Wednesday, March 3, 2010

We are FAMILY!!!


Forgive me as its been a while since I last posted. The most important update of all is that our adoption is finalized!!!! Please welcome Camden Simeon O'Neal ... born 1/12/09, adopted 3/3/10! Thanks for all the prayers and support throughout our journey.












For the record, I rec'd the call from our attorney on 2/16 at 11:18 am notifying us that Camden would be forever ours on 3/3/10!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

We are in the home stretch ... One step away!!

Well its been over a 1 week since my last blog update, and boy do I have good news to share. I'll list in descending order ...

2/3/10
- Court Appearance for our Permancy Hearing - it went great, Camden was well behaved, judge granted ruling to proceed with permancy/adoption plan
- Met with our adoption attorney to sign the petition! What a feeling!!!
- Next steps ... 1. paperwork filed by adoption specialist and attorney 2. Adoption Hearing!!!!

1/27/10
- Adoption specialist visit ... very successful. Reviewed remaining steps to adoption and applicable benefits

1/26/10
- First contact with Adoption Specialist; visit scheduled for tomorrow, 1/27
- Contacted/selected Adoption attorney, Susan C

1/25/10
- rec'd VM from newly assigned adoption specialist, Erica H.
- visit form our R&C worker ... annual assessment/paperwork completed

Monday, January 25, 2010

A month full of "First" ...

First Birthday Party ... 1/16/10
First Haircut ... 1/15/10







































Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Camden turns 1 ...




1/12/10 Camden turns 1 ... weighing in at 27lbs 1 oz. To God Be The Glory!!! Stay tuned for more photos after his big bash on Saturday, 1/16/10.

















Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Camden's First Love ...

He's not even 1 and he's already found his first love :-) How cute are they???


Camden's First Christmas, pt 2 AND ... did I mention, he started walking!!!









Camden's First Christmas, pt1

Just had to share Camden's first Christmas ... we had Christmas at our home in NC











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He's worth the wait ...

He's worth the wait, He's worth the wait, He's worth the wait ... this is how we handle email updates like the one below

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From: XXX, Rebecca C (CHFS DCBS JSR Jefferson)
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 11:47 AM
To: Tamla

Remember this is an estimate! The adoption specialist says the average time between them getting the case and the adoption is 3 months. They will have the case Mon or Tue.

Rebecca XXX, BSW


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He's worth the wait, He's worth the wait, He's worth the wait, He's worth the wait ...