another installment of cuteness...and stuff

Hudson's first time in the pool. He was so adorable!

(sorry, not sure why his hat is blown out white...but i love how cute his features are in this.)
He had so much fun in the water...and the girls had so much fun with him. We all swarmed him to see his reactions. He splashed himself in the face and everyone starting laughing...he thought he was pretty cute!


Now to the "stuff"---Thank you everyone for your prayers and support with our finalization issues. We have been trying to cover this issue from every angle possible. I'm exhausted, I've spent so much time trying to figure it out. As of right now, it looks like we will need to go to FL to finalize. We don't know the date yet. We talked with an attorney who was incredibly helpful. (It helps that he's a great friend and his wife is a fabulous friend.) Nothing like dealing with legal issues at 12:30am. I called them around 11ish, we talked about the entire situation. I went on to start talking with his fabulous wife. He started researching what he could right then. Then he got back on the phone so he could tell me what he had found out. Since this isn't his speciality he wanted to talk with another attorney he knows that deals with adoptions. He talked with the other attorney who explained that we are dealing with a real "stickler" in the DHS office. This attorney has fought her before on different technicalities, and he said if we were going to try to move forward..."we need to be ready for a real fight". We aren't ready for a fight...so we will head to FL.

I got to admit that it is really frustrating...to deal with DHS and something like this. I guess I'm just frustrated that they couldn't read our post placement reports to see how well Hudson is being cared for. (I know it isn't that simple though.) We all know how many kids in foster care get placed back into sketchy situations, yet here we are ready to finalize and being held up on a technicality. It is what it is, and we will do what we have to do to get everything finalized. I know God is in even this detail. We continue to rely on Him to show us His perfect plan in all of this. We are so grateful for His guidance, His peace, and His faithfulness. We appreciate all of you so very much! God is so good to bring along others who are willing to help us figure this out. Thank you!