Our day in court is scheduled...and mucho mas!

for this Thursday, May 8th! Then, Andrew will officially be Andrew Steven (name change, original birth name Andres Stiven), and Darly Tatiana (we chose to keep her birth name) and Benjamin Diego (his name was changed in Colombia from Diego Fernando-since he was under 3 years) will be OURS!!! They are ours already, but after we meet with the judge and he signs the papers whereas the State of Mississippi recognizes they are our children, we can apply to get their birth certificates! How exciting! And to think it has taken this long to do that! Ugh, Mississippi takes forever! But the lawyer says it's to safeguard us...so, okay.

Can you believe it has almost been a year? Wow...in some ways it seems like just a few weeks ago, and in others it seems like we've been with them for years! They are the greatest!

Tatiana and I are going shopping tomorrow for one of those fundraising sales where you get a discount card and for four hours before the store really opens up to the public you get to shop. That will be an adventure! We are shopping for a friend's birthday! How fun! I love birthday parties now! This one is going to be a medieval theme! I can dress up everyone! Ben will be going with--do ya think I could get him to play along????? Haha...will let you know!

Also, my very first Official Mother's Day is coming up!!! Yea! We will have a Mother-Daughter Banquet that Saturday. The ladies usually talk about their mothers and honor them. This year they have requested that the mothers talk about their daughters! I'm really excited to be able to share my thoughts about the blessing of my daughter, Tatiana, to her and to others. Of course, she's not gonna know or understand really what I'm saying but I thought, I could type it and make a scrapbook page or something out of it!

I have always been a big advocate that all women should be celebrated and honored on Mother's Day. Even though, you may not have a child, do not look down on yourself. God has given you a Mother's heart....in many ways, you have mothered others. So, be honored, be proud, and I thank you for mentoring and loving others...as a mother would. God bless!