Well, our big day is almost here. We will be finalizing our adoption of Little Man on Tuesday, February 21! We are so excited. It has been a long journey. Little Man is so excited. We will be taking him to the temple to be sealed to us on Saturday, February 25. He has told us that he will not call us mom and dad until we are "married" in the temple. We have decided to give him a new first name and have his current first name be his middle name. He says that he will go by his new first name after the temple, but we'll see. It's his choice. I can't believe how much I love this little boy. I am so happy to have him in my life. He brings so much happiness and joy to our home. He is a major mama's boy and I love it!
"For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him."
1 Samuel 1:27
In other news, Baby Boy is still with us. We are still unsure of how long he will be with us. He is the easiest baby. He is so content and happy the majority of the time. It is so much fun to have him in our home. We want nothing more than to keep him, but only time will tell what will happen. We are just going to love him while we have him.
As a side note, we have chosen to discontinue persuing adoption through LDS Family Services. We have been with them for 3 years and the outcome has not been favorable. They also charge a $300 home study fee once a year to maintain our file and we felt that we could be paying that fee until the end of time. Our case worker was wonderful, but we just didn't think that we should continue to persue that option. This doesn't mean that we are not interested in infant adoption, so please continue to refer us to potential birth mothers.
Thank you for all the prayers in our behalf!
