Staying Home

I don't get to do it often, but when I get to stay home with my boy it is such a treat. Today I got to stay home with him mostly on our own. There has been no fussing, no fighting, no yelling.

We have had to listen to the singing Santa sing his three songs about 600 times, but that is okay. I have been able to tell him that Santa needs a break and he listens and I can turn it off.

Right now he has his improvised Santa suit on including hat (yellow fireman's hat) and belt (an old black scarf which is tied in the back.

He keeps on telling me, "I am not afraid. I did it!" Meaning he made Santa sing all by himself without running for his life (which is what he did for the first few days that Singing Santa was in the living room.

This time is definitely something I will always remember.

What's Next?

In the words of my son, "What's next?"

That's a great question!

We have many options. We can stop at one or we can choose to get back on the books and adopt again. Well that choice is a very difficult one to make and one that we still have some time to ponder.

It is important for Josiah to have a sibling, but at what time should we begin this process. We have lots of talking and thinking to do, but I think that we will be making this decision soon.

Well it's done

At 11:15 on Wednesday morning the Judge gave his order that we are officially the parents of Josiah. It was a very proud moment. I was so excited to hear those words. We got cute pictures with the Judge and Josiah got to play with the gavel.

It's funny because the moment we were done and all the pictures were taken the Social Worker asked us when we wanted to get back into the book. Yikes, we need to recover from this one first.

Big Day

Tomorrow is it! We are finally, finalizing! After 2 long years and 7 or so trips to Virginia, we are now finally saying I do. He will be ours for the keeps.

It is weird to say that it is over. We have been battling for so long I am not sure if we are going to know what its like not to battle.

More tomorrow.