đ¨ BIG NEWS đ¨
Rebecca Egger took this picture for us back in November. But today we share it as an official family picture because today Luka James Layman was adopted as an official member of our family. There are a lot of glorious details to the story but Iâll keep it short â God is good and He knew that this was our son before we did. He saw fit for this to be a reality and we are beyond thankful.
We named him Luka James Layman.
â˘Luka â I first affectionately called him âLuka the boy wonderâ within the first few days he was born. His little infant body had miraculously overcome A LOT and I very naturally equated that to the young Dallas Mavs superstar, Luka Doncic đ´ đ đ I later learned that Luka is derived from the Latin word “lux” which means LIGHT. And this little man has brought SO MUCH LIGHT to our lives. âLukaâ â itâs even more appropriate than Iâd originally thought.
â˘James â The middle name of his older brother Q, and comes from Caseyâs dadâs first name, James Vineyard, who was a willing and joyful dad to Casey, when he didnât have to be. Again, so appropriate.
â˘Layman â our family name. Which, ironically means âa person who is not a member of the clergy (professional ministry)â Itâs a name for a common, informal, untrained person. Man that is us! đ Our prayer is that in joining our family, Luka James is joining the ranks of a group of nobodies who live to tell everyone about the one true Somebody, Jesus Christ. All glory to HIM!
We love yâall and thank you so much for all your support! Weâre not done fostering either đłđ
Foster parent guidelines ask that we not share pictures of kids. Youâve seen some pics of the back of Lukas head, some of him in sunglasses, and a few side profiles, but we have an entire year + of pictures of him with us. We put together a 7 min video. I know itâs long, but weâre making up for whole year! đ We had to put the video to music because we love music and each of the songs are significant to us and his life. Iâm not sure how long the video will
be up because **we donât own the rights to any of the music** So while you can, if youâd like, click the link below.