Getting to know us!!!

Welcome to Keeping up with the Patterson's! Rusty and I met in November 1997. We dated all through my high school year and fell more and more in love everyday. We got engaged in July 2001 and it was a day I'll never forget. Rusty isn't the mushy type so standing in my parents dining room yes standing as his hand trimbled he pulled a ring out of his pocket and the famous words came out "So will you"? On June 29, 2002 at 4:00 in the evening I married my best friend. After 2 years we decided to start trying for a family and we soon discovered there were infertility problems. I took fertility drugs for 9 months and nothing happend. After Rusty and I prayed and prayed we decided to look more into adoption. God was showing us that we were going in the right direction so we followed his leads. We started our long and stressful paperwork in March 2006. We were told that all of our paperwork could take six months to get eveything back. We turned all of our paperwork and fingerprint cards and etc in at the end of April 2006. In May 2006 on a Wednesday night it finally hit me when my brother called to tell me I was going to be an aunt. Don't get me wrong I was so HAPPY for them but I just couldn't understand why this was happening to me and why I couldn't get pregnant. I soon found myself asking God why. Why are you doing this to me, what did I do wrong? I was still seeing signs on God working saying my child don't worry I have a plan. Saturday May 13, 2006 we got all of our paperwork back saying we had been approved to adopt. That was my sign of God working because we were told it could be six months or longer. On June 22,2006 we found our birthmother. We met with her on July 2, 2006. It was a very long process and very stressful but I wouldn't have changed anything if I had it to do all over again. On November 2, 2006 as the birthmother called me to say she thought she was in labor I was excited and neverous all in one. We got to the hospital and she was in fact in labor and I knew that on that day our lifes would change forever. At 1:28 p.m. I had become a mommy to a healthy and beautiful baby boy! Braxton Wright Patterson weighed in at 6 lbs 1/2 oz and was 20 1/4 inches long. Braxton is now a blonde hair blue eyed 2 year old little boy that is in to EVERYTHING. We currently live just outside of Helena, AL and have been around this area for five years (we've moved a few times since being married four to be in fact) :-) I will follow up with pictures soon!!!