I am glad for many things

I have planned to update for a while and today I decided to stop the guilt.
We took Marshall to court way back in June, just days before moving from Ann Arbor. We were able to have him signed over from the state's care into our family officially. Our family was put to ease in court when the judge came in and said, "Is that Gabe Wilson?!" Apparently she had met Gabe when he'd been helping her son as a reading buddy at Northside Elementary.



On June 30th, the day after we arrived in Utah, we took Marshall to the temple with our whole family to be sealed.


It was a special treat to have all of our children there and of course I cried. Marshall was asleep through most of it, but we know he feels like a special member of our family.

Marshall was 2 months old on Monday and is growing like a weed. We had an amazing Sunday the day he was blessed, then took off to Utah for Thanksgiving and job interviews. This guy melts all our hearts and we are thankful every day for the courage of his birth mother to let him come to our family.

Marshall is one month old tomorrow. It is going way too fast! He slept 6 hours last night and is happy all the time. We still feel blessed every day to have him. He loves most to be in the baby carrier and sleeping on his tummy. He isn't a fan of the carseat, especially when there is a bump-practically the only time he cries.

Birth Mom has a court date of Nov. 12th and everything looks like it will go smoothly. Then we will bless him and begin our approximately 6 months of state supervision. I'm already wondering how to respond to people who tell me I don't look like I just had a baby. At first I replied confidently that I didn't have him; I adopted him. I told a friend of G's this and he replied, "You mean you bought him from somewhere or a mom just left her baby on your porch?"

Our Newest Family Member

On Friday, October 9, 2009 we picked up our new baby boy. He was born Wed. October 7 in Detroit, MI. Our adoption has gone as well as we could have imagined so far. We are all in love with this little guy and he truly feels like a member of our family, come to us in a different way. We hope to give more frequent updates and to highlight the experiences we have over the next year in making the legal transition. Our family is already completely transitioned: adoption is about love.