AW: He is ours!

[lauralala]

I posted last week about our situation, having custody of my nephew. We had a mediation and a hearing scheduled Thursday and Friday, and I had pretty much no hope of my brother relinquishing his rights, since this has been going on for 2 years now, but he did!

He signed irrevocable paperwork giving the state permanent custody of all 3 of his children (my sister is raising the younger 2). Now we get to adopt, my sister gets to adopt the twins, and they will be raised knowing that they are all brothers, but that this was the best thing at the time.

I am super happy, and just wanted to share. We still have some hoops to go through, and it will probably be closer to 6 months before we can finalize adoption, but there is no danger of him being taken from us. I will, from now on, be referring to him as DS

[sugarbear]

That's great! Congrats!
How old are the kids?
Do you live near your sister?

[eatsrainbows]

Congrats!

[KaraOrNot]

Congrats!

[yellowbrkrd]

Congrats!

[grk2012]

That's really cool. Congrats!

[6fsn]

Congratulations!

[Deleted]

Congrats!

[Deleted]

Congrats to all!

[lauralala]

Aug 26, 2012 19:54:07 GMT -5 sugarbear said:

That's great! Congrats!
How old are the kids?
Do you live near your sister?

Thanks DS is 2.5; he will be 3 in December. He has twin brothers that are only 8 months younger than him - they turned 2 this month. They were born at 26 weeks and have lived with my sister since their release from NICU.

Right now I live about 3 hours from my sister, and the boys are seeing each other about once a month. It's not ideal, but it is where we lived when all of this came about, and we have 18 months-2 years left here. At that point we hope/plan to move so that we will only be an hour away. The kids will still be young enough at that point to really grow up together.

[fortmyersbride]

Congrats! How wonderful of you and your sister to take them in.

[pierogigirl]

Congrats!

[sugarbear]

Aug 26, 2012 20:56:53 GMT -5 lauralala said:

Aug 26, 2012 19:54:07 GMT -5 sugarbear said:

That's great! Congrats!
How old are the kids?
Do you live near your sister?

Thanks DS is 2.5; he will be 3 in December. He has twin brothers that are only 8 months younger than him - they turned 2 this month. They were born at 26 weeks and have lived with my sister since their release from NICU.

Right now I live about 3 hours from my sister, and the boys are seeing each other about once a month. It's not ideal, but it is where we lived when all of this came about, and we have 18 months-2 years left here. At that point we hope/plan to move so that we will only be an hour away. The kids will still be young enough at that point to really grow up together.

That's great. Those kids are super luck to have you and your sister.

[sewpinkgal]

Aug 26, 2012 21:37:04 GMT -5 sugarbear said:

Aug 26, 2012 20:56:53 GMT -5 lauralala said:

Thanks DS is 2.5; he will be 3 in December. He has twin brothers that are only 8 months younger than him - they turned 2 this month. They were born at 26 weeks and have lived with my sister since their release from NICU.

Right now I live about 3 hours from my sister, and the boys are seeing each other about once a month. It's not ideal, but it is where we lived when all of this came about, and we have 18 months-2 years left here. At that point we hope/plan to move so that we will only be an hour away. The kids will still be young enough at that point to really grow up together.

That's great. Those kids are super luck to have you and your sister.

Ditto this. Congratulations!

[dr.girlfriend]

:drink: :Y: :heart:

[zeewifeandmama]

SO wonderful! Congrats!!

[thedash]

Congrats! It sounds like you and your sister have done an amazing thing for your entire family. Enjoy extra toddler snuggles this week to celebrate!

[drloretta]

Congrats!

[kangaroo11]

Congrats!

[schrodinger]

That's great news! Congrats!!

[egishere]

Wonderful news! Congrats!!

[mie]

Congratulations!

[brit1017]

Congratulations! All three little ones are lucky to have you and your sister in their lives.

[Deleted]

Congrats!

[shell403b]

Good stuff, OP. Keep us updated.

[statlerwaldorf]

Congrats!

[liveintheville]

Yay! Congratulations!

[CloudBee]

Congratulations! How wonderful.

[birdmom]

How wonderful! Congratulations!

[kittycatlove]

That's awesome, congrats!