Well, we have finally made it home. We arrived home Friday night, June 26. It is so good to be home and sleep in our own bed. Jon-Michael is doing great, he is still eating and sleeping well. Katelyn is such a good big sister, she is such a big help with her little brother. We really appreciate all of the food, the phone calls and the visits since we have been home. It really is nice to see all of you again.
We just wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you to some very special people. First of all thanks to everyone who kept up with our journey and for all of your prayers. Thanks to all of our family for helping out with all of our chores while we were gone. Thanks also to all of my staff at work; without you covering for me, none of this would have been possible. Thanks to all of our family and friends for your phone calls and emails while we were gone, it really was nice to hear from each of you.
Now that we are home we are trying to get our life back to normal, if that is possible. Please feel free to stop by and visit with us, we would love to see all of you. We are home most all of the time now. I don't think we will be leaving for a while. We are really looking forward to getting some real seafood.
Thanks again to everyone for your prayers and support. This will be our last post on this website.
Love,
The Daniel family,
Mike, Shellie, Katelyn and Jon-Michael
Come and see us, we missed ya'll
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
WE ARE COMING HOME!!!
Well we are finally on our way home. We are really excited that we are headed back south, however 
we honestly do have mixed emotions about leaving. Not that we aren't ready to get home, see everyone and show off our new little man; but we have grown such a great relationship to Jon-Michael's birthmother we are going to miss her a lot. We could not even begin to tell you how wonderful of a person she is. Such a very beautiful, caring, loving and unselfish person. Please keep her in your prayers. We love her dearly.
Michigan is a really neat place to visit, there is so much to do. The weather has been beautiful, on the very hottest days it gets up to 85 degrees. I understand we will be coming home to some very different weather conditions.
We plan on making a few stops on the way home since it is such a long drive. We will be stopping in Kentucky first and staying at one of their state parks. Here is the link for those of you who are interested, http://www.kyhorsepark.com/. We do not have any firm plans after that. We should be home sometime this weekend. If we stay gone to much longer the grandparents are going to send out search and rescue for their 2 grandkids.
So for now we will show Michigan our taillights and head back south. Someone get the crawfish pot ready, we need some real seafood and sweet tea. See ya soon!!
we honestly do have mixed emotions about leaving. Not that we aren't ready to get home, see everyone and show off our new little man; but we have grown such a great relationship to Jon-Michael's birthmother we are going to miss her a lot. We could not even begin to tell you how wonderful of a person she is. Such a very beautiful, caring, loving and unselfish person. Please keep her in your prayers. We love her dearly.Michigan is a really neat place to visit, there is so much to do. The weather has been beautiful, on the very hottest days it gets up to 85 degrees. I understand we will be coming home to some very different weather conditions.
We plan on making a few stops on the way home since it is such a long drive. We will be stopping in Kentucky first and staying at one of their state parks. Here is the link for those of you who are interested, http://www.kyhorsepark.com/. We do not have any firm plans after that. We should be home sometime this weekend. If we stay gone to much longer the grandparents are going to send out search and rescue for their 2 grandkids.
So for now we will show Michigan our taillights and head back south. Someone get the crawfish pot ready, we need some real seafood and sweet tea. See ya soon!!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Almost time to start home!
It looks like the paperwork and legal processes are about finished and we should be able to leave really soon. We've been gone over a month! Jon-Michael is doing great! Thanks to all who continue to think of us and leave messages here. We'll let you all know when we're headed home when we know for sure. Here are some recent photos to view of Jon-Michael!
Looking at my big Sis
Looking at my big Sis (Click any photo to enlarge it)
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The wait is over!!!
Hey everyone. Well the wait is finally over. We are proud to let you know that Jon-Michael Reid Daniel was born June 9, 2009 at 6:40pm. He is a beautiful big healthy boy. He weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. He has a head full of hair. Both Jon-Michael and his birthmother are healthy and doing well.
We are in the special needs nursery at the hospital, only because that is where they had a vacant room. Jon-Michael is staying in the room with us. The hospital has been great. 
They are allowing us to stay with Jon-Michael until he is discharged. We anticipate he will be discharged Wed. or Thursday. At that time he will be discharged to us. We still have the legal process to complete that will take about 2-3 weeks. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and kind words.
They are allowing us to stay with Jon-Michael until he is discharged. We anticipate he will be discharged Wed. or Thursday. At that time he will be discharged to us. We still have the legal process to complete that will take about 2-3 weeks. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and kind words.
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