Odd!

So, it's 11:02 PM the EVE before Chavalah's final adoption hearing! I actually haven't been feeling the best these last few days, so at 8:00, I ATTEMPTED and gave it my best shot to be IN BED. Laid there for almost 2 hours, and I find myself now HERE blogging! It's been a bit since I've blogged, but all for good reasons! Just have been SUPER BUSY with everything all going on!

What's on my mind, you ask?

LOTS! Where do I even begin! I'm actually thinking of some dear friends going through some pretty tough things right now, about to have a baby tomorrow, a baby that's VERY SICK with a heart condition. My prayers are with them moment by moment. Also thinking of some other dear friends with a daughter in the hospital fighting for her life, right here in geographic area of Phoenix. Heart is heavy for those!

On TOP of all that, I'm getting ready to become "LEGAL GUARDIAN" over the baby girl we've had since July 2008, and my mind is just not sinking that in yet. Many of you may think, "aww, it's just paper is all that is. you've had her since birth and have really known no different," but can I clear something up? It's not just paper! This is a GOD CHOSEN BABY, perfectly MATCHED with our family of many mixtures! This also means the state of Arizona no longer has ANY say so in what we do or do not do with this baby girl. They can't mandate the shots we choose to immunize or NOT immunize her with anymore, we don't have to wait three weeks while a judge signs a document stating we can administer a certain medical procedure, we don't have to wait and wonder if this mother is going to up and show up again, still rightfully having the right to see her child that hasn't been terminated yet, the list goes on and on and on! WE, Benjamin and I now have SOLE CHOICE in what or what does not happen to Chavalah! THIS IS HUGE.

I'm rambling. Would you please pray for my dear friends that I mentioned above after you read this!? Will you also pray that our hearing goes well tomorrow and that we won't have any glitches before the end. Would you also pray that this mother doesn't come looking for her children and use the social security number she has record on Chavalah to "look for her whereabouts" before we have a chance to actually CHANGE her SSN! This is what happened to us with Ezra. And by the GRACE OF GOD, we saved ourselves a HUGE misfortune when we were within either HOURS or mere days of this birth mother finding out ALL of our information, including, addresses, SSN, names, birth dates, etc. We have to have in hand the new birth certificate where it has Chavalah's new name on it with US listed as "mom" and "dad" before we can go in and apply for a NEW SSN. So our information starting tomorrow through the time that changes is FREE REIGN if she just so happens to walk in that office and request the information. Birth certificates can take a minimum of 2 weeks to even up to 6 weeks to receive in the mail! That means we wait, and when that is received we then to the SS office to have it changed, then it's another 10-12 days! So, please pray for our "safety" in that time period!

I'll post pictures tomorrow of our big day! Be on the look out! :)

Thanks again, everyone who is reading this and praying for us! Comment if you feel so led! :)