Adoption Day...YAY

Yesterday we finally got to finalize our adoption!! It was perfect in every way and most definitely worth the wait! Remember when I said that Justin was not the only one who got to enjoy the court date for his bday?? Well, Sunday was my birthday... So, it was a perfect birthday gift for me, as well! How could this have worked out any more perfectly? We had 10 family members that showed up with us to celebrate this amazing day! Here is a picture of them minus one that was video taping...

This truly was one of the best days of my life! Court was supposed to begin at 9am, but the Judge was tied up in a murder trial in a different county, so another Judge was going to come, but he got tied up...SO, about an hour and a half later, our Judge showed up and we were so blessed to get this Judge. He was awesome in every way. We said that simply getting this Judge was well worth the wait. He asked our whole family to stand up and swear in with us. He told us to bring Gracie right on up there with him so he could hold her! He was GREAT!!! He kept telling us just how blessed we were to have as much support as we had. As we were walking out he said, "Mr. Nichols, could you turn around here for a second... Just so that y'all know, I have never done an adoption with as many family members as y'all have had. You, your wife and tht sweet baby girl are truly blessed with an amazing family!" We were so very happy!!

These pictures are after we were done. Gracie's faces are just so darn cute...

How blessed are we??? Our daughter is finally ours FOREVER... she has always been ours, though!