Hello Baby.

The official call came in Thursday.

We gathered supplies.
Sweet friends gathered supplies.

We prepared our home...

for a baby.

Our first foster baby.

As we walked down the hospital corridor to meet and pick up the little fella

{all of 8 pounds something}
the nurse turned to us and asked,

'have you seen him yet?'

We all replied anxiously, 'no!'

To which she responded, with a smile so big,

'well he is sooooo cute!'

And he was. Is.

And so good. And content.

We fed him in the hospital, asked a ton of questions from the nurse,

learned all we needed to know about him,

and then did what any other normal family
with a newborn would do....

we went to IKEA!

I wish I could tell you more about him.
That I could show you all the sweet pictures I have captured of him...

like the one of his sweet head cradled in his arms laying on Blake's chest, but I can't.

Trust me when I say that he has stolen our hearts already.
We are loving on him.

And on Tuesday, we will add one more baby.

His sibling, actually the first call that came in for the placement.

A one year old. A girl that we could NOT say no to.
She needs us. She needs our 'special needs' knowledge
and I'm pretty sure her and Blake are going to have a special connection.
They were born with the same diagnosis.
And with that call it was instantly confirmed that this journey to foster care
had a bigger purpose than we were planning.

It was God's hand directing us on this journey.

On Tuesday, we will have two sweet children that will be in our home for awhile,

but, I'm sure, in our hearts forever!

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And we want to share a special opportunity with you.

Want to help us help our foster babies and other foster babies in our community?

Do you have a handmade shop that sells baby items
or want to purchase something from a handmade shop for a baby/toddler?

It is our wish to give our babies something special from our home.

Something we can send off with them to remember their time here with us.

And we would love to help promote handmade shops supporting foster care and foster children.

In exchange for a donated handmade item for a foster baby/child,

we will offer your handmade shop or the handmade shop that you purchase from
some real estate {a logo and link to shop} on our sidebar we are calling....

We think this little 'partnership' is a wonderful opportunity.

An opportunity to provide these sweet foster children with handmade items
made with love and also help promote the handmade community

 doing something good for a child in need.

If interested, please email davenapril(at)aol(dot)com

and please put 'fostering love' in the subject matter line.

Now I'm off to go empty our hall closet.
Part of it will be turned into a diaper changing table/station.
We've got to get creative in our small space.

I'll take before and after pictures.

Hello Baby/Babies this week.