Ethiopian "American Baby!"

So happy to finally post that Teagan is finally our Ethiopian "American Baby!" My cell phone rang today with the ring I have for BFAS, Dave Matthew's "American Baby" song! Man, I love that song! It rang that tone when they called us to tell us we had been referred Teagan and it rang again today!

Haile called me this afternoon and I really thought it was going to be him calling me telling me that our court date which was "scheduled" for April 9th had been rescheduled, or worse that we didn't even make it to court! He said, "You passed." I said, "Passed what? (Totally clueless what he was talking about since I thought our court date was for Thursday, April 9th, and I had everyone geared up to pray on Wednesday, April 8th). He said, "You passed court!" I said, "What?" He said, "Yeah, you passed court, "S" is finally yours!" I was driving by myself and I started screaming, "I can't believe it, I can't believe it, she's ours!" He said, "Yes, it's over!" I am still sitting here 10 hours later in a state of shock that she is finally our little girl--our 2.5 year journey through 4 countries has finally brought us together with our daughter! WOW! I have to pray and say a special prayer of thanks to the Lord tonight! WHOA!

Anyway, hubby is out of town for work and we were planning on texting/talking on Thursday when we thought our court date was. So, he was the first person I called. I called and left a message on his phone, "Honey, you have a daughter! Teagan is ours!" Not sure what else I said, but I know I broke down and started crying tears of joy and happiness and relief that our adoption was final! I couldn't believe it, but the tears just kept on coming! Never been that emotional any other time besides my wedding and when we first met our son when we adopted him. WOW! I have to pinch myself, we have a daughter! I was starting to wonder if this journey would ever end and we would bring her home! It is and we will be home together by Mother's Day! Can't think of a better gift!