It's Official!

Yesterday, we learned that we had been approved in court and that Elias was officially our son. Thanks so much to all of you who were praying for us. Your prayers were heard and were answered. God continues to bless our family, and we are so humbled by His grace and mercy.

So, a little about what happened: Our actual court date was May 8, but I was a little unsure of what that actually meant in regard to ET time. They are ahead of us, so I wasn't sure if we'd hear something yesterday or would have to wait until Monday. I got to school and had no air in my room. By third period, it was almost unbearable. My students were cranky, I was on pins and needles, and my computer was SLOW. Every free second I had during each class period, I would refresh my email to see if anything had come through. Most of the other families were at "normal" jobs where they could sit at their desks and check regularly. Oh, to have one of those jobs yesterday :-) After 3 periods of checking email, checking my phone, checking email again, I got a text from Brian...and I missed it!!! I got a voicemail from our ET program director....and I missed it!!!!! Needless to say, our director called Brian since she couldn't get in touch with me, and Brian texted me to tell me that we had been approved!!!!!!! Were were in the middle of class change when both messages came through. There was nothing normal about yesterday, but it ended up being one of the most wonderful days of my life. Wow! A son!! I've waited a very long time to say that. This is the first picture we received of him at 2 months: This picture was taken by my friend Angie who recently traveled to pick up her son. He's a few days shy of 6 months in this picture: We are waiting to find out when we travel. It could be as soon as two weeks from today which is slightly frightening since I'm NOT packed. But believe me, if they say go, I'll go. I can't wait to get my hands on that precious baby. I'll try to continue to post regularly for those of you who are following our journey. Please keep us in your prayers!!