it's official

and forever!

Adoption Day, 20 hours to go!

Maura Catherine...welcome to our family! 

On April 28th of last year I prayed at St Gianna's shrine, on her feast day and with her relics for our family to grow.  One week to the day later I met  you for the first time and fell madly in love.  It was a bit of a roller coaster, but you were truly meant for us.  You have filled our lives with so much joy and love.  We love you and are counting the minutes until 10am tomorrow when it is finally and forever official.  Wednesday you will become a part of our forever family.  Saturday, St Gianna's feast day (April 28th) we will be giving thanks for you.  Sunday, St Catherine of Siena's feast day, we will be baptizing you (on your name's day) and you will forever become a part of God's family. 

XOXOXO
With all our love,
mama & papa

we have a date!

God has sent his love to me in a big way today.  *tearing as I write*

In addition to the most.beautiful.day.ever...today I received an adoption date!!  April 25th Catie will become officially and forever ours!!  (and then I can share pictures :)

Adopted!!!

It was an amazing day.  I cried through the whole 10 minutes of court.  We were so blessed to have family and friends supporting us and loving us through every aspect of this process and celebrating with us today.

After the ceremony a friend had us over for an amazing party, which also included a surprise baby shower.  We are blessed.  Augie is forever ours and we are eternally grateful! 

My dear friend gave us the book "God Found Us You".  It was our bedtime story tonight.  I completely recommend it to other adopting mamas out there!

Thanks to all for the love and prayers and support through the last 16 plus months!

With love
elisabeth

ps  - 20 minutes before our adoption I was dropping off baby love for a visit (first time I have done the drop off).  Interesting family, to say the least.  It was very amusing to be entering a new chapter with foster situation #2 while literally in the midst of adopting from foster situation #1.  stay tuned for details.  ;-)

Adoption Eve

My husband's aunt is upstairs bathing Rosie & Augie.  Baby Love is asleep in her crib.  Our house is a bit busy so this will be a quick reflection.

Tonight is our adoption eve!  Tomorrow we will celebrate a moment that we have anxiously awaited for 16 months and 2 weeks (the moment we first met "SBR").  It has been a relatively smooth roller coaster and we are so thrilled to finally make our son an official member of our family.  I have been so touched the past weeks by watching family bonds deepen.  He loves his Uncle KiKi! 

Tomorrow the judge will ask us to verify our information.  Then he will ask us individually "why do you want to adopt this child?".  I am not sure my eyes will be dry at the end.

Long ago I had wonderful hopes of celebrating this moment with a compliation video of all the moments I couldn't share over the past year.   No compilation video set to music (yet) - but I will share a couple of our favorite moments.

Coming Home, March 1 2010

Sweet Sweet Baby!

Kisses from Sissy

Kisses from Cousin

Happy 1st Birthday Happy Boy!

My dirt eater...he is such a boy!!

 

 

Blaise Augustine, we love you so much and we could not imagine our lives without you.  Welcome to the family!!!  XOXOXO