Allow me the pleasure of introducing to you our new soon to be adopted son! We just got our referral, which is kind of like the ultimate ultrasound because we get pictures instead of a blurry, grainy black and white image.
Carlos Armando Escobar Soto (Yes, Cole is disturbed because his name is not “Mason,” we’ll work that out later!)
Born October 30, 2006 at 6:30pm in Colonia de la Independencia, Guatemala
We’re not sure when we will get to bring him home from Guatemala so there will be more details to follow (update: apparently it will be about 5-6 months)…for now, just take a good look at our beautiful child.
UPDATE: So, we just found out that we need to send $10,000 to Guatemala City first thing tomorrow morning (yes, adoption is expensive and this is not our last payment). We do have about $7K of it ready to go and will probably get a cash advance in the morning for the rest. But, if you are able and would like to help with this feel free to: 1) mail a gift – contact us for our address or 2) Donate via paypal.
carol hiestand said...
1this boy is my grandson….grandson #4! i think waiting for him to “come home” is going to be a lot harder than waiting after we see an ultra-sound! he has enough hair to cover his daddy’s bald head! todd’s mom!)
11/12/06 7:16 PM | Comment Link
blind beggar said...
2Congratulations Todd (and you too grandma)! Praying that it will all go well.
11/12/06 7:53 PM | Comment Link
ScottB said...
3Wow – that’s exciting! I’ll be praying for the finances to come in.
11/12/06 8:12 PM | Comment Link
Rich said...
4Congrats Todd! Raise him well!
11/12/06 8:12 PM | Comment Link
carol longenecker said...
5Too cute! Can’t come too soon! He has a great future growing up in your home. Wish he could be here in time for Christmas Mountain! Otherwise he will be past babyhood when I ever see him again. Pennsylvania and Montana are just too far apart.
Aunt Carol
11/12/06 8:18 PM | Comment Link
Alex Alb said...
6Is it just me or does Carlos have your eyes and nose?
Congrats buddy!
11/12/06 8:20 PM | Comment Link
Auntie Brenda said...
7OOOOHHHH he is just so cute and cuddly! Beautiful. Amazing. Congratulations. We will be praying for you…that all will go smoothly from this point on…that you will feel God walking right beside you thru this process, til the day you hold baby Carlos for the first time and then every day thereafter!
11/12/06 9:39 PM | Comment Link
john chandler said...
8Congrats! It seems like just last week we were wondering aloud if your child might be alive already! Oh yeah…that was last week.
11/12/06 10:27 PM | Comment Link
Ed C said...
9Congratulations to you and Melanie. I suppose the 5-6 month wait will give you some time to save up for a iMac mini or whatever you need to begin training a child in the way he should go.
Blessings!
11/13/06 4:32 AM | Comment Link
David said...
10Congratulations to you all! We are SO excited that this day has finally come for you guys! He is adorable! Can’t wait to meet him…
11/13/06 4:52 AM | Comment Link
Todd said...
11Congratulations Todd! We have a family in our church who adopted a five year old girl from Guatemala about five years ago. She is HIV positive. She has been a joy to her family and to our church. A couple of years ago their oldest daughter adopted a little boy from Guatemala.
11/13/06 5:41 AM | Comment Link
Todd said...
12Thanks everyone! Be sure to check back and we’ll post an update soon when we learn more this week…
11/13/06 5:54 AM | Comment Link
Carlos Verde said...
13Congratulations!! Great name!!!
11/13/06 6:08 AM | Comment Link
Stacey said...
14Congratulations! I’m so excited for you guys!
11/13/06 8:40 AM | Comment Link
natalie said...
15I am so excited, he’s gonna be a great welcome to our family, we will celebrate our birthdays together! :) Nat
11/14/06 12:20 PM | Comment Link
D.G. Hollums said...
16Congrats yall….yall are in our prayers!
11/17/06 4:07 PM | Comment Link
jared said...
17dude, awesome! congrats!
11/20/06 5:48 PM | Comment Link
Todd said...
18everyone! thanks so much for your prayers, thoughts and support! We’re so excited to see God work this out and we look forward to introducing Mason to you in person!
11/21/06 7:59 AM | Comment Link
Beth Jones said...
19I am so thrilled about Carlos (Mason). God’s timing is perfect and His ways are above ours. Nate and I are planning a trip to PA this coming summer. So hopefully Lydia and Carlos can meet then.
11/27/06 7:33 AM | Comment Link
iggy said...
20Carlos is a great name…
Though I go by “iggy” my given name is Carlos…
I am praying all goes through well for you in this adventure.
Blessings,
iggy (aka Carlos)
12/23/06 2:50 AM | Comment Link
Todd said...
21iggy (or carlos), thanks! i see you are from billings. man i l love that place. my aunt lives there with my two cousins (my uncle passed last year in a hunting accident – his name was Gordon Longenecker – perhaps you have heard of him…
anyways, thanks for stopping by.
12/23/06 4:21 PM | Comment Link
iggy said...
22I do remember something about a lost hunter… but did not know him… I didn’t remember that he died.
I am sorry to here he was your uncle. It is a small world though isn’t it.
Do you have any new updates on your adoption? My wife and i have talked about adopting, but as you have pionted out it take money… and lots of it…
Funny how much money is needed just so that a child can be loved… makes one wonder what some deem as more important…
blessings,
iggy
12/27/06 10:00 PM | Comment Link
login said...
23Just dropping in to let you know you have an interesting site. I hope you’ll continue to work on it. Wishing you all the best.
07/22/07 6:26 AM | Comment Link
Laura said...
24Hi Todd! Wow, how exciting, a new son! Your mom has to be just reeling! It sounds like things are going well for you and your family. I was trying to find your mom online and found you. Would love to get in touch with your mom, can you ask her to e-mail me? Thanks
10/12/07 5:49 AM | Comment Link