And the Walls Came Tumblin' Down

Welcome to our family, Jericho Jordan Cash!

Born January 3rd at 11:04 PM.
7 lbs, 5 oz.
20 1/4 inches long.

Perfect head of light, reddish tinted hair. Blue eyes. Chicken legs. Long toes. Calm disposition.

We chose the name Jericho over a year ago, while we were working to fund our original home study. Actually, we very much feel that God chose his name.

In approaching adoption, we felt the same way Joshua must have felt standing before the walls of the city of Jericho. Small, unprepared, incapable … but called. And we felt just as foolish in our many months of waiting as Joshua's army must have felt walking around the city waiting for the walls to fall. But fall they did. In the same way that, in their obedience, the Isrealites took Jericho as territory for the Lord, we have taken the soul-ground of this boy for the Kingdom of God. Our dream and prayer is that the walls of his heart will come tumblin' down again, when he makes his own choice to walk with God as an obedient warrior.

And we chose the name Jordan on 12/23, as soon as we found out that Jordan would be the mother of our child. It is our prayer that he emulates the courage, love and selflessness that she modeled in choosing adoption for her child. We are forever indebted to her, and this is just one small way we have chosen to honor her sacrifice.

Enjoy these amazing pictures taken by the infinitely talented Rachel Iliadis (they were taken on the dreariest morning of the year, with absolutely no natural light -- she's a miracle worker!).

We are a family of four -- it is so surreal that our dream has come true!

Thank you for dreaming with us, supporting us, and loving us so well … we can't wait to tell Jericho about how kind God was in orchestrating his entrance into this world and into our family!