The Long Awaited Call!

Monday, November 19 started out as a normal day.  The kids and I went to our homeschool coop and then, unfortunately, we had to go to a funeral of a longtime family friend, Steve Ewalt.  After the funeral, Jason noticed that we had missed a phone call from our adoption agency.  He quickly called them back as we were standing in the parking lot of First Baptist Church.  We were shocked to find out that we were picked by a birth mom to be the adoptive parents of her baby.  We had submitted our profile to this particular mom a month before and had given up hope that she was going to choose us.  We were told that a call was set up the next day for us to meet her and see if we were a match.  Tuesday was a nerve racking day as we anticipated talking to someone that we didn't know and who would sacrificially allow us to raise her baby.  After a few minutes of introductions, we felt very at ease with the conversation.  The baby will be delivered via C-section on January 14, 2013 and I will get to be in the delivery room.  IT"S A BOY and we are going to name him Jackson Lee Baker.  Words cannot express our excitement over this new addition to our family.  It has been a long 4 year wait and we are ready to have the process behind us. 

It's Christmas Time!

Puppies, Puppies Everywhere!

Our golden retriever female, Taffy had a litter of 9 puppies on October 11.  We have enjoyed having them.  My favorite was the runt of the litter that I named Underdog.  After syringe feeding him and caring for him like a baby, we realized that he was just not thriving.  Unfortunately, he died and we miss him.  My intent was to NOT get attached.  That didn't happen and I was so sad to lose him.  We have 3 sold of the puppies at this point and are hoping to find good homes for the rest of them. 

Hallowean 2012