Asher Ramsay Wittig

As Colleen said in our last post, we are in the process of adopting.  I recently started a post with an update on the how the process is going and about how excited I am to be a dad.  However... what is it they say about the best laid plans of mice and men?... Ah, yes... they often go awry. 

Our birth mother's due date was supposed to be mid-June, so we thought we had plenty of time to get ready... However, this morning, Colleen received a tearful call from her  saying that she'd gone in last night to the emergency room in pain and had delivered through emergency C-section sometime early this morning. Colleen headed to the hospital in Cincinnati right away.  The social worker was able to go to the hospital and said that our baby boy was doing as well... he was 2 lbs 9 oz. They think the birth mother was about 27ish weeks along (her due date has been moved around 3 times in the last few weeks since they didn't know for sure), so he'll probably be in the NICU for many few weeks.


Both of the moms are heading to Cincinnati to be with Colleen and I will probably head up there later with an overnight bag once we know more. Our boy's name will be Asher Ramsay Wittig whenever we get to name him. Asher is Hebrew for happiness... which we definitely are, though my stronger emotion right now is feeling overwhelmed!  (This can't be happening, right?  Just last night I was working on applying for adoption grants and looking for a changing table on craigslist...)



This is the only picture I've seen of my son as well!

 Please pray for Asher's health. I've been told that now is a critical times for his lungs. Also for our sanity... we're obviously feeling unprepared and in over our heads at this point! The birth mother also needs our prayers, as she has had a stressful time and has many difficult emotional challenges to work through. We've met with her a few times, really appreciate her so much, and want to show Christ's love to her in this difficult time.

Thanks for your prayers! I'll try to write more when I can. Also, please don't call or text Colleen right now... you can text, facebook, or email me if you want. mailto:casonandcolleen@gmail.com or 317 883 7227)

Thanks!

- A very proud and overwhelmed daddy