Here to Stay!

Late night up with M that was full of emotions, also led to an early morning and a busy day. Today, we had a visit from our adoption worker and we signed the final placement papers for M&S. These state that we are now their guardian. The clock starts now for our 6 month period before the adoption is finalized. 

Our visit with her was a little later than anticipated, which led to naps being pushed off some. Both of the girls were not at all happy about naps today, especially S. She was so tired but refused to nap in her room. She ended up in the area right outside our bedroom on the floor. I guess that's better than no nap at all. I don't even think M closed her eyes. The naps were short for we had to get to their therapy release party at 3:30 in Albuquerque. I fixed the girls hair super cute and we were out the door. 

The party was really nice. Their grandparents and aunt were there, along with other foster patents that had the girls on respite. Their foster parents were also there as well. The girls received some cute gifts and were able to spend some quality time with their family. Their bio family was so nice and I will never forget their grandmothers words. She had been so worried about 3 things over the past few years that they had been in the system. 1-that the girls would never be adopted, 2-that the girls would be split up, and 3- that they would lose contact with them. They are so grateful for us, and we are very grateful for them. We just extended our family; besides just having two little lovelies in our hearts. 

I was to also get some school shopping done while Sean took the girls to the park. We got home right before bedtime, and S was too exhausted to articulate her needs and a little breakdown happened. She was pretty exhausted. She took some time to herself and then finished her night with a little bedtime story told by her dad. 

Tomorrows another busy day. We sign the final closing documents on our house here! Very happy that our realtor pulled through and made this happen before we left the state. After that, I plan on doing some more school shopping, thanks to the clothing vouchers from CYFD. 

We just can't wait to get to California so we can all be settled. In our new home and in a new school. We can't wait to see all the family we have out there too, and we can't wait to start introducing them to their world.