The month of July has been largely uneventful, and for that I am thankful.

Todd put a band together (temporarily using me as a drummer). We played at the Ride for the Rescue after only two full rehearsals. I didn't get any pics because I was busy rocking! It was lots of fun, but drumming is pretty tiring when you are six months pregnant.

Other than that, things have been quiet until today. Last night I decided that today would be a good day to start school! I planned on starting August 3, giving myself extra time in the calendar for when the baby comes. But we may be taking a little road trip the end of next week so I thought it best to jump into school today.

So far, so good. The kids generally do much better with the structure of a school day than they do with the looseness of summer. It's the first year of anything formal with the little ones (Gabriel is 5 and Cadence is 4) and I think they will really enjoy having their own Sonlight curriculum. I, however, am going to be really busy this year... teaching three kids is a lot more work than teaching one.

A Cause for Celebration

In forty - four days, Jacob will be all mine, and no one else's!!!! His bio-dad signed the papers and we sent them to our lawyer yesterday. With his rights terminated, Todd (and I) can begin the adoption process making Jacob an official Young.

Sometime soon we will meet with the lawyer to begin the never ending paper trail. Then we need to get fingerprinted, have a home study done by a case worker, and wait, wait wait...

Jacob will maintain contact with his dad, but will not being going as often and he won't ever have to spend a night there if he doesn't want to. I think that for Jacob, having Todd's last name and officially being "one of us" is a big deal. I also think this whole situation has the potential to improve the relationship between Jacob and his bio-dad.

I am grateful for this opportunity to make my little boy feel more secure. And I am glad that I didn't listen to all the voices telling me to stick it to bio-dad by filing support increases and things like that. I feel that patience and prayer were the best way to handle the situation. Anything else would have equated to using my son as a pawn to get what I wanted. Bio-dad had his reasons for taking so long to sign the papers, and some of them were down right respectable. God's timing is perfect and he will accomplish his desires (Is. 55:11).