Our Teeny, Tiny Taylor

We are rejoicing in the gift from the Lord of our precious son, Wesley Joseph Taylor.

He has come to us quite quickly! On February 23, the social worker called to tell us we had been chosen by a birth mom to adopt her baby boy that was already born. We met the birth mom the next day and proceeded to go forward with adoption. After a week and a half of somewhat controlled chaos and the gamut of emotions, Wesley was placed in our arms for good yesterday, March 5 (with the exception of a few legal formalities a few months down the road).

Little Wesley was born on February 16, 2010. Since he was around 7 weeks early, at birth he weighed it at a whopping 4 lbs 8 oz. He stayed in the hospital for 10 days to ensure he could take a bottle for a full feeding on his own and maintain his body temperature. He has done incredibly well and is so beautiful! At his first doctor's appointment this week he weighed 4 lbs 12 oz. It is so remarkable watch something so tiny and helpless chug down his bottle with a fair amount of ease (once we figured out the right nipple and bottle size for the little guy).We've yet to really hear him cry. He just sounds like a quiet little bleating lamb. I know this will change soon but it is very sweet nonetheless.

Here are some pictures for you to enjoy!