Exhausted!

What a day we had on Tuesday.

We made it to the courthouse, saw the judge and made it official. Judge Erlick was very sweet. He swore us in, asked some questions and we said a lot "yes." Harper preferred to spend most of the hearing in Nana's lap and Windham just blew spit bubbles with an occasional coo for emphasis. It lasted 15 minutes and at the end, we were officially a family. Harper is now legally Harper Nevaeh Holliman and Windham Porter Holliman is now, in the eyes of the law, my son too.



We headed home to a house full of friends and family. We saw some friends we hadn't seen in awhile and the neighborhood came out in force. It means so much to me that so many people truly love our kids. We ate, we drank, we laughed, we even brought Eliza out for a ride at the end of the evening.

By the end of the night we were exhausted, relieved, overjoyed at the love and support we have and simply happy we are legally a family.

Adoption Day!

Today is Adoption day. We will both be adopting Harper and I will be adopting Windham.

It is amazing this day has finally arrived. With all of the ups and downs and crazy anxiety that came with fostering Harper, we always knew in our hearts that she was meant to be with us. It has been a year an a half since we brought her home. Our lives would forever be changed by this charming little creature with the golden curls.

Mr Windham is no less charming but with a greater girth than his big sister. I am mostly thrilled and only a bit irritated that I have to adopt him for him to be legally mine. He was mine from the moment I looked at that pregnancy test and said "Uh, Laramie, I think this pink line means you're pregnant."

We see the Judge at 4pm. The hearing will be short and sweet. We will most likely cry tears of relief and joy.

One big happy, at last.