YEAH!!!!!
My computer has been down for going on 3 days and I am THRILLED to hear your news!! Once we got signed off by bp's and court we were told we could finalize by the end of the month. Then our attorney realized that there had never been a DNA test done on the baby and dad so we would have to publish in a paper for 45 days, so we got the next avavilable court date after that....Dec. 9th! We could've gone ahead with big sis, but we wanted to adopt them together so they'd have the same celebration day.
I will pray that you guys can finalize by Christmas too, but even if not it is a HUGE burden lifted when the papers are signed and you are just waiting for the big day!
We are trying to figure out what kind of party to have. If it had been a little earlier in the year we were going to have a picnic, but I'm NOT complaining!!!!! We may rent out a local pizza place and treat everyone who has been such a huge support to us.