We experience God's grace when we see Him go beyond what He has promised, to give us gifts that we could never have created, earned, or deserved. Our children are two of those gifts of grace.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

New Beginnings

Welcome to our new blog! This should be our permanent family blog - the original "Hamersma Adoption" blog and the "Magnificent Meredith" blog are officially retired.

The impetus for this new blog was the arrival of our son, Lucas Simon, last week. Since his name isn't Meredith, the blog bearing Meredith's name didn't seem like the right place to write about him! This also illustrates the transition Meredith must endure in real life - a movement from the limelight to a shared stage with another child.

Here are a few pictures to get us started, and we will plan to update as regularly as we can. Right now we're feeling a little sleep-deprived (though better than expected) so please be patient!

Below are some pictures from the hospital where Lucas was born on Monday, March 8, to his birthmother and birthfather. On Thursday, we brought him home from the hospital to join our family. The transition was very smooth, and I think that having 4 actively involved parents for his first few days of life was a luxury few children enjoy! (We will have photos of his birthparents in his baby book for him (and others) to see, but I avoid posting photos of other people online, so the photos below only include our family).

Here are some photos from the day Lucas was born. He was adorable and alert from the very beginning!







Sometime soon we'll start posting photos from home, but for now this is all we have time for. The bed is calling! Thanks for reading.

2 comments:

  1. Congrats again! He looks so sweet!!!

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  2. Congratulations!! What a precious gift from God!!

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