Final Post - NEW BLOG LINK!

As most of you know, we found out on Valentine's day 2008 that LaDonna was pregnant! [it only took 12 years!] Therefore, I thought it appropriate to create a new blog for our entire family. This blog will remain up (for as long as Blogger allows with no new activity), so feel free to check out the previous posts that tells the story of Mark Andrew's Adoption.

Going forward, you can find out what's new in Mark's and (soon to be) Emma Ruth's life at the following blog link:

http://azblakemore.blogspot.com/

Thanks to all who have followed our journey on this blog.

Love,
Troy, LaDonna, Mark and (coming in October) Emma Ruth!

It's FINAL!

We got word today that the adoption decree has been signed and is now FINAL!

Thank you all for your prayers and support this past year--we have a few more procedural hurdles before we get his birth certificate, but that I'm not worried about. Thank you Jesus for the gift of Mark Andrew!

Adoption Finalization Party

Well, LaDonna and I decided to go ahead with a party for Mark to celebrate the finalization of his adoption (it was supposed to be final on 5/2/08, but AGAIN, there was a delay--this time the judge was out for some reason). Anyways, we had a great time seeing so many friends. A good friend of ours gave us an extra special gift of a DVD compilation of pictures/videos set to music. It's a large file, so YouTube required it be broken into 3 sections. Enjoy!

Traditional You Tube Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBaAFyHZP3U - PART ONE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkR2UD3IuiI - PART TWO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2vR5IXCogw - PART THREE

I'll let everyone know when we FINALLY get the official signed order finalizing the adoption.