OURS FOREVER

US WITH THE JUDGE

US WITH THE JUDGE "SO HAPPY"

US WITH OUR ATTORNE, I LOVE THE SMILE ON ZAK FACE IT'S LIKE HE KNOWS WHAT IS TAKING PLACE.

US WITH OUR SOCIAL WORKER

SIGNING THE PAPERS

I CANT BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN 1 YEAR SINCE ZAK'S ADOPTION WAS FINAL, YOU HAVE TO WAIT 6 MONTHS UNTIL YOU CAN LEGALLY ADOPT , IN THE 6 MONTHS I GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING ME ARE YOU WORRIED THAT MELISSA WILL TAKE ZAK BACK, I TOLD THEM NO BECAUSE WE KNEW MELISSA, WHAT A GREAT HEART SHE HAS, I WAS NEVER WORRIED, THAT DAY WAS GREAT WE HAD A LOT OF OUR FAMILY THERE TO SUPPORT US, IN FACT THE JUDGE SAID I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MANY PEOPLE HERE FOR ADOPTION, WE SAID THIS IS HOW LOVED HE IS, THE DAY THAT ZAK WAS PLACED IN MY ARMS I KNEW HE WAS MINE, I DID NOT NEED A COURT TO TELL US THAT HE IS OURS, THAT DAY WHEN WE GOT THERE OUR ATTORNEY CAME FROM LOGAN, IT WAS ABOUT TO START BUT OUR SOCIAL WORKER WAS NOT THERE, WE WERE GETTING WORRIED BECAUSE OUR ATTORNEY TOLD US YOU DON'T MAKE THE JUDGE WAIT, IT WAS OUR SOCIAL WORKERS FIRST TIME TO GO TO COURT WITH THE COUPLE, SHE GOT ALMOST TO DOWN TOWN AND FORGOT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PAPERS, SHE HAD TO GO TO OGDEN TO GET IT, BUT SHE DID MAKE IT AND THE JUDGE UNDERSTOOD, BOY WERE WE LUCKY IT IS ALSO MELISSA B-DAY TODAY I HOPE SHE HAD A GREAT DAY, WE ARE SO LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO RAISE ZAK, I LOVE HIM SO MUCH, I'M SO THANKFUL FOR MELISSA, I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE ZAK'S MOM AND TO RAISE HIM I KNOW YOU HEAR ME SAY THIS SO MUCH, BUT I LOVE BEING A MOM AND I WOULD NOT CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD.