11 months old

It's hard to believe that Kenna is 11 months old now! We are in the beginning stages of planning a first birthday party! She is such a joy! She is trying to stand on her own, she talks up a storm and is just a calm, happy little girl.

Kayla is 7 now and loving her role as big sister still! Once Kenna starts walking, this may change! She's doing well in school, but prefers to be home with mommy! I love that she is my girl still!

Clarity

So today we had a conference call with Jay and Dorothy. Here is where things stand -

1. Diana Montgomery will now be handling the remainder of our adoption.
2. She will file with Gila County the petition to terminate the birthfather's rights.
3. Once the paperwork is submitted it will take at least 20 days possibly(probably) longer for it to be signed and official.
4. When the rights are terminated, Diana will file for our adoption to be finalized. This is an unknown area - we don't know what the judge will want from us. We were told that he would probably want an updated homestudy (more money for us to spend) and possibly more. It is all unknown, so we will just play it by hear and pray that it isn't costly for us to finalize.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

1. Diana Montgomery's wisdom as she prepares paperwork and works with the State Court and Tribal Court.
2. For her to be able to process our petition's quickly
3. The judge would not want to notify the Northern Cheyenne Tribe
   
4. We will only need to travel to Phoenix on one occassion
5. For our finances.

We are so thankful for all of your prayers! We are getting closer!

Frustration

Yesterday we had a conference call with our prayerfully final attorney, Diana Montgomery. She has all the paperwork ready to have the birth father's rights terminated, yet the agency has not sent her the retainer fee. This was supposed to have been done almost 3 months ago! The agency has not returned any of my phone calls, so we continue to sit and wait.