THE DAY WE BECAME A FAMILY OF 3

THE NEXT DAY WE WOKE UP, AGAIN AFTER NOT SLEEPING ALL NIGHT, WE WHERE TOLD TO BE AT THE HOSPITAL AT 11:00AM SO WE GOT READY, THE WHOLE WAY THERE I TRYING TO HOLD IN MY EMOTION'S, I THOUGHT I CAN'T START CRYING YET, YOU HAVE HEARD STORY'S OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ADOPTED, THAT THEY GET TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE BIRTH MOM DECIDED TO KEEP THE BABY I WAS REALLY WORRIED THAT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, JOSH KEEP TELLING ME I KNOW HE'S OUR BABY, SO WE GOT TO ST MARK'S AND WHEN WE GOT THERE BOTH JOSH AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WE SAID WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSE TO GO WE FORGOT TO ASK, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, SO WE ASKED SOME NURSES, THEY SAID WE DON'T KNOW SO WE KINDA WALK AROUND THIS LADY KEEP LOOKING AT US, SHE FINALLY SAID ARE YOU MR & MRS OLIVER WE SAID YES, SHE SAID I'M ONE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER'S SHE SAID MELISSA HAD JUST SIGNED OVER HER RIGHTS'S I LOST IT, IT WAS HARD TO HEAR THAT, I WAS FEELING FOR MELISSA, BUT ALSO EXCITED TO HAVE OUR LITTLE GUY, SHE SAID DO YOU WANT TO SEE HIM WE SAID OF COURSE SO THEY TOOK US IN THE NURSERY, AND THEY SHOWED US ZAK, I WAS DYING MELISSA HAD DRESSED HIM IN THE OTHER OUTFIT THAT WE COULD NOT DECIDE TO DRESS HIM IN TO TAKE HIM HOME, THEY HAD TO FINISH UP SOME OF THE PAPER WORK, THE NURSE WHERE TELLING US THINGS ABOUT HIM, MELISSA AUNT WAS GOING TO WALK MELISSA OUT THEN SHE WAS GOING TO COME BACK UP TO GET THE GIFTS WE HAD FOR MELISSA AND HER MOM AND HER AUNT, SO WE TALK TO HER AUNT, SHE SAID SHE WAS DOING OK, WE WENT DOWN TO PUT ZAK IN THE CAR, AND THE CAR SEAT WOULD NOT GET TIGHT, THEY TRYED FOR ABOUT 30MIN'S FINALLY THEY SAID WE ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO LET YOU LEAVE WITH IT LIKE THIS , THEY SAID YOU EITHER NEED TO GET A DIFFERENT ONE OR GO TO THE FIRE STATION THEY CAN HELP YOU, WELL WE STILL HAD TO GO TO OGDEN TO SIGN SOME PAPER WORK, OF COURSE OUR PHONE'S WOULD NOT STOP RINGING MY MOM AND SISTER AND DAD, WANTED TO COME RIGHT AWAY, WE DIDN'T GET HOME TELL ABOUT 3:30, IT WAS SO CRAZY, WE HAD TO MEET WITH ZAK NEW DOCTOR, WE HAD TO BE THERE AT 4:20, JOSH RAN DOWN TO OUR GOOD FRIENDS TO HAVE THEM PUT THE CAR SEAT IN RIGHT, THEY CAME DOWN AND SAW ZAK, THEN WE WENT TO THE DOCTORS CAME HOME, FRIENDS, FAMILY CAME, THEN AROUND 8:30PM, I CALLED MY MOM SHE SAID ARE YOU AND JOSH GOING TO COME AND SPEND THE NIGHT HERE, SEE I WAS WORRIED BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY WAS THANKSGIVING, THANKSGIVING WAS EARLY THAT YEAR, SO I DIDN'T WANT MY MOM TO BE UP WITH ME DURING THE NIGHT AND THEN HAVE ALL THE WORK THE NEXT DAY ALL MY FAMILY WAS COMING TO MY PARENTS FOR THANKSGIVING BUT SHE SAID PLEASE COME, SO WE WENT AND SPENT THE NIGHT AT MY PARENTS, IN THE MORNING MY MOM SAID YOU DIDN'T EVEN WAKE ME UP TO HELP YOU, I SAID MOM ZAK DIDN'T WAKE UP, I HAD TO WAKE HIM UP TO FEED HIM I WAS GETTING WORRIED SO AT AROUND 4:00AM I WOKE HIM UP TO FEED HIM, THEN HE WENT BACK TO SLEEP, THE NEXT DAY ALL MY FAMILY WAS THERE, JOSH AND I FELT SO BLESSED TO HAVE ZAK, THIS THANKSGIVING I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER, OUR HEARTS WERE SO FULL, I COULD NOT STOP THINKING ABOUT MELISSA, WE WAITED 10 YEARS FOR HIM, IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE I TOLD MY FAMILY THAT2006 WOULD BE OUR LAST CHRISTMAS TOGETHER, SO WHEN MY BIRTHDAY CAME IN OCTOBER MY MOM AND SISTER WE WHERE TALKING I REMEMBER MY SISTER SAYING YOU KNOW EM CHRISTMAS IS COMING, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE YOUR BABY, I SAID I KNOW, BUT I HAD FAITH, I THINK FAITH IS WHAT GOT ME THREW IT, I KNOW ZAK WAS SUPPOSE TO BE IN OUR FAMILY JOSH AND I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT A STRONG SPIRIT HE HAS. WE LOVE MELISSA AND HER FAMILY. I KNOW MY HEAVENLY FATHER KNEW WHEN THE TIME WAS RIGHT FOR ZAK TO JOIN OUR FAMILY. WE LOVE OUR LITTLE MIRACLE THANKSGIVING 2007 FIRST PICTURE AS A FAMILY

OUTFIT MELISSA DRESSED HIM IN

AT THE DOCTORS

RIGHT AFTER WE GOT HOME ME FEEDING HIM HIS FIRST BOTTLE