Oh, The Joy!

The kids and I were hanging out yesterday, not doing much of anything.  We knew we were waiting for our invoice and placement papers to come sometime this week.  I had already gotten the mail and then checked to make sure it didn't come again.  To be fair, that worked on Tuesday.  It DID come twice, strangely enough.

Then Tatum, who was playing out front with a friend, came running into the house with a Fed Ex envelope.  At first, I was like, what are we expecting???  Then, I realized.  THIS IS IT!  DUH!  I know that Holt overnights this stuff, but since we're still a week away from the homestudy being done [stupid, stupid doctor appointments!], I wasn't expecting them to overnight it for us.  

The joy!  The fear!  The gravity of it all!  It hit me all at once and I was overwhelmed by the emotion.  This is the part where we are officially assigned to Little E.  He's not 'on hold' for us anymore.  We are his family, he is our son, and we are working as hard and fast as we can to get him home.  

This. Is. Huge.

We dealt with some unexpected financial issues, which were resolved within an hour.  God worked so swiftly that my head was spinning!  Today we'll go get everything in our dossier and the placement papers notarized!  We are soooo close!

Our James 1:27 Adoption Fundraiser is this weekend.  The outpouring of love and support has been overwhelming.  The silent auction will be amazing - massages, gift cards, household items, hair products and services, crocheted bags --- that's just a small portion of what's been donated!  We are praying for the blessings to overflow and for people to be touched by the spirit of adoption.


 
Me with the surprise delivery