I thank You God for most this amazing day
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky
and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes
e. e. cummings
The final adoption date for J has been set for September 5th.
We are overjoyed, grateful, relieved, elated, happy, and a little prepared for a snafu to occur.
He turns one on September 4th; adopted on the 5th; and we'll have him baptized on the 6th. There's going to be one big party on that night!
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
The question is not "To be or not to be," it is what we should be until we are not.-Soren Kierkegaard
And tomorrow is a big step in who we want to be.
Tomorrow we have our first court date for J. From what I understand, this is to find 'grounds'; grounds to terminate parental rights, even though J's mother is voluntarily giving them up.
The next step will be 'findings'. Hopefully the judge will 'find' that J belongs in a good adoptive home-preferably ours, since he's known no other and seems to be thriving.
The last step will be the adoption, complete with a party at the courthouse and balloons and champagne.
All of this could be finished within sixty days-or six to seven months. Not knowing J's father puts uncertainty into the court system.
But speaking of thriving, our youngest is 'scooching'-getting around doing a form of an army crawl. He's fast enough to get into trouble, but not so fast that we don't have time to finish baby-proofing. He's eating more table foods-not a one he doesn't chow down on. He's getting a little Buddha-belly. And clapping. There's our update on his progression.
What we want to be is a family-and that's what we've been being. Our last task is to convince the court to acknowledge us as what we are.
Tomorrow we have our first court date for J. From what I understand, this is to find 'grounds'; grounds to terminate parental rights, even though J's mother is voluntarily giving them up.
The next step will be 'findings'. Hopefully the judge will 'find' that J belongs in a good adoptive home-preferably ours, since he's known no other and seems to be thriving.
The last step will be the adoption, complete with a party at the courthouse and balloons and champagne.
All of this could be finished within sixty days-or six to seven months. Not knowing J's father puts uncertainty into the court system.
But speaking of thriving, our youngest is 'scooching'-getting around doing a form of an army crawl. He's fast enough to get into trouble, but not so fast that we don't have time to finish baby-proofing. He's eating more table foods-not a one he doesn't chow down on. He's getting a little Buddha-belly. And clapping. There's our update on his progression.
What we want to be is a family-and that's what we've been being. Our last task is to convince the court to acknowledge us as what we are.
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