First photo shoot

New baby!!!!

If you haven't heard we have a new baby boy!!! It has been a whirlwind in our home since January. Many of you have asked about how Duncan came to us. I thought I would share the basics of his story with you. We were approved for adoption by LDS Family Services in December. Upon our approval I sent out a letter to friends and family letting them know we were looking to adopt. A friend in Oregon suggested I contact a private agency in Orem because they were waiving certain fees. We contacted them and were signed up with them at the end of December. The nice part was all of our info from LDS could be sent right over to them. They told us they would be showing us to woman and would only call us if there was a woman they wanted to show us to that had certain things that we didn't agree to. (You check a whole bunch of boxes when you are going to adopt and if the birth mom doesn't have one of those things they call you.). So we waited and truly thought we would have at least a year or two of wait time.

At the end of January I had to have emergency surgery for an Ectopic pregnancy. It was a total shock and threw us for a loop. The recovery was pretty hard. About a week and a half after the surgery I was still on the couch recovering when I got a call from the private agency asking if we would like to be shown to this particular birth mom. Steve and I asked to hear from her OB to know the baby was developing well. They got back to us and said the baby looked great. This was on 2/3/11. The next day we got a call in the evening from the agency stating they had the birth mother there in the office and she wanted to talk to us on the phone. We had so many emotions heading in to that phone call. The phone conversation was beautiful. It was filled with tears and laughter. During the conversation Duncan's birth mother, Camille, told us she had chosen us!! I cried for several hours straight that night. It was an overwhelming feeling that can't be put in to words. This lovely woman was giving us her baby to be raised in our home! This baby that we had been praying for and waiting to have for 3 years!

We spent that weekend frantically buying the essentials and getting the finances for the adoption squared away. To say the least I couldn't sleep or eat for days. We met Camille on Monday 2/7 for lunch. It was a fun lunch and we walked away realizing this was really going to happen. Duncan wasn't due until 2/14 so I was comforted that I had at least a week to prepare for him. But NOPE....the next morning, 2/8, I was getting the kids of to school and my phone rang with the news that Camille was in labor. Duncan was born several hours later!!!

We were able to be in the delivery room, I cut the cord and we spent the next 3 days with Duncan and Camille. The birth was an amazing experience that taught me a tremendous amount about the Atonement....we will save that for another day. For now enjoy the pictures of our main man!