Christmas Spirit

So as I said yesterday we must have received a judge that was in the Christmas Spirit!!! Who would have thought with all of the bumps along the road over the last 3 1/2 months that 1, just 1 court date would be necessary for my little boy to be my little boy!!!!

It was a relief yesterday to have that phone call. Of course Lois had been trying to reach me for over 2 hours. Apparently Scott saw my cell was on when he got home, and he turned it off. Well I never turn my phone off!!! LOL!!! So Lois finally did reach me at my office #. Ironic that we'd been trying to reach her for over a week, and the one day she needs me......... I'm not on. Monica had found out earlier in the morning so she was trying so hard to keep it in.....not calling, emailing or posting. I thank Monica for letting me hear it from Lois though!!!

So Brody's stocking was hung last night - we are sure Santa won't stop by the house for Brody.....but just in case.

So I'm ready, I've been ready. Scott is ready, and has been ready. He says it hasn't really sunk in that it went the way we wanted it to go yesterday. See I had HOPE that it would go that way, but Scott, being the protector (wink) didn't want me to get my hopes up. He said that so often I have got my hopes up, and they keep getting knocked down! I said "what judge wouldn't see what kind of life we'll be able to provide to him, and know that it's Christmas and not get it done!!!" Well.......finally a wish come true!

So now - I wanted to so badly to get on a plane last night and fly there. I wanted to put my arms around him and bring him home!!! I cried in the afternoon, I got the giggles later........ and now I'm just DETERMINED to get him home. This 6 months possibility of waiting will not be easy. For those of you that know me, I'm a bit of a control freak (hehehehe) and anything I can do to get our government to get that Visa done faster will be done. I am thankful that Scott will be able to call the Embassy and maybe get someone that is a sympathizer, and will hurry our process along. We are going to try and see if Edward can file on our behalf for the I600 at the Embassy in Ghana. If they will not allow him to, it will have to be done here state side. Either way it will be done around the end of January. WHY so long?? Because we need to wait for that Final Adoption Decree. Once we have that - it's all up to us and our government. No more waiting for Ghana to do something :-) that will be a change.

So we are about to embark on our second part of this journey. Notice that I didn't say half. There are so many parts, but finally we are making it to the second part.

Chapters to come: second, getting the Visa approved with the US. Third, travel to Ghana to meet our son, and bring him home. Fourth & final, starting our lives together!!!

Happy Holidays,

Julz, Scott, Brody, Butch & Bella