We are so excited to announce that God has blessed us with another son. We finally received “the call” late this afternoon!!!
He is just over one month old . . . born December 20, 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
We have named him: Denver Jacob Baheran
Denver is a name we both really like.
Jacob is after Grandma Zandstra (her middle name is Jacoba)
Baheran is his Ethiopian name – Presumably given to him by his birthmother (we later found out that this name means "dazzling or brilliant")
He is the cutest little guy that you ever did see! Unfortunately you’ll have to take our word for it because we won’t be emailing his picture at this point. Things are different from when we adopted Samara from China and we are not legally allowed to post his picture online at all until he is officially our son. A court proceeding has to take place in Ethiopia before he is legally our child and that may take a few months. If and when you see us in person we will gladly show you the picture. In the meantime, we will keep you posted along the way.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
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YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! So excited for you. I have been following your blog for awhile now. Can't wait to follow the rest of your journey!!
Enjoy looking at those pictures!!
Steph :-)
Wow!! Congratulations!!! That is such good news! I had not heard of ANY referrals in January so this is indeed a celebration! Looking forward to following the rest of your journey to meet your precious boy!
Alysia
Congratulations..wow we can't wait to see your adorable little guy. I like his name..very nice. Can't wait to hear more about your new baby boy.
WOOHOOO!! Congrats!!! That is so amazing, you must be over the moon with joy. I am so happy for you, can't wait to hear more.
Congratulations on little Denver Jacob Baheran! A beautiful name. We look forward to meeting him...and will pray that the Lord will stay close to him in the coming months as we wait along with your family. Tricia (I am excited he will be in Tessa's class at school)
Congratulations, Karen!!!
Praising God with you!!! Congrats friends! Thank you for your call...you made my day!!
Praying you're able to meet your beautiful little boy soon!
I am delurking to Congratulate you!! Such happy news! I hope that you have a smooth journey from here.
Alicia in NL
Congratulations!
Thank you for making my day better! I am absolutely thrilled for you. Take it all in and enjoy.
Laura
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Wow that sure came unexpected - earlier than I anticipated. Oh he's sooooo cute and has such lovely BIG eyes! He's yummy! Can't wait - now the hard parts coming! May God give you patience as you wait for his arrival home - hopefully sooner than later. Have fun sharing and getting ready!
Luv momz/gramz
Congratulations!!!
Keep smilin!
How amazing is that!
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Congratulations on your baby boy!!! Enjoy the high :)
Congrats again!!!!!! So excited for you! I'll be seeing his adorable little face anytime now!! (Mom's coming to show me!!)
mz
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!
What an amazing week it was for the both of us!!!!! :)
I can't wait to see a picture of your precious baby boy!!! Soooooo little!!!!!
Sooooooo exciting!!! :)
Blessings!!
Dawn.
Awesome! We are so happy for you all. We can't wait to see his picture when we see you soon. And so little too! Lookout Samara, you're soon not to be the baby anymore. Congrats guys. God has truly blessed you.
Love Jason, Alex and Hailey. xo.
Yipee!!! It's always so wonderful to hear about a referral. I'm happy for your family. Enjoy!!
Great news for your family! Congratulations to all!
Holly & Josie, G244 China
YOU ARE KIDDING ME!!!!! I am SO happy for you! HOw WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
God is so good!
ahhhhhhhhh!!!!! i knew it in my bones. i just came on here looking for you because for some reason i was SURE you had gotten your referral..i am so so excited for you ! huge congratulations! yippee yi yay!! :) darci
ps love the name, can't wait to see him. :)
Congratulations! Very happy for all of you and love the name!
Melanie & Steve F.
Yay! Yay! Yay! So thrilled for you guys and I can't wait to see Denver's beautiful face and hear that he will be coming home!
Chris
Mom to Hana
Congratulations! That is so great to hear! I'm very excited for you! Here's to smooth court dates! Blessings on all of you.
That is such great news. Congratulations to you all...yeahhhhhh
Wow! Congrats! Hurray! and any other exciting word I can come up with. I love his name and I am so happy to hear of your news. Can't wait to find out more about your precious bundle.
Jules
Karen, so glad to hear your happy news.
congratulations!
Congratulations! You must just be over the moon! I pray that things will go smoothly and that he will be in your arms soon! What a blessing!
Congratulations!! Love the name!!!
WOW what a handsome guy...You guys look soooooooooo excited :)Can't wait to meet him....Hope the time goes quickly..
xo Grandpa & Grandma
Yahoo - Congratulations!!! I am sooo excited for you guy and can't wait to see those pics!
Congratulations! January was certainly a month filled with blessings. Can't wait to see you and his sweet photo at the dinner...
Ohhh, how sweet! Congratulations! I am so thrilled for you and can not wait to see he cute little mug!
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