Getting to Know the Ladies with Babies Leadership Team: Kara Kopecky

     I am Kara Kopecky and the proud mother of a 9 month old baby girl named Abigail, who seriously has the chubbiest cheeks I have ever seen.  I am a 35 year old former hedge fund accountant turned fitness instructor who now stays at home full time learning the ropes of motherhood.  My husband Tom and I have been married for 7 years and met while both living and working in downtown Chicago, parenthood being the furthest thing from our minds at the time.  

    

     Fast forward a few years and we decided to move back to Austin, where I grew up, and start a family.  We soon learned that God had other plans when we found ourselves unable to get pregnant after 2 years of fertility treatments.  We were clearly lead to pursue infant domestic adoption after a final round of fertility testing and, 9 months later, Abigail Marie was in our arms and we were looking at each other saying, “what do we do now – with a baby??”  We have a wonderful open adoption with Abigail’s birth family and I look forward to sharing that story with you in a future blog post.

      I have a passion for engaging with other women and making people laugh.  I tend to be the one who says something out loud that everyone else is probably thinking, but is afraid to say.  My other passions are music performance (piano and voice), fitness, fashion, reading, and having deep conversations with others who are not afraid to get real.  

     I have no idea what I’m doing more than half the time as a mother, but has God blessed us with a chilled out, laid back baby who at least gives me time to consult Google before I freak out.  Tom and I live downtown by Zilker Park and we would have our fire pit and grill going 7 days a week if the weather would only cooperate (we find Texas summers do not allow us this indulgence).  We love to host outdoor cookouts and engage with our neighbors and church community at Austin Stone. I would love to talk openly with anyone about motherhood realities (the good, the bad, and the ugly), infertility, and most importantly, adoption.  We thank God every day for the journey that led us to our Abigail.