{"id":2306,"date":"2013-03-16T01:51:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T01:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everydaymomentsphotography.com\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2013-03-16T01:51:59","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T01:51:59","slug":"the-hodgerson-5-a-forever-family-orlando-florida-adoption-baby-child-family-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.everydaymomentsphotography.com\/?p=2306","title":{"rendered":"The Hodgerson 5 :: A Forever Family | Orlando Florida Adoption Baby Child Family Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cory and Vanessa are dear friends of mine. \u00a0My husband and Cory have been best friends for 20 years. \u00a0I went to college with them both and lived with Vanessa post college. \u00a0Over 7 years ago they tried to start their family. \u00a0After years of no results they moved on to in vitro. \u00a0Over the course of several years they tried IVF three times with no results. \u00a0At that point they looked toward adoption. \u00a0Within months they were matched with a birth mom. \u00a0They waited for their baby Maggie for 7 long months. \u00a0You might remember seeing this post<\/span><\/a><\/span> documenting a baby shower we threw for them back in November. \u00a0In the end, the birth mom kept the baby. \u00a0They never once saw her. \u00a0Losing that baby was one of the most heart wrenching things I’ve ever witnessed. \u00a0In those days and weeks following none of us could understand how that tragedy could ever be made right. \u00a0The one thing they knew was that they wanted a family more than ever now. \u00a0The adoption door was still open, but they were so cautious about trusting again. \u00a0Surrogacy was now on the table. \u00a0They were meeting with several adoption attorneys when an adoption of 3 siblings (2 boys ages 2 & 4 and a 15 month old girl) was brought to their attention. \u00a0After much thought, prayer, and consultation they applied along with 7 other couples. \u00a0They were selected without question. \u00a0They had a nursery for a baby girl and a room with twin beds for the boys! \u00a0Just 2 weeks after being chosen the kids came home and they are now a family of 5! \u00a0These children have had a rough start at life and thankfully the younger two probably won’t remember any of that. \u00a0Yes, Cory and Vanessa have their hands full (they’ve gone from zero to three kids overnight!), but their hearts are now overflowing. \u00a0These kids will now have a happy, loving, safe, and blessed life. \u00a0We are so, so happy for them!<\/p>\n

Last weekend we visited them. \u00a0The kids had been home for just 8 days. They had a small birthday party at the park for the middle child who was turning 3. \u00a0He had never had a party or even a birthday cake before. \u00a0He loved that cake. \u00a0I knew that I wanted to get some pictures of the kids so that they could get some photos up on the wall (in their spare time :D), but I wanted to keep it fun. \u00a0I took a candid approach and snapped some pictures at the park and then the next day in the backyard. \u00a0Once they’re a little more settled we’ll do a real family shoot.<\/p>\n

If their story intrigues you, you can follow them on their Facebook page: The Hodgerson 5<\/span><\/a><\/span>. \u00a0Cory posts nightly and you never know if you’re going to cry from laughing or from emotion.<\/p>\n

If their story moves you and you find yourself asking what you can do to help, visit the donation website<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>we set up for them.<\/p>\n

Jonathon is the oldest and will soon turn 5.<\/p>\n

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\nJulian was the birthday boy turning 3.\"\"Brooklyn is the life of the party at 15 months.
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Cory and Vanessa are dear friends of mine. \u00a0My husband and Cory have been best friends for 20 years. \u00a0I went to college with them both and lived with Vanessa post college. \u00a0Over 7 years ago they tried to start their family. \u00a0After years of no results they moved on to in vitro. \u00a0Over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[55,12,4,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.everydaymomentsphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.everydaymomentsphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.everydaymomentsphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.everydaymomentsphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.everydaymomentsphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.everydaymomentsphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2315,"href":"http:\/\/www.everydaymomentsphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306\/revisions\/2315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.everydaymomentsphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.everydaymomentsphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.everydaymomentsphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}