Jonathan's Finalization Hearing

I just saw the paralegal who is working on our case. We had to return to them a bunch of paperwork that we needed to have corrected so they could fix it and then we can go get it notarized. Among the errors we corrected were my age, the spelling of our last name, the city he was born in, the hospital he was born in, the date he was born and the date we brought him home. Seriously, they were having some issues when they typed up that one! As I was giving her the forms to fix, she emphasized that when we receive the corrected ones we need to get them back right away because she already scheduled the finalization and technically she isn't supposed to do that until the papers were signed.

Imagine long quiet pause. Then I clarified, "So you already scheduled the finalization?" She told me yes. I asked if we could know the date. So then she had to go back to her computer and shift through everything to find it for me. Now wouldn't you imagine that when you have news this big you would tell right away? I would say I was amazed that they hadn't called us as soon as it was scheduled, but...I'm not amazed. Let's just say that after the finalization, we will be celebrating not only having Jonathan, but also being done with that adoption attorney forever. So anyway...

Drumroll please... Jonathan's finalization hearing in which everything is official and unchangeable will be held on May 26th at 11:15 a.m. in Tampa, Florida. Until that date, we will continue to pray that God prevents any circumstance that would hinder or delay the finalization. We have been blessed to have this precious little man and cannot wait for the day when he is officially ours and no human being can take him away from us.