Moving Along...FINALLY!!!

Last Wednesday we had our 3rd in~home visit with our adoption caseworker.  It went really well, he has decided to renew our certification for another year {woohoo!}, and told us that he has all our paperwork submitted to the court.  The same day I received a call from the County Attorney's office scheduling an appointment for me to come in and verify some information.  Today Clint and I went in and signed our official petition to adopt which was then filed with the court!  Now we're just waiting to hear when our hearing will be.  The lady we spoke with said she's hopeful we'll be able to have it before Christmas!  We are in absolute shock and disbelief that it's finally happening.  After 2 1/2 years of paperwork, waiting, more paperwork, classes, trainings, more paperwork and finally a placement, we will finally get to finalize our first adoption!  We are so excited!  At that hearing, they will complete the adoption, change her name, send off for an amended birth certificate {with her new name and Clint and I as her parents}, and give us a Certificate of Adoption, which we can then take to the Temple as proof that the adoption is final and have her sealed to our family!  If only our Temple were finished!  We are planning a trip down NEXT weekend, how great would that be if we could be sealed then?!  SO won't happen because that's not our luck, but it would be pretty cool!  I know you are probably wondering what we're changing her name to... Ready?  Maelee Namakaokeahi.  We'll still call her Keahi, but at least teachers and doctors {and everyone else for that matter!} won't be quite so tongue~tangled when they try to read her name. 
We'll keep you posted when we have a court date, Temple date, and Blessing date!
Bah-dah-bah-bah-baaaaah!  I'm lovin' it!