We have a little announcement:

Friends and Family, we are keeping a separate illustrated blog about our adoption adventures, and life as two young married students.

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We will have a feature in Braustin Nation with new posts from our story :)
We won't start our family for a while, but the process certainly is beginning
as we apply to graduate school and go through our first year.

We hope our illustrated story-blog will help other couples out there
who cannot have biological children.

We hope to share our life as a happy family of two,
and what happens as a little family, and when we do decide to adopt.

Background Story for those who do not know: Austin and I were informed by my doctor that it would be best not to have biological children due to my dystonia. It would be harmful to me, and the child has incredible statistics of getting it as well. Dystonia like mine also increases ten fold for the child. While every decision is very personal to each and every family about situations like this, we have made the decision to be a family of two until we feel right about thinking about kids, and via adoption.

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