Its just a formality

Yesterday was such a wonderful day.  Yesterday our son became ours forever.   To hear the judge say that your son will be known as yours forever is just a formality.   In our hearts he already was ours.  This just made it legal through the government. It was a special day.  I cried happy tears and we celebrated afterwards with cake and dinner.  October 14th will always be a day we will celebrate.   We are so blessed for the amazing people in our lives who made this happen.  If it weren't for God and J's birthparents, we wouldn't have him.  We will continue to thank them every day.  We pray that some day J will understand the deep love they have for him.  I'm grateful for the opportunity to be this little man's mommy for the rest of his life, but I will never forget about the sacrifice his first mommy made.  She is our angel on earth. We thank God that she trusts us to care for and love him.  She won't be disappointed.   We have so much to share with him.

A new story begins

I've been thinking about this moment since the day we began this adoption journey almost 2 years ago.  The day has FINALLY arrived.  Tomorrow we will stand before a judge and be told that our son is legally ours forever.   He has been our son since the moment they placed him in our arms, but to hear that its legal now will give me goosebumps and bring me to tears.  We have waited a very long time to become parents and these past 6 1/2 months have been filled with the biggest blessing.  We are this little boys parents and will love him unconditionally until the day we die.  He has filled our lives with incredible joy.  I still pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.   God has blessed us with the sweetest blue eyed boy in the world.  God sure knew what he was doing when he chose him to be in our lives.  I'm so happy that our plan hadn't worked.  God had a much better one.  Adoption has given us the family we desired.  We look forward to watching our son grow and change every day.  Tomorrow we will close one chapter in our lives and begin a new one.  We will be a family forever. We cannot wait to write a new story.