Monday, August 11, 2014

Halfway Home

Well, it's a good thing we made a resolution to write more. Like all great resolutions, the intent was there, but time hasn't been. So here we go!

Our baby boy turned six months old a week ago. He's getting big really fast. He's only about 10 pounds lighter than our daughter, who will be two early next month. He is a very happy baby with a smile that will melt your heart. One of the greatest feelings in the world is coming home from work to three people that are genuinely excited to see me. The little guy's face lights up, our daughter screams "Daddy" at the top of her lungs and Ash is excited to have a tag team partner in what was previously a handicap match.

We recently received some fantastic news from our daughter's social worker. They were waiting on some out of state home studies to be completed for some of her paternal family members. That state decided to discontinue assessing said relatives and closed the case. That was the final hurdle in our daughter's case.

The adoption is now cleared for finalization and will be completed in October! She will legally be our daughter in a couple short months! We are extremely excited and can't wait to make everything official. Our love for her won't change at all with the adoption being finalized. We have loved her like she was our biological child since the day we brought her home. Just as we have with her brother. She already calls us mama and daddy so that won't change.

What will change is that our Facebook friends will be inundated with pictures of our beautiful daughter. We have wanted to post pictures the whole time but are not allowed to do so. Her name will change. Yep, there will be another Sharp running around out there.

And so goes our evolution. The Sharp Evolution. Talk to you all soon...ish.