Hello ya'll,
We are leaving Wednesday morning. God blessed us with an amazing 24 hour approval to head home with Jayden. This is unusual as the normal time is 5-10 days.
Thank you to all who prayed for us to be able to leave so soon.
Thank you all,
Mike and Shonna
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Jayden
Jayden Michael Severson was placed into our family this morning. We have been so blessed by the agency here, our workers back home and the care family who has cared for him until we got here. He is a beautiful baby boy as well as being a good baby. We'll be updating more pictures soon. Sunday, September 28, 2008
Abilene
Well ya'll,
We have made it to Abilene. We are so excited to be here!
Monday morning we go at 9:30 AM to pick up Jayden Michael, so look for pictures in the comming days.
Mike and I would like to thank everyone for their support and prayers.
We are praying that we get the green light to leave on Friday (10/3/08). We would love you have you join us in praying that the paper work is completed in record time. God has been so good up to this point, and we know that He can move mountains that are yet to come.
Blessings!
We have made it to Abilene. We are so excited to be here!
Monday morning we go at 9:30 AM to pick up Jayden Michael, so look for pictures in the comming days.
Mike and I would like to thank everyone for their support and prayers.
We are praying that we get the green light to leave on Friday (10/3/08). We would love you have you join us in praying that the paper work is completed in record time. God has been so good up to this point, and we know that He can move mountains that are yet to come.
Blessings!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
We're having a baby!
Ok, so I'm exhausted and Jayden is not even with us yet! I had this revelation as I was falling asleep in the dentist chair this morning. It's pretty bad if you fall asleep as they are drilling. But anyway, I survived and I'm now at work mentally going through the lists in my brain to make sure we have everything we could ever need.
It's unbelievable that in a matter of a few days we will be parents. Have no fear though, I'm pretty sure Mike and I can handle it. A few people have voiced opinions/concerns that we may not know what we're getting into! At this point, I'm sarcastically telling them that "I thought he could just stay in the kennel with Lucy until he gets bigger?" Seriously people, I'm fairly sure we can handle it and are prepared as much as any parent can be. We know we have to change his diapers and feed him among other things. We know we will lose some sleep (in my opinion this is a good reason to lose sleep, as opposed to managing an apartment building and being woke up to help drunk tenants open their door or clean up apartments when someone overflows their bathtub in the middle of the night).
We'll keep you all posted as much as possible and keep checking for pictures. Thank you to all of you who have supported and prayed for us. It appears as though we are just about there. Keep praying that paperwork moves through quickly and safe travel.
Shonna
It's unbelievable that in a matter of a few days we will be parents. Have no fear though, I'm pretty sure Mike and I can handle it. A few people have voiced opinions/concerns that we may not know what we're getting into! At this point, I'm sarcastically telling them that "I thought he could just stay in the kennel with Lucy until he gets bigger?" Seriously people, I'm fairly sure we can handle it and are prepared as much as any parent can be. We know we have to change his diapers and feed him among other things. We know we will lose some sleep (in my opinion this is a good reason to lose sleep, as opposed to managing an apartment building and being woke up to help drunk tenants open their door or clean up apartments when someone overflows their bathtub in the middle of the night).
We'll keep you all posted as much as possible and keep checking for pictures. Thank you to all of you who have supported and prayed for us. It appears as though we are just about there. Keep praying that paperwork moves through quickly and safe travel.
Shonna
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Travel Date
I got a call from our agency this morning and we're on our way. It looks like we'll get to leave this weekend or early next week. I'm meeting with a pediatrician this afternoon to go over the risks. We need this form in order to complete the process. The b-mom is schizophrenic and that is something we need to be aware of. I'm not worried because one of my friends has a schizophrenic sister and she has 3 completely normal kids. But we understand that it may be a risk and need this form to continue.
Please continue to pray with us for Jayden's health, we are trusting God at this point and he's doing very well! He was born on September 12 at 6 lb 12 oz and 19 3/4 inches in length.
Pray for traveling mercies and for paperwork to move quickly so Mike can actually drive home with us, otherwise he'll have to fly home early to come back to work.
Shonna
Please continue to pray with us for Jayden's health, we are trusting God at this point and he's doing very well! He was born on September 12 at 6 lb 12 oz and 19 3/4 inches in length.
Pray for traveling mercies and for paperwork to move quickly so Mike can actually drive home with us, otherwise he'll have to fly home early to come back to work.
Shonna
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Jayden Michael Severson
We have gotten word that our baby boy has been born! We had gotten a call a few weeks ago that a homeless b-mom had walked into the adoption agency. We gave them permission to show her our profile and last week the agency asked us to commit to her.
All we knew is that her due date was coming close and the baby was healthy. I got the update yesterday that he has been born, the time has passed and there is no concern of her changing her mind. We don't know details of his birth other that he's healthy caucasian male. They are currently working on paperwork right now to get things rolling and we'll be able to have a travel date soon.
In the meantime I will be getting the phone number to the care home he is in so I will be able to speak to them and hopefully get pictures. Mike and I are both completely in shock, after spending the afternoon telling our families, I announced to the kids last night in choir practice. Neither one of us got much sleep last night. All we could think about is the amount of work we have to do.
But we wouldn't change it for anything.... it was so worth the wait!
We'll post more as we become informed.
All we knew is that her due date was coming close and the baby was healthy. I got the update yesterday that he has been born, the time has passed and there is no concern of her changing her mind. We don't know details of his birth other that he's healthy caucasian male. They are currently working on paperwork right now to get things rolling and we'll be able to have a travel date soon.
In the meantime I will be getting the phone number to the care home he is in so I will be able to speak to them and hopefully get pictures. Mike and I are both completely in shock, after spending the afternoon telling our families, I announced to the kids last night in choir practice. Neither one of us got much sleep last night. All we could think about is the amount of work we have to do.
But we wouldn't change it for anything.... it was so worth the wait!
We'll post more as we become informed.
Friday, September 5, 2008
McCain/Palin
Ok, this is a huge step for me because I don't consider myself political much at all. However, I have been so impressed with Sarah Palin. I believe she is a great choice in a VP. I have been watching the convention off and on and I did happen to catch some of Cindy McCain's speech last night and it blew me away. I had no idea she was so involved in humanitarian work, or that they had adopted. That right there wins my heart.
We're still waiting to hear on the last B-mom that saw our profile. It's hard to get your heart excited when you still have that nagging doubt that this one might not work out. Adoption is such an emotional roller coaster, between finding the money and preparing your home to the other end of the spectrum and preparing your hearts.
We're getting our home ready for fall. We needed to build a shed, which is being done this weekend and then we need to start working on the garage and basement. Moving into a house is a big process. But this week we have auditions for our Children's Christmas Production. It's right around the corner.
We're still waiting to hear on the last B-mom that saw our profile. It's hard to get your heart excited when you still have that nagging doubt that this one might not work out. Adoption is such an emotional roller coaster, between finding the money and preparing your home to the other end of the spectrum and preparing your hearts.
We're getting our home ready for fall. We needed to build a shed, which is being done this weekend and then we need to start working on the garage and basement. Moving into a house is a big process. But this week we have auditions for our Children's Christmas Production. It's right around the corner.
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