Happy Day!! We went to court today and everything went well. It was a little nerve racking having Laila's mom and her whole family there! They also transported her dad to be there..we sat with his family! The county attourney was awesome..I am glad she's on our side! She requested that both the mom and dad's rights be terminated...their attourney's requested trial! Oh- well...they don't have a case so nothing to worry about! Trial is on Dec. 18th. Laila will be with us as of the 13th of November...so her adoption will be finalized on May 13th! The county attourney also requested that it become an adoption placement rather than foster...and the judge granted us that! We left soon after...before the mom's family had time to attack us! The dad's "fionce" was there...she is the 3rd girl that got pregnant from him..she is not nice! And we learned today that because Ricky's rights were terminated on Mikey...and will be with Laila...if Kristal does anything to jeopordize the health or saftey of their daughter...DCFS will ask us to take her as well...not to mention the 2 that are missing! We really need to get our house built! Who knows what the Lord has in store for us! We spent some time with Laila today...it took her a little while to warm up to us..she has been having a hard time for the last 2 days..I think she is worried about leaving again. But she eventually warmed up and we had a lot of fun playing and she still told me she loves me tonight when we talked on the phone! After we left she got our picture out and told Jackie we are her family. Keep her in your prayers! I can't wait to bring her down on saturday..hopefully she will feel comfortable enough with me! Love you all, and I will keep you posted! Wendy