We fostered and then adopted a sibling group of five in 2017. There are a few things we learned along the way that we wish we had known when we got started. Hopefully, they can help you!

It’s been one year and 6 months since we finalized our adoption. Most days I’m in the trenches, learning how to be a mom, working full time, figuring out what a wife looks like when 5 kids are thrown in the mix, learning how to cook, and swimming through lots and lots of laundry.

I have a tendency to overthink things. Shocking...I know. Maybe that’s why Christmas gets harder and harder for me each year. The extravagance that is the American Christmas makes me sick to my stomach...