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Okay, before I start... I'm a bit embarrassed about my emotional blogging meltdown from the other day. It's just a subject that's waaaaaaaaaay too close to my heart - and it gets me every time. I can't help it.

I also found out that Logan's mother signed over complete 100% custody to the State of Texas. In other words, she officially gave him up. She and the family are not entitled to any visitation rights and he is not able to come home for weekends or over Christmas. It wouldn't have happened anyway, but this cements it all. He's 11. I just cannot imagine signing your 11 year old to the State.

Anyway, I can't think about it.... because in the midst of all of this, there has been some good news.

First of all.... Nandini's Scrutiny Report was passed!!!! Yea! Thank you ALL so much for your prayers. The judge passed it and has scheduled our final court hearing for next Tuesday, August 28th. That's the night of our August 27th, so the decision will be made when we wake up in the morning and we'll find out the next day. Again... even though it's scheduled for the 28th, he might not show up for work or the lawyer may not show up. It might get postponed. But we're praying he's issues the verbal guardianship and then we wait about a month for written orders and then another month for passport and visa. If everything gets approved on the 28th, we are looking at travelling around the end of October or beginning of November! That is so amazing. So please keep Nandini in your prayers.

Now, on to some really awesome and amazing news.... Noah said "I love you!". Yes, you read right. He actually talked. It happened on Saturday.. and truthfully, I should've blogged then because the excitement was so overwhelming. Also, he hasn't talked since then. He's actually had a rather crummy past few days (three new abscesses have popped up - 2 on his bottom. Ouch!). But he did talk on Saturday. He just woke up and said, "Momma". Then, I said, "Baby, I love you" and he said:

Aaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiii wub ooooooooooooooooo

Exactly like that. Very drawn out. Probably only a mother could understand it. But he said it. Then Eli got really excited and started shouting, "Say elephant! Say crocodile! Say giraffe!" and Noah actually said "Eh.... Kuh....Guh"... the first sounds of each word. It was amazing. And, yeah, he's stopped talking since... but it's in there and I think we're on the verge of something big.

Oh! And he's started giving kisses again. The last time he freely gave kisses was April 13, 2003. We were at Aunt Jayne's house and I remember it clearly because it was the first time he ever crawled up a flight of stairs. He was 3 days shy of 18 months and before we left, he leaned over and gave James and Tyler a kiss. And that was it. That was the last time.

Well... all of a sudden, he started giving kisses again. He even kissed Julie on the cheek after LifeGroup last week. He's also started coming straight at us with his mouth open wide and his tongue sticking out. Not sure where he learned THAT type of kissing. I think maybe I need to find out what Elmo is up to these days. Maybe he's been watching the PG-13 version of Sesame Street. :-) And, no, he didn't learn it from me. Puh-leeze. My husband's British, not French. hahah - yeah, yeah, yeah. Poor joke.

But things with Noah have just been really cool. Granted, he's awake right now banging on the baby gate. (One good thing about all of this is that he hasn't figured out that he can push the baby gate down. We would be lost without it b/c it keeps him from wondering around the house banging drawers in the middle of the night). Right now, though, he can see me at the computer and he thinks it's completely unfair that he has to go to bed - and he's going to wake up the whole house with his frustration. He's also not talking anymore and I think maybe he just doesn't feel good - but I know it's around the corner. And I've got hope. And hope is AWESOME!

Better get to bed. Maybe turning of all the lights will make him quiet down a bit.

Noah's Mom