We had to stay in Florida until the interstate adoption people gave us clearance to leave the state with her. On the last post I asked that we be able to travel home together so that I (Jenny) would not be traveling through an airport alone with an infant. Thank you for praying. We had originally booked flights home for Saturday January 19 assuming that we would just change them if need be. Well, on Thursday January 17 we got the message that we were cleared to leave Florida. For logistical and cost reasons we decided to stay in Florida the extra two days, but YAY! we all got to fly home together.
The only sad part was that we didn't arrive into Minneapolis until 10:30PM so we weren't able to have all our family meet us at the airport. Instead we got to introduce Moriah to our immediate families over the next couple days. Pop Pop (Nate's Dad) picked us up at the airport so he got to meet her first.
We still have a few things to complete before the finalization hearing can happen with the Florida courts. We will need to complete three in home visits with our social worker, one every 30 days. The first meeting went well and we look forward to the other two in March and April. After those meetings are done we can file for a finalization hearing which we should be able to do by teleconference (saving a trip to Florida again).
While she is still a little peanut (she is still wearing newborn size clothes and when I try 0-3 month clothes she is swimming), it is amazing to me how much she really has grown. We have a doctor appointment this week where we will find out just how much. To me she seems so big, and then we hang out with other babies born just days before her and she looks tiny again.
Lots of you (family) have been asking for updated pictures. So to end this post, here are a few that we took this last week.
