This past Thursday was Lucy's final adoption hearing.
It was so neat!! It was actually only about 5 minutes long. We were in and out. It wasn't as personal as Sami's but we were in Kirksville (small town), Missouri, for Sami's and this is big town Mesa. But it was still wonderful. My parents were able to be there and we were together as a family and left as an official family.
The man on the left standing next to me and Janie is our adoption lawyer, Brent Ellsworth. He is great. We met him last year at the lds adoption conference and it was such a blessing when we needed to get the adoption process going, we had already knew a lawyer that we liked and trusted.
Lucy turned 9 months old yesterday.
She is such a sweetheart. She has stolen all of our hearts.
If Sami and Janie don't get to tell her good-night every night, they are so disappointed.
They insist on giving her hugs and kisses throughout the day.
Yesterday Janie told us she was going to "make Lucy's dream come true". She then went over to the high chair where Lucy was eating and started showing her ballet moves. She showed her how to twirl and point her toe. It was so cute. Today while I was busy, I looked over and saw Sami playing with Lucy and showing her the alphabet letters on her toy. It makes me so happy to see how much they love her.
And she loves them too. She always looks for them and moves to where they are.
We love you Lucy! We are so glad that you came to our family. You are officially an Olsen. Yay for us!
2 comments:
This post brought tears to my eyes! I am SO happy for you!! Lucy is a doll. You have such a beautiful family. congrats again!!
Wow - what wonderful news to read! And your court picture brings back many memories for us too - it is an amazing feeling to be made an "official" family (relieves some stress too:)
Congrats to you all - wish we could be near by. We would bring some cake and celebrate!
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