Email from California--October 19, 2010

Hello, Dear Friends!
We decided it is definitely time to bring you ALL into the loop!

Some of you are aware via facebook or via general proximity to us that our lives have 
been one big rollercoaster over the past couple of months.  

We are still praying for God to grow our little family--and we have had many situations 
presented to us since August.  None of these situations to date have resultedin a little 
baby Davis.    Our hearts have been elated, expectant, terribly disappointed, and yet we 
have remained hopeful.  We choose to hold tight to the hand of the God who has already 
planned our family and our future.

No hands are safer!

Well...so fast forward to today.  Today we find ourselves in California.....dead tired 
after VERY little sleep, exhausted from raw emotion and stressful events, and bodies numb 
from the 5 hours of flying this morning.  But today is a very good day!!

This story actually began to unfold a couple weeks ago--we were called by an agency 
regarding an adoption situation.  After much prayer, research, and waiting on God's 
direction--we "matched" with a lovely young birthmom.  This birthmom, Sarah, 
has lived a lot of life in her short 22 years.  She will tell you that she has made some 
really bad decisions.  But now she is VERY glad to have made a very wonderful 
decision---She has chosen to give her baby life!

We were happy to hear that this baby of hers was a little boy, due on November 21.  They 
went ahead and scheduled an induction for November 5th!  

Preparations began with a flurry--Flights booked, rental condo reserved, baby boy clothes 
brought down from the attic--washed and packed.  

A phone call on Sunday, October 17th changed our plans a bit!  :)  

Sarah had gone in for an emergency C-Section, and the baby had arrived--5 weeks early!  
The baby weighed 5 lbs 4oz....and it was not a boy!  It was a girl!!!

We were asked to make our way to California as soon as possible!  We really have not 
slept since!!  Jennifer and Al came to get Jack, and he is having a ball in Kentucky with 
lots of cousins!!

So, we flew out of Memphis this morning and arrived in Burbank, California around 1 p.m. 
central time.  We picked up our rental car and headed to the hospital!  
We loved meeting Sarah---and she let us know how much she enjoyed meeting us!  And 
although we were tickled to meet Sarah.......our breath was taken away when that bundle 
of pink came in!!   

Talk about CUTE and TINY!!!!  We fell in love immediately....and we were so taken aback 
by how much she looked like baby Jack!  :)  

The hospital has been amazing!  Baby girl has been the star of the show...she was the 
only baby here when we arrived!!  Her  nurse, Georgia, is amazing, and we really like the 
social worker here too!  The hospital has given us our own room next to the birthmom, and 
we have had plenty of alone time---just the three of us!  She will be sleeping in the 
nursery tonight, since she is not officially ours.  They have brought an extra 
"chair bed" into our room for Jonny....and we are about to go to sleep.

Tomorrow is a big day.  The attorney comes at 9 a.m. (11 a.m. Central time) to have Sarah 
sign her surrender papers. Then we will sign some papers....and baby girl will be ours.  
Sarah let us name our baby today.  Her name is Joy Allison Davis.  

Please pray for us!!
Enjoy the pictures!!

We love you!!

Julie