IT'S MY 2 WEEK BIRTHDAY

Today is our handsome lil Wyatt's 2 week Birthday. I cannot believe that 2 weeks have come and gone. He is growing and changing everyday and we continue to stand in amazement at this beautiful little man that has truly changed our lives forever. This precious lil guy has absolutely stolen our hearts. He had his first Dr's appt last Friday and passed with flying colors. Tomorrow is his second appt and I have a feeling he will have an entourage for this one! :) His Grammy (my mom) has been here for a little over a week but my father and youngest sister arrive today. My gutt tells me that at the very least, Wyatt's Aunt Jill will want to come along :) Right now Wyatt is sleeping in about 3-4 hour intervals and chowing down when he's awake like most lil peanuts do. He's a great baby and so happy. His grins make all of us just melt! What a new an breathtaking love we are experiencing. As Brandon put it last night..."Wyatt is going to steal 2 more hearts today when Jill and Dad arrive"! :)

On the adoption front; we have maintained minimal contact with C and ask for prayers for her and her family. We cannot help but think about them every single day and we miss them. We especially have heavy hearts when we think of Wyatt's half sisters. Please pray for all of them when you think of them. I'll continue to post every couple of weeks with new pictures and info.

ADOPTION UPDATE:
Many of our friends and family have asked us where we are now with our adoption to Vietnam, Korea and/or anywhere else? The answers are....We decided about 2-3 weeks before Wyatt was born to withdraw from Vietnam. Sadly our agency doesn't believe there will be much movement there for quite some time; so we felt like it just wasn't our time there for now. The next question of course has been, Korea?? Korea's law states that once a child is either born or adopted any pending adoptions or paperwork/plans to adopt must cease for 1 1/2 years. So we have been told that we can reapply in about 1- 1 1/2 years. We are not sure nor focused right now on what will happen there. Last but not least...Other pending adoptions? Right now we are so focused on Wyatt and enjoying this very precious and special time. We will be waiting and praying for God to use us and make it clear when the time is right again. We know now more than ever that HIS timing is PERFECTION! :) It took us a very long time to bring our angel home and we are rejoicing in this perfect gift from above. I can say with absolute certainty that we hope and pray that our family will continue to grow. As always we'll keep you posted! :)))

OOODLES OF HUGS AND LOVE!!!
XOXO
Rob and B and Baby Wyatt

BABY WYATT IS HOME!!!!

Hello!! :)  Well let me start with an apology for not posting while we were down south.  I was having a very difficult time connecting on my air card from the hospital.  Wyatt Michael Leese was born on June 11th at 4:08P.M. and weighed 8lbs, 2oz and 21 inches long.  He's absolutely AMAZING!!  Since he was placed in our arms I couldn't stop staring at him.  My eyes have been fixated on his beautiful, little face literally for hours.  And I'll do my best to fill you in on how everything unfolded but no words I have will do it any justice.  Me at a loss for words is comical but describing how we're feeling is beyond any words.  I get all tongue tied and frazzled even talking about it!  This will definitely be a long post so bare with me :)

Brandon and I left Wednesday night after work, late to head down south to stay the night because we had to be at the hospital with C and her husband at 6:30A.M.  I didn't think sleeping would be an issue for me (a big HA!)  I went to bed at 12:30 that night and was up taking a shower at 2:30A.M.  B wasn't too far behind me.  We left and met C and her husband where they live, went to the hospital, got her checked in and hooked up to the monitors, IV, etc.  It was kind of funny because I was watching her contractions early on, around 7:30-8:00A.M. said "it looks like the Pitosin is kicking in" and not a minute later the nurse came in and said ok, it's time to start your Pitosin.  C and I both laughed because she had noticed the same thing.  She was dilated to 7-8 around 1:30/2:00 and we all had our guesses as to when Wyatt would enter the world.  The nurses came in to check on her at around 2:30 and she was at 9, so we all thought it would be soon.  She then digressed back to 8 so the nurses shifted her position and then around 3:15 they told her it was time to start pushing.  I'm getting emotional just typing this.  She started pushing and was doing very well.  I ended up on her left side, counting for her, with B behind me and her husband on her right.  Pretty soon we could see the top of his head and then the nurse said it might help if we held her legs.  We held her legs and kept counting for her and within 2-3 minutes we watched our son enter the world!!!  I had been very calm throughout the entire day until I saw him...I exploded into tears.  I leaned over and kept kissing C all over her forehead and then rushed to where they were cleaning off Wyatt.  I was dying to just touch is little face, so I asked the nurse if I could.  We stayed in recovery with C and her husband as they took Wyatt down to the nursery to take his vitals and give him his first bath.  We both kept walking down the hall to peak at him through the window and then the nurse came back in to us and said it was time for his first feeding.  The day was better than anything I ever could have hoped for.  C did unbelievably well and though we were both very surprised at how well she handled everything.  I can still hear her saying many times throughout her pregnancy; "He was never mine, he was always yours".  

Wyatt is now a week old and doing GREAT!!!  When I have time I'll finish posting how everything unfolded over his first week.  Wyatt is officially our baby boy and we are ELATED!  We will post pictures soon! :)))  

HUGE thank you's to everyone!!!  We appreciate all of the prayers, texts, phone calls, cards, email, etc!  We've been TRULY overwhelmed by the abundance of love everyone has shown to us!!!  THANK YOU- THANK YOU!! :)))

A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps- Proverbs 16:9

The Lord will guide you continually- Isaiah 58:11

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass ... Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him- Psalm 37:4,7

Hugs and love to everyone!!

XOXO

Official Inducement date

Just a quick update to let you all know we have an official inducement date and time of Thursday morning at, 6:30A.M. It's not what we had hoped for but I'm confident it's the perfect timing :) As I said before, I'll continue to update the blog as we have new information to post. We have less than 48 hours!! Believe it or not we are not even a little frazzled or anxious about what's to come and I have NO DOUBT that the confidence and peace we have is coming from above and not from us. We're more concerned about what every new parent is, are we gonna do the right things. Speaking of right things and on a very funny note, especially if you know Brandon and his dry sense of humor...We took a newborn parenting class on Saturday. I so wish I could have had a video camera with us that day! Brandon was an absolute HOOT! I had him do most of the "tasks" they had us do, like changing a diaper, bathing the baby, swaddling the baby and he gave new meaning to the term "football hold". He did SO good and of course had me giggling at some of the most inoportune times. I'm so thankful for B! I cannot even begin to imagine going on this amazing journey with anyone else.

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD- Psalm 31:24

He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint- Isaiah 40:29-31

Hugs and love!!
XO
Robin and Brandon

Baby Wyatt is coming!

Well it's Sunday night and B and I are sitting here watching the NBA finals. Of course I don't have a clue and wouldn't know it if a basketball whacked me in the head. I'm just here to support the Magic because I should :) I honestly don't know the first thing about basketball which I'm pretty sure is a sin if you live in Indiana where Hoosiers reside! :)

Anyway, we have some news from our appt this past Friday with C. We went in and after the Dr. examined her he said that she had a good start and he was ready to induce her!! He asked her how this coming Thursday worked for her. Of course she replied, "do you have any time available today" (HAHA). We all laughed. C knows that there is the 24 hour waiting period after the baby is born before she can sign the adoption papers, so Thursday would make it a tough day, with our attorney needing to drive back to Indy (after the papers are signed) to get before the judge on Friday. So, she asked the Dr. if Wednesday would work. He said, that he already had 2 on Wednesday and the hospital only allowed 2 day on his schedule. So his nurse is calling the hospital on Monday morning (tomorrow) to see if they will approve him to induce on Wednesday. We are hoping and praying for Wednesday or that she will go on her own before Wednesday. Without getting too complicated...If we hold off till Thursday there is a chance that Brandon and I will not have custody through the weekend and we'll stay down south at least through the following Monday when we have the official papers in hand to bring Wyatt home. We are SOOO excited! We'll enjoy these last couple of days and nights together before we head south on Tuesday night or Wednesday.

I will have my computer with me and keep everyone in the loop as much as time permits so stay tuned if you'd like to know how things are unfolding.

Have a great week!!! XOXO
Rob and Brandon

38 weeks this Friday!!

Just a quick update since we are on the home stretch! :) C is still at 3 cm. We had a little scare on Monday. C said that she had a sharp pain early in the morning and then didn't feel the baby move all day. So we drove down and took her to the ER. They found his heartbeat right away and said things were ok- PHEWW! We were both pretty nervous for the drive down. We have our next appt this Friday and based on the last appt it sounds like the Dr. is going to set an inducement date. She did tell me today that she's been feeling the contractions more. Of course I asked zoodles of questions but it sounds like we are probably just getting closer. We'll let you know what transpires as soon as we hear something.

We are loving all the prayers and tremendous support everyone has shown!! You all truly will never know how much it means to us! :)))

Lotsa huggies and love!!!
Rob and B