Do you believe in miracles??

...Because let me tell you that I just experienced the biggest miracle ever this morning. Let me first start off by saying that this little boy ^^ is going to officially be joining our family in a few short months!! (If you missed it, that is the part where you start jumping up and down and frantically waving your arms and tears start flowing!)

I got a call from our case worker asking if we would consider guardianship for Baby K. Guardianship can be a very difficult road because parents can still go to court in the future and request that he be moved back into their care. I contacted my lawyer and talked to him and he advised me to be VERY careful with this situation as it was incredibly delicate. Baby K could technically be removed from our care if we didn't go along with the plan.

I was feeling scared and discouraged and full of mixed emotions when the phone rang again. It was once again our case worker telling us that after some more mediation, Baby K's mom had decided to relinquish her rights and that she would be signing the documentation tomorrow morning. My heart was pounding SO hard in my throat as I tried to remain calm.

 She told me that Baby K's mom had been considering this for awhile and that she had to thank us for being such wonderful caretakers of Baby K. That was the only reason why she felt comfortable with moving forward with an adoption. I thanked the case worker profusely and just desperately wanted to get off the phone before I exploded with tears and a "freak out session." At the end of the conversation Jason looked over to me and came over to kneel by me since I think he sort of knew what was going on. As soon as I hung up I jumped up and screamed "HE'S OURS!!!!!!!!" 

We both got our phones out and quickly called our moms on speaker phone to break the news.  My hands were shaking as I told them the news to them both and for a few moments I couldn't get my mom on the phone and I started crying. My MIL was freaking out because she thought I had bad news. I finally told Jason that he could tell her and then we blurted it out to my mom. Tears from everyone followed (As well as dancing on cloud 9)!

We are thanking God for our little boy today and all the miracles that happened this morning.

Thank you Jesus.