Staffing

Today LM's agency was planning a staffing to change the case goal from reunification to adoption...well as you all know that already happened!!!! Anyway, the staffing continued today and I was able to tell them emphatically that we want to adopt LM!!! They all thanked us for opening our home to LM and for adopting him. I didn't expect that at all and truly we are the blessed ones!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A friend asked me today how I felt...does it feel different?? Yesterday I was giddy happy! You couldn't wipe the smile off my face and I was just floating all night! This morning those feeling continued :) Then I went into LM's room to get him up. As is usual, I went in his room and we played this silly game where he pretends to hide under his blanket and then I find him and we both giggle. Once I picked him up he looked at me and said "Mornin' Mommy!" and it HIT ME!!! I have the honor of being his FOREVER MOMMY not just his temporary Mommy!!! A flood washed over me.....I didn't realize that my mind (in protection mode!) had left a part of my heart guarded. That part is now gone FOREVER as we look to the future!

I CANNOT wait to show you pictures of my sweet little angel!!!! You'll have to wait a bit longer though....