Here is a picture of Jayden at 6 months. Isn't he the most handsome baby of all?!

Where have we been?

Sorry we have not written for some time. If you have not found us on Facebook yet, look for both of us as we keep that more current than the blog.

Summer is coming and we are looking forward to taking Jayden out with us.

Back to Work :(

Today is my first day back to work in six weeks and it's horrible! Not that my job is horrible, it's ok, but leaving my baby was horrible. For a time I know that this is just life, we need to pay the bills, therefore I need to go back to work. However, it doesn't change the fact that I cried all the way to work. We are so blessed to have a great daycare only 5 blocks from our house.
She told me I could call if I needed to, however, I think it would be worse if I did. I'm told it gets easier after a time, but I'm not sure that I want it to get easier. My dream job would be an at home mom. And hold the presses... I would home school. We'll be there by the time Jayden starts school, in fact our goal is 2 years. By the time Jayden turns 2 I want to be home full time.
But for now, I work and miss my baby every minute.

I'm so bad... I've been home for almost a month now and I haven't updated anything yet. We
made it home successful after 3 days of travel from Abilene with a newborn. I love being at home, for the time being anyway. I will be going back to work on November 10.
Having Jayden is such a joy! I look at him and I just know that he was hand chosen by God for our family. People say he even looks like Mike.
Next month is National Adoption Month and I am so excited about adoption. Yes, it's a scary process, but I wouldn't change a thing. He is so worth it. If you are at all interested in adopting, please check out this website...adoptgodskids.org. It's the site for God's Children Adoption Agency.

God has given the church the task of caring for the widows and the orphans. I once heard there are over 120,000 orphans in the US alone, that's not including around the globe.

And, now I must cut this short, I hear Jayden.
Blessings

Heading Home

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

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.

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!