Baby Jackson

Saturday night while waiting for our table at Texas Roadhouse Jackson's birthmother called. We chatted and were discussing her upcoming doctors appointment when she asked me if Ray and I had thought about baby names. Ok, I need to tell you that we hadn't told her that we really wanted to use the name Jackson yet. So I told her that Ray and I had already discussed that no matter if we adopted or had our own son we really wanted to use the name Jackson because it was Ray's Papa's last name. Ray's Papa (Papa Ray) was a very influential person in our lives and we wanted to be able to remember him in this special way. Papa Ray wasn't able to see many memoriable moments that Ray and I have been able to share together. After sharing this information with the birthmother she starts to tear up and says that there's no way that Ray and I had picked out that name. I ask what she means and she shares with me that if she was able to help name the baby that's the exact SAME name she had picked out. You can't say that all of this is coincidence. This is truly GOD at work. GOD has his hands on Ray and I, birthmother and baby Jackson, and the overall situation. Ray and I are so excitied about welcoming baby Jackson into our family and wait for all of you to meet him.


When you look up the meaning of Jackson you will find son of Jack. When I looked up the meaning of Jack I found GOD IS GRACIOUS!!