Brady Cameron Is finally here!!!!! Weighing in at a whopping 5lbs 9oz....and 19 inches long.

We are overwhelmed right now for many reasons. We will update as soon as we can. We will be coming home on Wednesday if everything goes as planned.

Our birthmother did excellent. She is so relieved to be done with that part of the process. When she held him is was such a wonderful sight....she looked at his fingers and toes. We laughed about several things. Her mom, sister, and a friend were in there with us. She has a very sweet and wonderful mother.

We will be at the hospital most of the day tomorrow, and everything else is out of our hands.....and in God's!

We put pictures on here of Brady with his Big Brother who was so excited to see him and cried to keep holding his baby! Jaydon loves his brother....(I am sure that will change once we get them both home for a while...ha )

MawMaw and PawPaw loved looking at their new grandson, although one of the pictures you can see Jaydon making sure of what his PawPaw was doing with Brady!

Granny and Papaw helped out by getting Jaydon and relieving that worry for us. They loved seeing Brady have dark hair like Buddy. So now we have Jaydon who looks like me and Brady who looks like Buddy. God really works all of this out when it's in His will!

Aunt Wendy, John, and the girls loved giving sugar to Brady. Ashlynn kept on asking if she could kiss him.....We are so blessed! Hope you enjoy the new pics!

Love to all!

Change of Plans...

Okay, we were in for a surprise tonight when we went to church. I ran into our doctor before church started and we were talking and I was giving him an update. He then proceeded to tell me that he wanted us to come in early in the morning and he would probably go ahead and put her in after he checks her. WHAT???? Shocker!!! So then I had to tell our birthmother when she arrived at church that our doc wanted to see her after church to get an update from her....Needless to say, he said the same thing to her and we both freaked out again like we did the day we found out she was dilated 2cm. So, she got upset her way, and I did my way. But, once again, my family to the rescue. Buddy was so positive and encouraging. He kept telling me that God is in control. He is going to take care of us regardless. So eventually I calmed down and realized that I had taken my focus off of Him for a while and needed to regroup.

The latest is that we go in the doctor's office at 8:30 in the morning. Then if she is at least 3cm he is going to put her in the hospital and get everything going. So our baby will be here sooner rather than later.

We will update once we hear from the visit and have access to a computer, but for now I wanted to update you with some pictures of the three of us and some of just Jaydon. He had a blast eating cheetos this afternoon and decided he wanted me to take some pictures of him sitting under the tree out front....which has never happened before. He usually doesn't want to sit still long enough. But this was his idea for me to go get the camera! Too Funny!!!

....In these last days......

Okay, we had an awesome worship time this morning. After church, we took our birthmother out for lunch to celebrate her birthday privately with just us and my parents. We had a great time. She really enjoyed the fun conversations and laughing at Jaydon being silly and his blessings that he had to say 4 or 5 times throughout the lunch.

Afterward, I drove her back to the church to get her car. We talked all the way there and laughed. We also sat in the parking lot and talked once we had reached the church. We speculated on when the baby would come and how everything will play out (which we do everyday). We planned a few things in our minds of what she wants to happen and when after the baby is born.

I know it sounds strange to be discussing things like that, and trust me there are times that I sit back and think....this is so weird....in a good way! But, as our time together comes to an end, we have laughed and joked around about our journey thus far. She can't wait to stop having to wear maternity clothes. I just laugh! Because there was a time in my life that I would have done anything to be in her position (of wearing maternity clothes), but God had other plans.

She tells me all the time how easy I have it not having to go through all of weight gain, uncomfortableness, and pain. I tell her I know....and laugh. Because now I have no desire to have to go through that myself. It's funny how over time God can change your heart's desire. When you focus on him.

We really are going to miss spending our special times together. Tomorrow morning we have a doctor's appointment and we will find out what progress she has made since last Monday. She told me she was up all night hurting really bad and she started timing them and then she would stop. So we will see tomorrow.

I hope that if you are reading this you will stop for a second and pray for everyone involved in this process, from the physicians to the nurses and of course all of us too. But I ask that you especially pray for her as this is a very difficult time that we are about to enter and even though you can be prepared in some ways, I know from past experiences that there is no way that you can prepare yourself for what's about to happen.

I thank you in advance for the prayers. We know that we have had many people across several states praying for us already and we can sense that and we feel it. I might post again tonight after church, but if not it will be in the afternoon, after our doctor visit.

....Much Needed Advice and Encouragement......

Wow...were do I begin to say how blessed we are to have such wonderful family and friends. Yesterday was our birthmother's birthday. We had so many activities going on that we were committed to so we tried to do our best to fit them all in. My sister really was a lifesaver by keeping Jaydon, and my parents helped with things too. What a blessing in the midst of a busy day.

We were in awe of how God orchestrated so many things yesterday, from many conversations of adoptions to receiving some much needed encouragement from some of the women in my life. I not only realized once again that God is in control of this entire situation, but He also has designed my family and the friends that our a part of our family to be more than one could ever need or ask for in a family situation.

One of the last places we went yesterday was to a graduation party, it was there that I realized that God had handpicked the women to be in my support system, to help guide and teach me things, not so much through words, but through their own experiences and lives. In the past few years I have watched so many of these women go from one phase of life to the another, and all of them showed grace and a renewed, deep, passionate love for God in the midst of some of the deepest pain that a person can experience. It amazes me when I sit back and remember several of these women taught me some important Biblical principles that have really stuck with me all of my life. I am not sure if they realize what an impact they have on my life.

Nonetheless, God put so many people in our path that I had no idea that could teach me and help me by just watching them. It is really neat to open your eyes and look around and actually see God's design and plan for this area of your life and how He has protected those relationships all along the way.

I said all of that to say, as we celebrated Brady Cameron's birthmother's birthday, I was once again reminded in a physical way of how overwhelmingly I am blessed.

Today, we will go to church and be able to praise God for who is and the great things He has done and going to do. As it says in Matthew 6:19-21, "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also".

I pray that when anyone looks at my life....they will not have to question what I treasure and where my heart is. Happy day to all and Happy Birthday to Halleigh!!!...we will continue on our journey and update you along the way.