Benson William Vance
Born at 3:03 pm on 10/15/10
8lbs 8oz and 19” Long
He’s here! As you can see we have decided to name him Benson William. He is such a cutie. On Thursday this week we received a text message from the birth mom telling us that she was having regular contractions about 3 minutes apart which lasted about a minute. They were progressively getting stronger. Needless to say, we didn’t sleep too much that night. She had been updating Lynette throughout the day and told us that she and her mom had both felt like they needed to get the bag packed. On Friday morning Lynette got a phone call from the birth mom letting us know that she had been admitted to the hospital and that Benson would be born later that day. She said that the delivery was not too difficult (thank you to modern medicine) but that she did have to push for about 45 min.
Benson is a cute little boy. The pictures don’t do him any justice. We were asked to come up today and arrived a little after 3 pm and were able to stay for an hour. We held him and fed him a bit and got see all his little features in person. He has some cute dimples that you’ll just have to see when you see him in person. He has big eyes and his hair is straight when dry but curly when wet and is very soft and black. He has long toes and fingers and both hands and feet are pretty big. He was all bundled up this afternoon and was just cute. He is full of expression and a very calm happy kid. We certainly love him.
We had some good conversation with the birth mom and her parents and again it was confirmed that this little boy is to be a part of our family. We are so grateful to have him and can’t wait till he is home with us. He will either be coming home with us tomorrow or on Monday. We are waiting for one remaining test. He is healthy and doing great. We will keep you posted and hopefully you will enjoy the pics.
Anthony & Lynette
12 comments:
CONGRATULATIONS! He looks great! Benson is a super name.
He is adorable! Benson and Beck . . . little buds, I can already see it. :) We feel like broken records but we really just can't say it enough - we are so happy for your family! Congrats, Congrats! We love you and look forward to talking with you so we can get more details and skyping!
Welcome Benson - we can't wait to meet you.
He is a beautiful baby! We cann't wait to meet him. We are also glad you are no longer homeless and have your own house to bring him home to. We love you.
Kara and Arlo
Congrats!!! We love him already, and LOVE his name! Good job. I can see he has your hair and Anthony's build. Love to you!
He is such a handsome guy! I love his name, his story, and most especially I love that he's yours! I'm so excited to meet him in December...just think, by then you will have spent 2 whole months with him!
Congratulations! We are so happy for you!!!
I love this! I love him! I love you guys! You're the best parents. If I weren't your friend (BFF) I would choose to be one of your kids!! :) what fun!
- Holly
Congratulations!!! We are thrilled for you! May Heavenly Father bless your sweet family! I think Benson and Adalaide are going to be great "cousin friends"....but she might be a little envious of his hair!!! We send you our love and warmest regards!
Congrats!! Can't wait to see more pics :)
HOORAY! He's here and healthy! What an absolute cutie pie! Congratulations from our whole family!!! We're all so very excited for you guys...and for Benson, as he has two of the best parents a kid could get!
The girls are already bugging me about when we're going to get to come and see him and visit with you again. When I told Ana that he would probably be born on Friday, the first thing out of her mouth was, "Well, when am I going to get to see him?" She asked if, since she is now on fall break, we could just drive down now. Oh how I wish!! She and Isabelle said that they just can't WAIT to meet their newest little cousin, and I understand because I can't wait to meet my cute little nephew in person either.
Oh just know that you are SOOOOOOO very loved and that we are super excited for you! You are all in our prayers and we hope that you'll be able to take him home on the soonest possible date.
Much love!!!!
Ang and fam
Lynette,
I don't know if you remember me. I was one of Rachel's roommates from her freshman year of college. I found your blog from hers.
I just wanted to say how happy I am for you!!! He is absolutely beautiful! There is nothing greater than a child going home with parents who are ecstatic to have them! Every child should be so blessed!
Congratulations again!!!
-Danielle
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