Big News!

Well we did it, we had our big meeting and in Paul's words "things could not have gone better". It started out a little rocky as the birthmother was not having a good day and was very anxious about meeting us. CAS almost postponed the meeting as she was not in a "good head space". But she managed to work through it and once we all got to talking everything seemed to go fine. She relaxed and got more comfortable and the next thing you know an hour had gone by. In the end she wanted to know how we felt about mental illness and how we planned on educating *Sadie about it. Paul jumped right in and saved the day - told her he was a Psychology major and had done extensive volunteer work at the local psychiatric hospital. She was thrilled to hear that. Over the moon actually!! So, that was that...her decision was made. We were to be *Sadie's new family, and the best part is that CAS is equally on board and seems to want to facilitate this adoption as much as they can and as quickly as possible. They hope to place *Sadie with us as soon as they are able to (possibly before her court hearing on October 28th). We will meet with all of them again in the next two weeks to set up a visitation to meet *Sadie in her foster home.
The Birthfather is a bit of a concern as well and could hold things up tremendously if he chooses not to show up for the court hearing - but we will cross that bridge when we get to it.
Until then, we will focus on getting ready for little *Sadie and start to prepare Ruby for a new sister.
Looks like it will be a very Merry Christmas!