Good News!

THE PAPERS ARE SIGNED! This is how my mom & I feel about it...

Are you ready for a story? The papers were originally supposed to be signed on Tuesday. I had commented to the birth mom that things have been going SO,SO smoothly...and I wondered if that might change. I'm sure most of you know what I'm talking about when I say that when you are making a really good, life-changing decision, that bad things sometimes start happening that can get in the way of it. Well, Tuesday was that day... a million different random things in our house have broken these last couple of weeks (laptop, microwave, my beloved hair straightener, etc.) & we added a few things to that list on Tuesday. Oh how fun. I had called the birth mom to tell her that I was WAY behind schedule that day & shared with her a few things that were going on...you know, just little things like finding out that we had to have ALL of our adoption money that day instead of the $1000 we thought we needed. (The birth mom told me that she had been having a similar day...it was insane.) I commented to her that I didn't know what else could go wrong. Well... Finally, HOURS after I should have had everything ready to go to LDS Family Services, I was ready to walk out the door. After I had Kylee in her carrier, & all of my paperwork was finally copied and in my folder, I went to use the bathroom. Are you ready for this story? Trust me, it's a good one. When I flushed the toilet, I turned to wash my hands and my truck key (the big one with the faub on it) flew out of my pocket & straight down the toilet! Linc took the whole toilet apart and the key is nowhere to be found. And it is our only one...because I lost our other one over a year ago and have never found it. Now we have to go to the dealership tomorrow and spend $180 on a new key. Of course.

As far as the papers that were signed...this means that the parents have signed over their rights. We now have Kylee "officially" in our care and have the ability to make decisions for her now (like medical care, etc.) We are still in the process of being certified through LDS Family Services and signing temporary custody paperwork with our attorney. I could go into more detail, but it is kind of confusing. Basically, getting these papers signed was the most important part of this process and means that as long as certification goes well (I'm not sure why it wouldn't) she is ours! We are BEYOND excited!

Oh, and are you ready for some other INCREDIBLE news? My sister Melissa (who is responsible for bringing Kylee into our lives and who has always been my BEST FRIEND) is pregnant!!! Seriously...life just doesn't get much better than this!

P.S. More pictures like the one above (taken on our Utah trip last month) are coming...I finally uploaded the past month's pics to my computer! I'm sure you can't wait! :)