Saturday, February 25, 2012

5 Months

Keaton is now nearly 5 months!

He weighs 19 lbs and is 25 1/4 inches long.
He likes to jump, jump, jump and is learning to sit up on his own.
Here is a picture from his baby dedication last Sunday.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Introducing....

KEATON JAY WALKER

Born September 30, 2011 @ 11:13 PM
Tallahassee, FL
7 lbs 5 oz, 20" long



Obviously we are a big late on this introduction but when you have a new baby in your home lots of things that should be done take a back seat.

Here is Keaton at 1 month
weighing 9 lbs 3 oz, and 21" long


and 2 months
weighing 13 lbs, and 23" long


and a current picture, just shy of 3 months!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Wee Walker on the Way!

I would imagine that most people who read this blog already know about our exciting news. Matt & I are expecting a wee one any day now and no, I am not pregnant! We are adopting!

We started with Christian Adoption Consultants in April by organizing our paperwork and staring our homestudy. What a huge process this was! We had to get lots of documents, fingerprints, and visits from our social worker (whom we would highly recommend!). Our goal was to have everything (applications, homestudy, etc.) completed before we left for Haiti in June.

Once we returned from Haiti we sent all of our applications in. This was the middle of June.

Several "situations" came & went but nothing was a match. We continued to pray that God would provide our child at just the right time. We asked for patience as we waited on His perfect timing. As we waited friends & family helped us prepare for our arrival. My dear friend Jenny threw a fantastic ISU themed baby-shower on August 13.

Then, on August 19 we got word that we were matched with a birthmom in Florida. Her due date is September 16.

Now we are waiting for our baby to enter the world. We don't know if it is a boy or girl but that doesn't really matter. What matters is this child will have a home where he/she will be loved unconditionally, just as God loves us. What a journey, what a joy!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Update coming soon

I promise!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Row, row, row your boat

Matt has been itching to get his canoe out! Unfortunately, our spring weather hasn't allowed him to paddle too much but he did manage to squeeze in a short morning float on the South Skunk recently. Here are a few photos I snapped shortly after he launched.