Happy Adoption Day!

A year ago today my husband, Beau and I took Princess and Link to the courthouse to finalize our adoption. It was such a great day. We woke up early so that I could fix Princess's hair up and she wore the cutest dress. The boys even dressed up in white shirts and ties too. We had a little breakfast and I got every bit of documentation and proof that I thought I might need to prove to the judge that these children have been mine since before I came to earth. When we got to the courthouse my parents and our close friend Thomas Sepe were waiting for us and we got to go up to the dingy waiting room and wait. That is what we did for 2 hours. If you have ever been to children and family court you know that it is a long wait and that you will see some pretty weird things too. None of this took away from the wonder of the day. We brought entertainment for the kids and I kept erupting into random tears. We also got a call from Justen and Amber that they found out the were expecting a baby! This was the only made the day that much better. My parents were great at keeping me distracted from the clock and calming me down too. Finally they called us back. I cried the whole time. When they asked me why I thought I should have the kids I simply said because I love them and they are mine. Mike said basically the same thing. It was and is the simple truth. I might not have carried them for 9 months but they were still my children and I can't even imagine what life would be like without them. It was kind of funny because Link never left Beau (as usual) and Princess wanted to stay on her daddy's lap the whole time too. The whole thing only lasted about 15 minutes but it changed my life forever. We finished out the day just hanging out as a family and looking at pictures over the past year that they had been with us and I made mike stop off so we could get the new birth certificates that day. I didn't want to wait a moment longer. I am still amazed sometimes that we have only known them for two years because it truly feels like they have been with us since birth. I guess that was Heavenly Fathers plan the whole time for us. I am so thankful that Mike and I have three children and that we are such a happy family. I know that we had to find each other in different ways but anyone that has seen us knows that we were supposed to be a family. There is no question about it that we are the Taggard Clan. Happy Adoption Day to my two youngest angels! Thank you for choosing me to be your forever mother. I hope that I never let you down and that my love will be strong enough to erase all of the bad that you had to endure before we found you. I love you.