A Big Day

Today is a big day, a very big day. For those of you who have been following our adoption journey, you know that we had to wait 30 days to see if the birth father would claim his rights to Grant. Then, we had to wait another 10 days to find out--from the state of Indiana--whether or not he had indeed claimed his rights. As you can imagine, it has been an emotional 40 days. We love Grant so much (who knew this kind of love was possible), and the small potential that he could be taken away was enough to cause massive prayer sessions and near emotional collapses.

Well, the wait is over. He's ours! I was so excited and tearful and thankful. We feel like God has blessed us so much, and He continues to take care of us each and every step of the way. We will go to court in March to make it legal, but as of right now, there is no way that anyone could take Grant away from us.

Here's a picture of Grant celebrating today. He is happy too.


Grant also had a first today...!! He outgrew his first outfit. My friend Jodi sent the cutest pair of tweed cargo pants from baby Gap, and at just 6 weeks of age, the little porkchop had to box them up. As you can see, he wasn't happy about it. He loved his stylin' duds. Poor Grant, if someone doesn't buy him clothes, his clothes come from the "garage sale" designer label, so he had a special affinity for those pants.