We did it!  We flew to Cedar Rapids, IA and picked up our sonl.  Weighing in at 7lbs and 2 ounces, 20" long.  The adoption process was one that was a process and still is.  Please continue to pray as we go through the 2nd half of the legal process. 

I can't explain the feeling as we walked into the hospital, but can be best described as nervous and anxious. 

 Rachel had tears in her eyes while she held Isaac for the first time.  

It didn’t hit me till I placed him in the backseat for the very virst time.   I was sitting in the front while Rachel and Isaac sat in the back.  I turned around and it just hit me hard.  Rachel looked at me and asked what was wrong.  I began to weep as I looked at him  and I said; “I have a son”.   

The bible comes alive now as I read it with a father’s perspective.   

This morning as I held him I thought of two words; total innocence.  This is my son.  Then as I was reading the bible this morning I was thinking that when the Lord looks as us, he is looking at us like I look at Isaac.

Rachel's mom has a few cats and a couple of small dogs.  As Isaac lays in his little bed and the cats start thinking of jumping up there I find myself leaping from my chair to scatter the animals.  I know they're fine but it's my first child and I am a bit protective. 

It's kind of what God does to us.  We have no idea of the possible dangers surrounding us and we don't have an idea of how much God is protecting us. 

The picture is of Isaac in his going home outfit.  He is swimming in it and he already looks like a stud.