I got so caught up in telling our story earlier that I forgot something VERY important for you to be praying for. The birthmother has signed over her rights completely!! The birthfather is incarcerated and is not giving us the time of day in adopting "his" children- whom he has had NOTHING to do with since birth. Considering that both are still legally married, BOTH must sign over rights. I tell you all of this for you to be praying! The birthfather was presented with papers concerning the adoption 11 days ago. He has a total of 20 days to decide whether or not he will fight the case and go to court for his children.... We pray that he DOES NOT sign the papers to go to court, but simply ignores them and the case will be FINAL!! He has 9 more days to think on it and/or sign the papers. No one has heard from him since being served with papers, and we pray it stays this way. We know that GOD is in control and we are handing it over to him! These precious boys are God's children FIRST and we acknowledge that. We know that God has a plan, and we are more than willing to fight for it!

Until this is FINAL, Colby and I cannot receive any reimbursement for the costs through the military or the government (IRS). Our attorney is pushing for this to be final by the end of December so that everything can be filled on the 2011 tax year and we can hopefully receive some reimbursement. However, we are not going to focus on the money spent in the past  nor the money to be spent in the future. Our focus is on God and on raising these precious gifts to acknowledge Him! He is the Miracle Worker and without Him we would have NOTHING!

All of the praise be unto God!