No April Fools joke here!

  I just got off the phone with our worker and am so excited I just might pee my pants!   The birth mother of baby J is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow to give her testimony to terminate her parental rights and we are picking him up tomorrow afternoon!  This doesn't feel real.  Now when we do bring him home its important for everyone to understand that he legally is NOT our son yet.  We are bringing him home in legal risk.  What that means is we are waiting for birth father's signed paperwork to arrive in our local court house.  When that does happen both of their rights will be terminated at the same time.  So there is always a chance of them changing their minds during that waiting period.  We don't think that will happen, but it is a possibility that our family & friends need to be aware of.
   We are meeting at our agency and birth mom is going to be there too because she wants to personally hand him to us.  Tomorrow will be the happiest day of our lives.   Of course with our excitement,  comes tears for J's birth family.  We will be forever grateful to them for giving us the greatest gift we will ever receive.  J will always know how much we love his birth parents and will be a part of his and our lives forever.   Our lives will change forever tomorrow.   Actually, they already have.  Adoption is such a blessing.