https://www.jedandalana.com/about-us-mojave daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://www.jedandalana.com/home daily 0.75 2021-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616953969699-0K4OC89BZ9E3ZD9FPHRC/IMG_6102.jpg Home https://www.jedandalana.com/gallery daily 0.75 2021-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616416670736-MGZSSIW7V5177XUWK6G0/IMG_5948.JPG Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1615847036535-6HKGAD4WBB3D0U727SMQ/IMG_5907.JPG Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1615847049237-KRA33CRINXCP85RAH73F/IMG_5908.JPG Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1615847051916-6O036F8TDVVM37H6HBBU/IMG_5906.JPG Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616989763131-HOS0LZRY5LIT85263R2O/IMG_6055.jpg Gallery - Gladney's "transition room" with a crib from the 1920 donated by Edna Gladney's family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616989762854-O7MA7PQMFJ8YHFL422G8/IMG_6061.jpg Gallery - Marlow's birth mom, Josylynn, brought her in to meet us. It was an extraordinary moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616989764127-69IR2O4Y1OYXA0FL3K9H/IMG_6064.jpg Gallery - Josylynn immediately handed Marlow to Alana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616989764664-6CC9QS080FGZ5TM7FNRE/IMG_6065.jpg Gallery - Alana holding baby Marlow for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616954167492-LX881NJ5Z8OHI3AF2BG7/IMG_6067.jpg Gallery - Our first moments together! We melted instantly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616954166999-JO1FV34UW0L6H0QDG1MJ/IMG_6077.jpg Gallery - Marlow Ivy Selkowitz! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616954170696-C42SQ6N5N5YCZDCGUL2U/IMG_6102.jpg Gallery - Family of 3! (plus Koba at home!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616989766485-177FRLDVHMPAVC6SMZEZ/IMG_6099.jpg Gallery - We brought Josylynn a book of poetry, which we plan to read from each night to Marlow as part of her bedtime routine. Josylynn can read the same poem each night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616989765561-F4SYYM3OO8506G70RH53/IMG_6092.jpg Gallery - We will stay in regular contact with Josylynn and send her pictures and updates and we will see her again around Marlow's 1st birthday! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616989766852-7PQ1P4MNGINNHRZJ6XX2/IMG_6107.jpg Gallery - Josylynn is amazing. She is filled with so much love for Marlow and showed such strength and courage in making this decision. We feel so blessed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616989767224-2S173Z7R89281MSTY0AX/IMG_6110.jpg Gallery - Julie and Tim have taken care of Marlow for nearly 6 weeks while the process was unfolding. They volunteer to care for newborns who have yet to be placed. They're incredible! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616954170792-ZEW9BP4GA5PBKELJTSUD/IMG_6111.jpg Gallery - Off we go as a family of three! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616954175678-VWCG93GE8FE9PNLXC9OL/IMG_6114.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616954178430-ZILWLPPRGVMFZV1YFGNQ/IMG_6116.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317272877-BSZDONERRG73M5X46S8F/IMG_6121.jpg Gallery - First feeding in our Airbnb cottage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317272921-DU4QBLQYHUSDW5B7H23L/IMG_6123.jpg Gallery - Chillin! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317217368-1JWUGK9DGV0KUW48PRYM/IMG_9997.jpg Gallery - Taking a little Texas home with us - first stuffed animal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317273995-KSRNILIC4O99VBCRB20K/IMG_6132.jpg Gallery - First family outing to the Fort Worth Zoo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317274502-E0LWM10N3GD6LDY9DR35/IMG_6139.jpg Gallery - Marlow loved the flamingos! (We think.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317275883-IOA260Y9KF7KOEVS7APP/IMG_6145.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317275938-2ZGWSS873KDLVMT3IYKZ/IMG_6156.jpg Gallery - Those precious little hands! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317276670-2BX92OEWM9YOJTPQKLOP/IMG_6161.jpg Gallery - Tummy time! She was a pro and turned her head right away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317277605-B1I1GVCYD4M49LA063Z2/IMG_6168.jpg Gallery - Celebrating our first full day together as a family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317279210-QBIUNW8SF4A8CLJTNY56/IMG_6170.jpg Gallery - I got this, dad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317279734-79PCOMAO0MARJO3OHWRF/IMG_6174.jpg Gallery - First bath (with us). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317281114-S8FBUMXG3K75P17JR8PJ/IMG_6176.jpg Gallery - Out for a walk in Trinity Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317282571-7CSBQL1U47DMMMT623FI/IMG_6178.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317283407-GSAQK6LGNK1B755A3KPS/IMG_6180.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317284167-9UEIHBPMA7KPIWEBNLVF/IMG_6181.jpg Gallery - First manicure with mom! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317285466-5K4PPSY0QLDL5UKZB27R/IMG_9979.jpg Gallery - "Reading" Aunt Jane's famous book--Baby Faces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317285187-RXQ2N5KPZQG99S0HFAAK/IMG_6185.jpg Gallery - Final selfie in Fort Worth on our way to the airport Wednesday March 31. Thank you Texas for being so welcoming! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616625100547-QVPMWRQCE50DZX1Q1GZJ/IMG_5994.JPG Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616625100107-PM570FQA209I9BT793YC/IMG_5993.JPG Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1616625100107-Z81GM6A6OQXIWQZDCCJ2/IMG_5992.JPG Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1615849459282-UZ7HRNW5B6JLXGXK6BPT/IMG_0252.jpg Gallery Hope was literally the writing on the wall on our way into Gladney’s headquarters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1615849459388-90DUAEDSDKFXK4ZTB20V/IMG_0253.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1615849538922-86HDK3S6UB2KU6P4L97S/IMG_0254.jpg Gallery Gladney CEO Mark Melson welcomed us and has been a great advocate throughout our process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1615849460231-YOL3HI8MELA711QXMVT2/IMG_0265.jpg Gallery Gladney pays great care and respect to the history of adoption and its evolution over the years, which they have been instrumental in guiding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1615849460607-6P2CGJZYA0FCEMWZNN35/IMG_0268.jpg Gallery Edna Gladney lived the kind of selfless life few have and was rightfully honored by the organization when they took her name after her 25 years of services. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1615849461758-YA8CWTPFTKAW9W73D1UC/IMG_0269.jpg Gallery Two big reasons we chose Gladney: their advocacy on behalf of birth mothers and their focus on adoption as an incredibly positive outcome for all involved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317745754-3K95EKVDXCHX5OK909SR/IMG_6203.jpg Gallery - Thank you grandma and grandpa for the warm welcome home! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317750434-0JSUS97HKYUB92CANGQI/IMG_6221.jpg Gallery - Here we go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317748833-HWJTWEJROSTZBM3JABXQ/IMG_6204.jpg Gallery - Settling in in my new basinet (in the living room - hey, when sleep calls and the basinet has just been built, you go with it). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317748800-B7UP00ITN75OV25XLMSO/IMG_6209.jpg Gallery - Getting to know my sister, Koba! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317753066-AB2UZT8YDQ530O4ZVRAU/IMG_6212.jpg Gallery - Yay - grandma and grandpa are here to feed me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317756673-JBROS7ZDINL485CLGZLM/IMG_6224.jpg Gallery - Meeting my new doctor who seems really smart and nice.... until I got a shot. Ouch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317756559-EVNJ1LX6BNO5IH02M6HP/IMG_6227.jpg Gallery - First family walk in the neighborhood. Chilly day in Shippan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1617317759341-DK7VOUTS33L03J5QB2EU/IMG_6232.jpg Gallery - First time seeing the ocean. So excited for warmer days ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351654584-YB0ZX8AACIPZ5X94TCU9/IMG_6352.jpg Gallery - Stamford Museum and Nature Center visit with Grandpa Norm and Grandma Natasha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351647746-N87FW946RWIDASM8T0SB/IMG_0299.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351647746-QOLG5IM4M7B8UPNTASOU/IMG_0300.jpg Gallery - I love the moo moos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351648960-CM8LLYI1XHTT5OBYX8PQ/IMG_0308.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351649662-J1FN98PRNW34YHLC30KL/IMG_2309.jpg Gallery - Meeting Pizza Family for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351650374-I9WA6SEPXCQQFR5BHE9L/IMG_2310.jpg Gallery - Grandma Betsey showing me off to her friends. Can't wait for ladies lunches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351650558-OZ0XDHLTRW6KH8Q45EKA/IMG_6277.jpg Gallery - Bath time. Koba is making sure we're doing it right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351651010-A9Y7AZWL7489MC0HWW6C/IMG_6279.jpg Gallery - So clean! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351651221-RXK6H7ZLTRKKG18JTQTS/IMG_6297.jpg Gallery - Let's Go Mets! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351652466-05DAHOC9PJE85MLH1Q89/IMG_6329.jpg Gallery - My sister loves to share her things... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351651740-NRIUS56V5CIRR1WPFCEA/IMG_6321.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351651845-QPRR0MU9MES6J6Q1HWZA/IMG_6322.jpg Gallery - I got this... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351653177-GGW9WYQXNRFHQ1JKL1T0/IMG_6332.jpg Gallery - I'm so chic! (Thanks mom!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351654201-5Y31751OEDKTU4OZ1454/IMG_6350.jpg Gallery - Morning naps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351654975-KHK6Y3ULCN3KPWNBNK00/IMG_6354.jpg Gallery - Hanging out at grandma and grandpa's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351655358-DQ32VTF8E2X7X458RXY1/IMG_6374.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351655975-XP7WIM4PD8FMRMQU8PTE/IMG_6376.jpg Gallery - I'm holding my head up and even turning over now during tummy time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5574aeafe4b07409f8998459/1618351649613-597B5GSGYMKHYQSPYKHU/IMG_0371.PNG Gallery - TWO months! 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