“Miracles begin understated. They begin, and the earth doesn’t shake and trumpets don’t sound. Miracles begin with the plainsong of a promise- and sometimes not even fully believed. This is always the best place for miracles.”
-Ann Voskamp
The name “Lifeline” popped up on my cell phone at 11:41am. I didn’t realize how on edge I was until it rang. Just how anxious I was to see that particular name flash onto the screen.
“Hey there!“, I answered, resisting the urge to just cut straight to a rapid-firing of, “Did we get it? Did we get it? Did we get it?“.
The struggle is real, y’all. Can I get an amen, fellow adoptive moms? I swear, I nearly plowed down everything in my path to reach the phone- ha!
Meredith, our adoption caseworker, was on the other end of the line. She said hello and then immediately shared that she had some very good news and just a *little* bit of not-so-good news.
Oh boy. Not exactly the greeting I was hoping for.
In a nutshell, after months and months of anticipation, THE COURTS FINALIZED AND RELEASED OUR ADOPTION DECREE!!!
ON 2-26!!!!
BUT, (and here’s the *little* bit of bad news) I can’t share our Sweet P’s photo or name yet because there was a typo on it.Â
One name, spelled incorrectly.
Which one? I’m not sure. It could be the (commonly misspelled) name of our street, or Kevin’s (tiny) middle name, or our babe’s very long (and uniquely-spelled) first name. All we know is that (luckily) our attorney saw the mistake and handed it back to the Court official so that the correction could be made.
*exhaaaaaaaale*
Total bummer, but again, the VERY good news is that we 100%, without question anymore, know that they have officially approved us to be Sweet P’s family!!! Squeeeeee!!!
So, here’s to the miracle of “birth”. The one that started on 2-26, and that God clearly wanted us to celebrate again when we get the revised copy of our decree next week. 😉
I’m reading this post to my mom crying. ROFLOL. I’m a mess Praise God from whom all blessings flow
I am adopted. Here in the states but adopted. The week before I was to go to court with my new parents for final decrees, I fell down the steps and got black eyes. You can imagine how my parents felt. SICK. The judge questioned the eyes but saw how full of energy I was and allowed the adoption. I was 2.5. I wish you all the luck in the world, and I know GOD is looking down on you.
I am over the moon for you and Kevin!! What an incredible God we serve – the details that He executes is just astonishing!!!!
Praise be to God in the Highest…. I am anxious to know his name and see his sweet face, Layla & Kevin. He will always be your darling Sweet P to me, but as a nickname, not as his name is is being given!
My chest was in my throat!!! Woohoo! Uh oh, but thank goodness all is well in the end! So excited for you all. Oh, and I love your son’s voice (you mentioned in the sharing of your son a few posts ago)–when you shared the rooster picture video–that voice!
I am so excited for all of you. Can’t wait for the day you bring your little boy home!
So very happy for you! Thank you for sharing your wonderful journey with us! God Bless You, Kevin, and Sweet Pea!!!!!!!!!
Typing through tears. So happy for the three of you. Looking forward to future posts. Congratulations and thank you, Jesus.
Just….just…just… AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just…just…just…SWEET! 😀 Thank you for the kind comment, Caroline!
I’ve been watching for this update daily! Your family has been in my thoughts so much lately…especially as 2/26 approached. I’ve read and loved your blog for years and I’ve had so much fun telling my partner about it. Blessings to you and your beautiful family!
Thank you, Keri! I sure do appreciate your kind words and thoughts! Hope you’re having a beautiful weekend, my friend! 😀
So when do you to bring him home???
What great news for you guys!!! I’m looking forward to hearing about the next step…
Such happy, joyful news!!!
I read your post with a lump my throat and my heart beating fast! I look every day in anticipation for news. Praying that little typo thing gets adjusted fast!! When that happens we all will be rejoicing with The Palmers! Already practicing my happy dance!!!
So THRILLED FOR YOU ?????????
Happy Dance time!!!!!!!!!!!!! I”m over the moon happy for you, Kevin and Sweet P!!!! God is good!!!!
I am so happy for y’all. I have read your blog for years so I remember when you first posted about adopting from Haiti. I went on mission trip to another orphanage in Leogane Haiti. I remember wondering if you would adopt from there. God has worked it out in his perfect plan. What a mighty God we serve. Can’t way till you bring him home.
Beyond excited for your family! Congratulations! God is good!!!!
Hip, hip – Hooray! So very happy, and holding my breath for more good news!
May it be soon – sending prayers and all good thoughts for your next update.
OMGosh! Just amazed and “typing thru tears”as someone else had said! talk about manifesting what we want in life…you are the Queen! You are officially parents, Congratualtions!
I rejoice with you Layla!
SO happy for you! And in the long run, you will be glad that the typo was caught and corrected!! Praise the Lord.
Praise! Praise! Praise!!
I feel like you’re me in a way. Not getting to go home , was I, with my first child as scheduled. But she was born. I couldn’t hold her often. But I knew she was mine.
And why did God have me wait when all my friends did not? I do not know. And left without her daddy wanting to be much help. I do not know. But there is in your story a happy birthday to always always celebrate. February 26. As in my case, very mean nurses and indifferent pediatrician with a cold attitude kept my baby from my arms to comfort her after many tests they did not tell me they did til after the fact. And your arms can’t hold Sweet P quite yet to explain while in your arms that you are there. But God sees. God knows.
Oh WOW, I can’t believe it finally is time for Sweet Pea to come home. Wonderful news…..can’t wait to see a photo of your family..Exciting is not even a word that describes the good news. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What wonderful happy news I can’t believe how excited I am for you all. I’m so looking forward to all those airport photos. Please pass on my congratulations to SweetPeas grandparents as well. I know they’re counting the days just as much as you and Kevin.
Oh, man! Congratulations!! I am so, so happy for you. I just wanted to bawl reading this!
Goose bumps down my back. Been waiting sooo long to hear this. So happy for you both. 🙂
That’s so awesome!!! We are soooooo happy for you guys and can’t wait to see his precious little face!
SO very happy for you! Your little one will be with you soon! xoxo
so so so very excited for you!!!! amazing that 2/26 was the day
Wow! So happy for your update. Praying the next update comes quickly!
Praising God with you both!
Can I just say that I wonder what your grandmother is doing…dancing the jig perhaps, as she celebrates with you from above…and probably so thrilled that you received her message loud and clear. So today I raise my glass to February 26th and to your Grandma, knowing that she has been and will continue to be her great grandson’s Guardian Angel. Congratulations Layla, I’m so looking forward to more updates on his next steps and eventual arrival into your arms and your home. Sending you love from a stranger, and joining in your excitement.
Your Grandma gave you the right date!! 2-26 🙂 Can’t wait to see his sweet face. Congratulations to you and Kevin! So thrilled for your new family of 3.
Hi, Layla, Such a beautiful testament to God’s faithfulness and His fingerprints all over our lives! My husband and I have 4 children by birth and 5 by adoption. In each of our adoptions God gave us confirmation this was exactly the child meant for our family. (our younger 3 kids are Haitian; ages 16, 17 and 18) With our 1st adoption it was so significant to read in our son’s medical history that the week his birth mom’s pregnancy was confirmed was the very same week we began to pray for the baby God would give us and the woman carrying our baby. With our 2nd adoption I was taking a bath when the name Montez popped into my head. Two days later we were called to pick up a baby boy. He’d been born at the time that unusual name had popped into my head and it was the very same name his birth mom had given him. Our oldest Haitian daughter shares a birth day with my maternal grandfather. When we committed to adopt a second daughter from Haiti we planned to name her Natalie, a name I’d always loved. When we got our daughter’s referral her Haitian name was Navidad; the Spanish form of Natalie. We ultimately named her Natalya, a variation of both Natalie and Navidad. And, lastly… I had a dream in 2010 that a friend called asking if we were open to adopting a young Haitian boy from an adoption disruption situation. In my dream I wrestled with this as I knew in my heart my husband and I were too old to adopt a younger child, and yet I’d long felt our family was not yet complete. That very morning my phone rang and I felt the breath leave my body as the scenario from my dream played out exactly as I had dreamed it. As much as I wanted to say yes I knew God had spoken to me through that dream. With a heavy heart I explained to my friend that a 6 year old boy needed younger parents. A year later the same friend called to ask if an almost 13 year old boy was a better fit for our family; another child from an adoption disruption. This time my husband and I said yes and our family was complete.
I can’t wait to see God write the rest of your story! Looking forward to seeing Sweet P’s beautiful face and the time when he is home with you and Kevin. I’m also really curious about his name!
Ohh that’s amazing!! SO excited for you two and to meet him!
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Exhaling on my end! So very happy for you all! Wonderful news!!!
Overjoyed!!! His name is Faithful and True, and I feel like all your readers are like the great clouds of witnesses of Heaven, witnessing God’s goodness to you and Kevin, Sweet P, and are rejoicing…what a picture, huh?
Awesome!! SO HAPPY FOR ALL!!! Are 2/26 the numbers you had in your mind a long while ago?
Yep! You can click through the 2-26s in this post if you’d like to read that old post! 🙂
So incredibly happy for the three of you! Thank you for sharing your ‘pregnancy’ journey thus far; I can’t wait to hear the rest. 🙂
God bless your sweet little family!
Praise God…from whom all blessings flow
Wow! I remember reading your 2-26 post over a year ago. Go, Grandma! That is so weird but so the way it works. I am BEYOND happy for you and Kevin and Sweet Pea!!!!!