Lucas meets Uncle Kelly and Great Grandma

Luke was able to meet Great Grandma and Uncle Kelly this past weekend!!! Kelly and Mal were in Jamestown on Saturday and while Mal worked, Kelly spent the day hanging out with us. He even fed baby Luke! :) Then Great Grandma came over to visit and what a sweet moment!! He layed in her arms for quite a bit and I just couldn't help but snap a picture!

MORE Lucas

Here are a few more pics from the last couple of days enjoying our son!!

Baby Luke

Welcome to our world, little baby Luke!

Lucas Shawn was born Sunday, January 23rd at 5:21 p.m. He weighed 6 lbs 1 oz and was 19 in long. He is absolutely PERFECT and is such a good baby!!! We had a whirlwind two days at the hospital and finally were able to come home this afternoon. Proud grandmas, grandpa, and two puppies were so excited to meet him! Did I mention he is PERFECT??? Mav and I were blessed to be able to be a part of his birth - I saw him the second he was born into this world and Mav was honored with the opportunity to cut the cord. We love him with all our hearts and feel like he has always been a part of us. What an amazing sacrifice two people made to give us the gift of having a family. Everyone, meet Lucas!!

Its a MAD MAD MAD MAD world...

I am not sure that I am even going to remember this week, its going to fly by so fast!! The movers are coming tomorrow to start packing and I think I have everything organized. Although somehow I have to triple the cargo space in my Honda Civic in order to fit all the stuff that I want to take myself!!!
We are also off to Fargo later this week to meet again with the birthparents. Mav and I are taking them out to dinner and hope to have a good evening getting to know each other even better. Everything is going well for birthmom and baby and check-up today confirmed that she could go into labor any time now!!! :) :)
And to top it off, we are closing on our house in Jamestown on Friday! What a crazy, chaotic time!! But I wouldn't change a thing!

We are going to be a FAMILY!!

I just wanted to post here with our most exciting news yet!!! Mav and I met Monday with a birthfamily, who have chosen us to become the parents of their soon-to-be-born little boy. We met the birthmom and dad, who are both very nice and intelligent people. Mav and I left the meeting feeling that it went well and were both just waiting for a signal from them on their feelings. We didn't have to wait long!! They called us within 5 minutes and on speakerphone told us to "get ready" for a little boy!! They seem very committed to their adoption plan but Mav and I know that the hardest part is yet to come. But we are beyond words excited and will hopefully be welcoming a baby boy within the next couple of weeks!!!!