It was an amazing day. We welcomed Graham Kelvin Vorel into the family. In Josh's words, "We're not a four family anymore- we're a five family now!" Graham's birth grandfather's name is Kelvin. We had the honor and privilege of meeting him today. He is a wonderful man. Birth mom was just as wonderful. We were able to spend about two and half hours with them at the hospital today before Graham was discharged and we took him home. It was precious time. I found little details about her pregnancy and delivery that I can pass on to Graham as he gets older. It was such a blessing from God that she opened up about some of that. I feel good about being able to paint a decent picture of her to Graham as he gets older.
It's getting late and I am both physically and emotionally exhausted- and getting up in a few hours to feed our teeny, little guy. (He was 5 lbs 2 oz at birth, fell a bit below 5 lbs, then was back up to 5 lbs flat today.) The teeny, tiny premie outfit was the perfect size for him. He is itty bitty, but long. He was 19 inches at birth and has long fingers and toes.
I know there are tons of details that I'm leaving out for the sake of getting a few more minutes of sleep- so I'll try and fill in more details tomorrow. But I have to say that of all of the smiling, beaming faces today, none compared to Lillie Elizabeth. She did not leave Graham's side. She held him, helped with his bottle, helped to burp him- anything she could do to be close to him. She is smitten with her little brother.
And I would be remiss if I did not thank all of you for your prayers for today. Thank you for your love and support as we've journeyed down this path of adoption.
And good night.
He is so cute and your whole "five family" looks so happy. Many blessings to all of you.
ReplyDeleteI have tears. What an amazing day! We are thrilled for you guys and I cannot wait to hear more about the day and your new little boy. He is beautiful. Simply beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh, Court! TEARS! So, so thrilled for you. I cannot wait to hear more and meet your beautiful new son.
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Beautiful! God is so good. Many prayers have been sent your way and will continue. btw this is Ginger if you didn't guess from my blog.
ReplyDeleteI can tell you from having a "front row" seat to the whole day that it was an amazing experience to get to share with the Vorels. We love you guys and we love Graham!! And I hope Lillie lets others hold "her baby".
ReplyDeleteOh wow... You did a great job documenting an amazing day. I read it to mike!! We both are so happy for you all and Anna is excited to hold Graham!
ReplyDeleteI cannot wait to meet him. That is such a great picture of the whole family, I am so blessed to be ya'lls friend and experience this with ya'll. Love ya
ReplyDeleteCourt, this is just so amazing. I love that Lillie is smitten with her little brother. What a sweet girl. And how awesome that yall named him after his birth grandfather! What an honor. That will be so special to Big Kelvin and little Graham Kelvin. Little Graham is a lucky guy, and so are the Vorels, he's just precious!
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