1,146 Days

1,146 days. 163 weeks and 5 days. 37 months and 19 days. 3 years, 1 month, 19 days. Each of those represent the amount of time that you will spend in foster care. My sweet, sweet boy, as of March 8, you will never be in foster care again, we will be a family forever! March 8 at 11:00 we will be adopting this precious boy and we will become an official family!!!!
March has never been a month that I have particularly enjoyed but that will now change forever. We received the call today that our adopting was being scheduled and the lawyer asked if that day was ok, I wanted to yell, "Are you kidding?! Its perfect!!!" In 11 days we will enter the courtroom as a foster family and leave as a family, just a family. What a glorious day that will be! We serve an amazing God! So many prayers will be answered on that day and for the first time in a long time, we will be able to take a full breath knowing that no one can take him from us!

Happy

When I saw this picture I couldn't help but think of my sweet boy. There is something so special about him and he lights up a room. He is the funniest kid I have ever met and has an incredible imagination. Wherever we go, he makes a new friend and always brightens someone's day. He made a new friend while we were out for breakfast over the weekend and his new friend loved him so much she bought him this cat that he had fallen in love with. He so appropriately named it "Kitty Cardin" and Kitty Cardin has gone everywhere with us. I wish the sweet lady who purchased this for him knew how incredibly happy she has made him.

February has been an incredible month for us! We were able to meet with the attorney and sign our petition to adopt. Within days the guardian ad litem had contacted us to let us know as soon as he received court documents we could schedule a time for him to come to the house. I was able to talk to him today and expected it to be a while before he could come to the house but he is coming on Tuesday! God is so good!!! He told me he will have his report submitted within a week and as soon as it is signed by the judge we will be able to get an adoption date! It is SO close!!! We are praying it goes smoothly and the rest of the process moves quickly! Soon enough I will be able to show his sweet face and we will be a legal family!!!

Forever and Ever, My Sweet Boy

February 2 will forever be marked in our memory as one of the greatest days of our lives! We signed our intent to adopt! We are praying and so hopeful the next portion will go by quickly so we can receive our adoption date.

As we rushed home to meet our social worker I told our sweet boy that we were going to sign papers so he could stay with us forever. He looked at me with his big brown eyes and said, "Forever and ever, all day long?" With tears in my eyes I could make a promise that I have spent every night praying for and a promise that I was unsure if I would ever be able to make. Forever and ever, all day long, you will always be our sweet boy.