At this time, we'd like to introduce our little surprise. His name is Griffin.


About a month after Melissa and I had found out about Lily we were approached by a co-worker of Melissa's. Her daughter had gotten pregnant and wanted to place the baby with us. Of course, they didn't know that we were pregnant. We told her about our situation, but that we would consider it and we needed some time to think about it. After careful consideration we decided that we would take the baby. We really felt good about it and that this was what was supposed to happen.

(Comments about his "boyhood" shall be considered inappropriate at this time.)

His expected arrival date is 12 October, just a little less than a full month from Lily's date of 14 September. Griffin's mom has also had one child before him - a little girl who is just over 2 years old. She is being raised by Griffin's birth mother's mother. She will be his half sister, as they don't share the same father.

Melissa and I have both met Griffin's birth parents. We couldn't help but to be impressed with their love for him and their maturity in the face of such a difficult decision. They are truly making this decision based on their love for him and what they believe to be the best situation for him. We love them and hope that you will pray for them along with us.

We are all very excited for the boy half of our assembled twins. Everyone is getting what they want - Grandma Connie has a real-life dress-up doll in Lily, and Grandpa Sam has another boy to help him in his all-sports TV programming domination. I'm sure he's also looking forward to tricking Griff into shagging golf balls for him in the backyard, etc. On the other side of the family, Mike will finally have a boy cousin to kick around.