"She has connected two families into one. It's not a traditional family, but there is so much love," Hannah's mom, Lori Wurth, said.

Her family includes her adoptive parents and 3-year-old brother Noah. There are also her birth parents and their extended family.

The group exchanges regular e-mails, phone calls, pictures, and text messages.

Hannah's dad, James Wurth, keeps a Web site updated with all the changes that come as a baby grows.

Lori Wurth and the birth mom are Facebook friends and are in touch a lot.

In the first three months of Hannah's life, she saw her birth family six times; the visits have stayed as frequent since.

"From the get go, she just felt like my daughter so when we visit with her birth parents it's kind of like just visiting with really good friends," James Wurth said.

"I heard about another couple who had done an open adoption where they saw the birth mother a lot and the birth mother baby took care of the kids and I thought, 'I could never do that' and here I am doing it. You go through the process and the trust just builds," Lori Wurth added

The Wurths say a key to that process has been a unique adoption support program at Parker Adventist Hospital.

The Family to Family program at Parker Adventist Hospital helped guide both families through the open adoption process and supported them as they went through the delivery.

Rebecca Vahle started the program.

"It is a one-of-a-kind program in Colorado and the only hospital in the nation that we know of that has an adoption support program in the birth place," she said.

All the delivery staff members at Parker are required to go to Infant Adoption Initiative Training.

"The staff used to run away from these situations or tip toe around them because they didn't quite know how to support. Now they dive in because they are confident in the training and know they can help make a good experience even in a really tough situation," Vahle said.

The training is paid for by federal grant money.

Vahle started the program after she adopted her third child. She had gone through the entire pregnancy with the birth mother.

"When I got to the hospital I was suddenly pushed aside and made to feel insignificant. It was a terrible experience and I decided I needed to do something to help other parents," Vahle said.

When Hannah was born, the Wurths had their own room right next to the birth family.

"We were very much a part of the process from the very first second," Lori Wurth said.

She was in the delivery room and said the nurses and doctor included her as another parent.

"It was an honor that Hannah's birth mom would allow me to be in the room for my new daughter's first breath. It was really special to see her being born," she said.

The Wurths prayed for this day and it had been a long journey. They had tried to have another child, but suffered a miscarriage five months into the pregnancy. After they lost the baby boy they named Daniel, they say they opened their hearts to adoption.

The gift they say completed their family came from a 16-year-old high school junior from Parker and her 17-year-old boyfriend.

The student's mother, who wants to stay anonymous, said, "My daughter and her boyfriend were not ready to take on the responsibility and everything it entails to be a parent. Today we give this baby girl a future, we give her a hope, we give her a future, we give her a place in another family's life."

The birth family says those hours in the hospital were very difficult even though they felt sure about their decision. They say having a staff around who was sensitive to what they were going through made a huge difference.

"Ultimately this program is about coming along side the families, and welcoming a child into the world and helping orchestrating something that is very hard, difficult," Vahle said.

Because of the complications that can come along between families, Vahle, says the program provides a long term outlet to walk both sides through any conflicts or challenges that may come over time.

"You can't predict what will happen in five years, but we can support whatever situation comes up. One family may suspend communication for a time. We help both sides through that. It doesn't mean they can't or won't reconnect later," She said.

For the Wurths and Hannah's birth family, the experience has been a good one.

Hannah's birth mom will be going to a Colorado university less than an hour from the Wurth's home so she can keep in touch with them. The Wurths welcome it.

The Wurths say that over the last nine months the relationship with the birth mom and her family has been growing and getting more comfortable.

"The birth mom told me that she knows it's just going to get better and better," Lori Wurth said. "This is just part of Hannah's story. She won't ever have that question or that little empty space of 'I wonder,' she is just going to know. She'll know where she got that little dimple next to her nose. She is just going to know all of the family members who have played a part in who she is."