!!