Officially Ours

  Today Colter became officially Ours.. we are so happy and blessed..

Sister Melissa and family joined us for the formal adoption, it really means a lot to have them with us for such a special moment.

We adopted- in doing that we made a serious commitment to a child..we love all our children, never before did we affirm before a judge to care for them, but we are committed to caring for all our children with the same commitment..it makes me think how many children arrive and are never taken as a serious commitment..

Now we can go home and get on with raising a family,in addition to all the things that go with farming

Welcome Colter

 Our wait is over..

God is so good.. when mom went into labor his heart rate started dropping and bang she was rushed away for an emergency C-section,we were very scared to put it honestly, we saw his heart rate down to the 50's and weren't sure if he would be ok.

After he was born I was allowed in the nursery until we could take him to our room which wasn't long, after we were in our own private room I did skin to skin, he was very hungry, and has been since it seems 😊. The birth dad came to our room to see him soon after we were settled. Later in the afternoon the nurse took him to the birth mom's room and they held him a few minutes. The birth dad visited us several times throughout the day and it was special to get to know him.

Now we are out of the hospital we were released about 2:30, before we left we took Colter to visit the birth parents again, the dad came out to the van when we took Colter out.

We praise God for our baby boy, we want to be the parents he needs, we love him so much.

Still waiting..

     And still waiting... yesterday was the due date and it seems we were waiting forever, but I know that every agonizing sleepless moment will be worth it, when we meet our son.
     While waiting in Arkansas we had the opportunity to see our birth mom, we had lunch together and we went along for several doctor visits,it is so special to get to know her on a more personal basis, so someday we can tell our son the sweet, unselfish, mother who gave birth to him.. and her friend who was with her during this journey, we are so thankful for her, I never realized how much we would love our birth mom and her friend, they will always be very special to us.