Adopting Ahren (& PBJ, too!)

So this is the picture that stole our hearts. He is 2 days old in this photo. His tiny little arms didn't even poke out of his sleeves. It's funny, but in this picture he reminded us of Levi as a newborn. Maybe it's his nose, or the way his lips are. It's hard to tell. Maybe just the hand of God leading us to our son. Whatever it was, we signed all the paperwork and sent it off and he officially became our 'referral'.

His birth name is Darien. He was born in Guatemala City on January 7th (Ashley's birthday) He weighed in at a whopping 5 lbs 6 oz and was just under 18 inches long. The medical report showed him to be healthy in every way. Tiny, but healthy. From everything we had read, we knew to expect babies from Guatemala to be smaller than babies in the U.S. so we weren't concerned. It would be more important to watch how he grows in the future.

Our agency sends us pictures and growth updates at least once a month, so we were anxious and excited to see the next pictures. Newborns change so much so quickly. What would he look like? It was all so exciting.....