6/21/11

She's Home!

The TPR (termination of parental rights) hearing was at 4:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon.  The court house closes at 5:00 p.m.  By 5:15 p.m. we were sweating bullets.  We had not yet heard from our social worker and it's safe to say we were freaking out a little bit.  Finally, a few minutes later we got the phone call...she's yours!

We all loaded up to go pick up our girl. I mean all of us...me, Brian, Brice, Rogan and my mom.  We thought about taking the dogs too but it was a little crowded in my big ol' SUV.  We headed to the adoption agency to sign all our paperwork and to bring her home!

We had her home by 9:00 p.m. last night and she has been the center of attention ever since.  Our boys are in love.  They could not wait to go get their "seeester" and Brice also asked to get a Pokemon.  They were all over her and behaved like maniacs at the agency because they were so excited.  

Avenn slept wonderfully last night, only waking up once at 3:30 a.m. to eat and was back to sleep by 4:00 a.m.  It's 7:00 a.m. now and she is still snoring in her pack and play.  I think she likes it here.

Today, stock in the mega baby stores will go up because we will most likely hit em' hard!  We did not want to buy too much in fear we might jinx her arrival. We were still feeling the sting of last August's failed placement.  Now she is home with us and poor Brian's credit card is probably going to melt.

So happy to have our Avenn!


Lots more pictures to come!

11 comments:

J said...

Love the name change!!!

Morning Buzz said...

Congratulations on your new arrival!!! She's a doll!!

Anonymous said...

Yay! AM3! Love it. I got goosebumps when I read she's home. Blessings to all of you. She's beautiful!

Unknown said...

Congrats! She is beautiful!

Memoirs of Me & Mine said...

She's beautiful. Congrats to you and your family. What a blessing.
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It Is What It Is said...

Congratulations. It is humbling to see this process play out. Can't wait to see your future posts about settling in.

Mommy3 said...

Okay, this totally made me teary. I am really happy for you guys! Have fun shopping...girl clothes are so fun to shop for!

kkasun said...

Congrats!!!! How amazing!! So happy for you and your family!

R said...

Congratulations! SO happy for you! Can't wait to see more pictures of Avenn soon!

Mama P said...

Oh congrats! I can't wait to be able to make an announcement like this for us!!! She's beeeautiful. <3

Melissa said...

I was wondering if you would change the name! Congrats!! So excited for your family! :0)