One year

One year ago today, TJ and I were holed up in a cubicle in the SD DSS offices. We had a stack about 4 feet high of paperwork that we had to go through. It was all of J's history. The little bit of family history there was and lots of medical records and therapist notes. We sat and read through it all. Made for a really long day! The good thing was that once we finished, the case worker told us that we could finally go over to the foster family's home and meet Jerrett! We were excited and nervous and all sorts of emotions wrapped into one. I do not think that there is any way to prepare your self for that moment.
We arrived at the house and was introduced to our sweet little boy. He was a mop headed little boy with the brightest smile that I had ever seen. Thanks to his foster parents, he already knew who we were and called us mom and dad. I think that about brought both of us to tears. It was such an amazing and emotional day.
We got to go back to their house that night without the case worker and really get to spend time with Jerrett and the family without an audiance. It meant so much to us that they invited us into their home to share a meal and to have a more relaxed atmosphere. We had a great time not only getting to know J but also his foster family. We found out that not only had we been praying for J and for the foster family where he was but that they had been praying for us as well! You can't tell me that is not a God thing! We were so blessed to get to know that family.
Once we left the house, we drove back to our hotel and just looked through all of the pictures that we took. That is our son. We just knew it. The love was overwhelming and we just knew that this is what we were created to do. Jerrett was our son in every way already.
It has been a crazy year but we would not change it for the world.