HOME

After nine LONG days and fifteen hours of travel (one way), we were finally home. Amy picked us up at 11:30pm and my sister was anxiously waiting at my house. The tears overfloweth as she finally met Camden.
 (Her shirt is a little off season because the one she had been wearing had Max drool all over it, so she wanted a nice clean shirt to wear when she got to hold Camden. Clearly she didn't look in the right drawer or she would have found a better shirt...)

A few of my fabulous friends stopped by at 1:30am to welcome me home and meet Camden.

These wonderful women also, watched my children, carpooled my children, cleaned my house....the WHOLE house, gathered and organized oodles of baby clothes (thanks Lindsay W), did my laundry, planned a baby shower and planned meals for me for a week! All while I was gone! I start to cry every time I think about what they have done for me. I truly have the greatest friends ever!

By the time everything calmed down and we finally went to bed it was 2:30am west coast time. First thing in the morning Maya came running into our bedroom. I had my camera on my night stand so that I could capture the girls meeting  their baby brother for the first time...well...they didn't turn out as cute as these, so these are the ones I'm posting...

 

Maya and Eden absolutely ADORE their little brother. They can't get enough of him. Camden had fallen asleep before church, and Maya and Eden just sat next to him and stared. When I called them upstairs so I could fix their hair, I heard Maya say "Eden you stay here and watch him while I get my hair done, then I come back down and you can go up." 

Eden has taken to him like nothing I had expected. I knew she would love him but she can't be away from him for a second. We decorated the house for Christmas last night, something the girls had been excited about for weeks. We usually do it Thanksgiving night but obviously that didn't happen this year.

Well Eden just sat on the couch holding Camden the whole time. She told Maya to do her ornaments because she loves Camden more than ornaments she didn't care if Maya did them for her.

 

This little guy has no idea how much he is loved. We have shared this experience with our family and so many of our dear friends that they have also been anticipating his arrival just as much as we have. It is so good to be home and finally share this precious gift with everyone. Camden's presence in our home has added so much joy already. We have a deeper appreciation for this holiday season and this journey truly puts everything in perspective. God has a plan for each of us, and there is no doubt in my mind that this was his plan for us. All of the things that happened on this journey were not luck or coincidence, it was God's hand bringing us together. I will share more details  about all that when I'm not so tired... okay...who am I kidding,  it will never happen if I wait until I'm not tired, so I will do when I do it...