Here are some more cute pics of Christian. I would comment more but I don't have a lot of time and it is late..........

Sledding

My younger Sister Kari and my oldest Brother Mike convinced me to go sledding today. Mike came down from Richmond, UT and brought his three children: Mackenzy, Cory, and Dylan. Here are some pictures of the fun we had. I really didn't even want to come at first just because there is a lot to do around our house while Heather is gone, but it was really fun to see everyone.

Steven prepares for takeoff!!!!

The sled hill was near Mountain Dell Golf course, between Salt Lake and Park City

Mackenzy looks good in that hat doesn't she?

Kari and Steven

Cory taking in the moment.

I don't even remember taking this picture of Dylan but it turned out good.

Here is a little video.....

This video is one Heather took of me holding Christian the first night we got to see him. I suppose it is little moments like these that make everything worth it. We just found out tonight that there are further complications in the legal process in bringing Christian home. Apparently because the birthmother is a resident of Georgia, now completing interstate compact with Georgia as well as Alabama and Utah becomes necessary. Georgia's law recently changed January 1, 2008, in this regard. One might think because Christian was born in Alabama appeasing Georgia's law would seem unreasonable and unnecessary,(which is what I though when I caught wind of this whole ordeal)however, the law changed as a protection from certain unethical practices found with some adoption agencies in their state. This is a comforting after thought, but certainly doesn't help our plight much. Thanks everyone for your prayers.......

I thought I would upload a few more pictures of Heather, Julie and or course Christian tonight. I have found a way to make our pictures more blog friendly using Gimp, a free graphics/picture editing tool. The pictures were taking forever to upload, so by making some small changes this posting went fairly quick.

More Pics of Christian......

My Mother-in-Law Julie, flew back from Alabama today and brought back some more cute pictures of Christian. I will upload more pictures tomorrow........

Baby Land

Our spare bedroom has been affectionately name Babyland for sometime. I suppose we thought that if we built it, the baby would come. But now we will have a baby so it really will be Baby Land. My brother, Mike and his wife Tammy went out of their way to surprise us this last weekend with a new crib, chest of drawers, and changing table. My family went in together to buy it. So thanks everybody!!!

Christian's Story Continued......

Here are some more pictures of Christian, along with continuation of our story. So I left off writing about how Heather and I went to the store and were looking at baby things. Anyway, this was a scary experience, because it brought to the fore front what was about to happen, with us becoming parents.

So in my effort to over come this anxiety I insisted on trying to make some more phone calls regarding the adoption, because I felt that I shouldn't rest until this stuff was taken care of. I suppose this was an attempt at some new found maturity, although I am not sure how much I actually accomplished.

In the mean time, Heather contacted Angie from the Adullam House, who advised us to contact Suzette who was taking care of Christian while the staff at the Adullam House was taking the children there on a field trip. So we contacted Suzette. We consider Suzette and her husband Gabe angels; they offered to let us stay with them in their guest cabin. They had no reason to do this other than they are truly Christians. Their generosity makes me think of the scripture in Matthew 25:35-40. We were indeed strangers taken in by these great people. I am not sure that we can ever truly repay them for what they did for us. I wasn't sure what to expect of the people in the South, having never been there before, but from my short experience people were very friendly, right down to the workers at the Hardee's restaurant where we dined.


Getting to see Christian for the first time was interesting. I wasn't sure how I would react. Things really went quite well though. I thought he was cute from the get-go. I don't know how Christian will feel about having Caucasian parents, but I hope we will understand his personality and what he needs as a child. I suppose God only knows these things so we will need his guidance as we raise him. I certainly felt God's guidance through this adoption. There were just too many details that worked out right, which we no control over. One experience I consider sacred but wish to share occurred just before our plane departed Salt Lake City. I was sitting in my seat thinking about a few things, I don't remember exactly what....but as I was thinking a feeling came over me that the birth mother was or was going to sign the relinquishment, and that the sacrifice she was making was like unto that of our Savior Jesus Christ. She was doing something for us we couldn't do for ourselves. I started to cry. I admire birthmothers so much. Well, I probably should go for now.