With the arrival of Luka, we have decided to restart our former blog in hopes of posting more frequently and keeping our far away friends and family a little more up-to-date on our daily adventures. Whew...what an incredible past few months we have had....I don't even know where to begin. I guess it all should start with the most exciting thing for our family this year...We welcomed Luka Alexander into our lives on Thursday, March 24th at 2:44am in Portland, Oregon!! He weighed 5 lbs, and 0.4 ounces and was born at 33 weeks and 6 days gestation. Even with his prematurity he belted out some strong, loud cries upon being born, which was the most comforting thing we had heard in weeks. This is a photo of Luka in the NICU within the first hour of his birth. He had quite the bruised, conehead from his last few weeks and days in utero...poor little guy. I think it is going to take some time to process all that happened in those last 2 months or so of pregnancy, as it certainly wasn't without drama. That said, the gratitude we feel to have Luka in this world is hard to put into words....I hope to be able to come closer to capturing some of this soon, as it strikes deep and is very much a part of our story. I still wake up feeling like the luckiest person alive to have Zander in my life and to have be given these three (THREE!!!!) children to know and grow with. I am living my dream and am so, so grateful.
I think I will leave it here for now and pick up again with a more complete story of Luka's entry into the world tomorrow.
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