Signing Day

THE TERMINATION PAPERS ARE SIGNED!!!!!!!!!!

We are BEYOND excited!!!

Now, our lawyer will file the papers with the court on the 11th day after signing (TX law). My parents are Little Bit's legal guardians and they will be given a court date once the papers are filed. At that point they will be given legal custody of Little Bit and we will begin the adoption process. As part of that, they will start the process of terminating the birthfather's rights.

Since my parents are now her legal guardians they are going to allow us to bring Little Bit back home with us next week!!! So moving day will be Nov. 18th!!

Olivia is 2 months old!!

Can you believe it??? Little Bit is 2 months old!! I'm just in awe of how much she's grown and changed, and how much she's learning to do. I love to hold her out in front of me so we can look at each other. She's studying my facial expressions, and I swear she's trying to mimmick me.



New things she's doing: She's big into "talking". Her coos are so cute! At first they were hit and miss, and I could never catch them on video, but she's beginning to get the hang of it now. She's smiling more. I especially love her first thing in the morning smiles. Totally makes my day!!

Election Day

Praise the Lord this day has finally come!!! I'm so sick of all the mudslinging and lies and the misleading commercials!! In fact, I'm so sick of it that I'm ready to see the "Head On" commercials again...that's pretty sad!!!

Exciting!!!

Mom talked to our lawyer today, and once C signs the paperwork on Saturday, we'll get to bring Little Bit home!!! J has to be in Houston for work Nov. 13-14, so we're gonna stay here until then, and once he gets off work on the 14th we'll head to BR!!! I'm so freakin' excited I can't see straight! This will be the BEST anniversary present EVER!!! (Our anniversary is Nov 16.) Once they gain guardianship our lawyer will start the process of getting the guardianship transferred to us. Then he'll start working on filing for termination of parental rights. We still have a long way to go before Little Bit is ours, but this is DEFINITELY a step in the right direction!!!

ETA: We had the ICPC (interstate Compact on the Placement of Children) filed with the courts early on in the process.