Welcome baby WESLEY TIMOTHY STOUT!!!

Our family started trickling in for the family reunion with the arrival of Carol, Gavin, Janet, Nathan, Linda, Darrell, Rachel, Kayla, Ryan, Ammon, Bryce, Nick, Kayla, Thomas and Natalie...

Brian wrote and said that Chloe was feeling itchy and it wasn't a good sign, so the doctor decided to go ahead and induce the baby two weeks early. At the same time, Leland wrote asking, "What about the kids." And we didn't know what he was talking about, so he said look on FB.  Rick had written a cryptic message to Kelsee about breaking up.  It was a good thing we were so crazy busy and couldn't over react.  When in doubt...do no harm!  In the mean time, Jim, Angie, Jacob, Ben, Levi, Steven, Nancy, Matt, Bekah, Sam, Leah, Hannah and Juliah arrived.  Jim's, Steven's and Carol's families stayed in the bedroom's downstairs, and Linda's family stayed upstairs.  It was cozy! On Thursday morning Luke went to summer school and then Wesley Richard Stout was born at about 10:30 am.  he weighed 6 lbs. 10 oz and was 19 inches long.  We had lots of people at the house to get Luke off the bus so we went down to Utah Valley Hospital to see the baby.  It was the day that Leland volunteers at the information desk.  He volunteers for a few hours once a week.

Brian and Chloe were not quite ready for visitors, so after Leland's shift, we took him (Leland) to Kohl's to get a few clothes for a late birthday gift. We got word that they were ready for us to come (and that Brian was very hungry), so we picked up some salads in the cafeteria and came up.  On the way, we ran into Chloe's mom who was coming down.  She showed us the most spectacular video of the baby kicking his long arms, legs, and he has long fingers like his dad. Wesley is adorable as you can see from the pictures and we were instantly smitten! We got to hold him for the first time and bond with our newest grandchild.  What an amazing miracle to occur on the first day of our family reunion!

Such a sweet baby!

The reunion festivities were due to start at 5:00 pm, so the timing was perfect and we are so grateful we got to see him when we did!  Brian and Chloe are spending the first week with the Baker family and Chloe is getting the best care from her mom.  Baby came relatively smoothly and is healthy and strong.  We are eternally grateful for the miracle of his birth and for the addition to our family.

Ready for the reunion!