Happy Thanksgiving

Well they are not exactly "turkeys" but they are "stuffed"!

(with balloons that is)

Aren't they cute...I just had to share!

A Tearful Goodbye

Today we went to court for Teag. The decision was to reunify him with his parents. So after many hugs and kisses and many tears we sent him home. Please continue to keep our little one in your prayers as his home life seems uncertain. Also please keep us in your prayers. Saying goodbye to a baby after 14 months is a very hard thing to do. We are all missing him already!

Thank you all for your love and support!

I am so thankful to have such wonderful family and friends!

Adoption Day-Family and Friends

Here we all are on Adoption day at court! We were all so excited!

Here we are with Grandma Phyllis and Great-Grandma Lucy!

They were so happy to be there for the ceremony!

Aunt Jeannie was able to join us too...It was special to share this with her,

she's been so supportive of us all!
Here is Ab with Jamie...
how sweet she was to come and celebrate with us!
Here we are...the whole clan with our two awesome caseworkers Dail and Beth!
They worked so hard to make today a reality!!! They are wonderful!

Adoption Day!!

November 12th 2008~Gotcha Day!
We all gathered at the court house to sign papers and make Ab a permanent part of our family!
It was such a wonderful day, and we all were so happy to know that we are a forever family!

Here is Ab with Judge Bender and her new teddy bear given to her at court!

(She named him Bender to remind her of this day)
Here Ab gets to sign saying that she's agreeing to be our daughter
and that we can be her parents!

Ben signs the official papers making Abigail our daughter on paper, even though she has felt like our daughter in our heart for such a long time!

Heather has her chance to sign the official papers.

The Family with Judge Bender after the official signing of the

Adoption Certificate!

Adoption Day~Pretty Ears

One of the main things that Abigail wanted to do on

Adoption day was to get her ears pierced.

She got a little nervous, and she hugged the teddy bear tight
She was so brave!

She was lucky to have both ears done at once!

She picked out the pretty gold balls...just like I had when I was a little girl!

Adoption Date!!!

We finally have an adoption date for Ab!!!

NOVEMBER 12TH 2008

Please keep your fingers crossed and your prayers coming-

it's going to be a roller-coaster of a week.

We have court for Ab's adoption Wednesday and

Teag's departure Thursday!

SMILE...God has a plan!

(not sure what it is yet...but I'm sure he'll let us know soon)