Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Forever

This is our little Kamryn at age 3 months. Yep, she's been a thumb sucker since the first day of her life and still struggles with it today. But, that is not the point of this post. When she was 3 months old, she became ours legally. We took her to the court house and went before a judge where Jeff and I received the official paperwork finalizing her adoption. It was a happy day, though a little piece of paper was not needed to know that she was ours, we already knew. The most exciting part of this was that we were able to take her to the temple that weekend and we were sealed as a family. Kamryn became ours eternally, forever. Six years later and I still have the image of Kammi being brought in to the sealing room in her white dress, facing toward us. Her dress was slightly bunched up by her shoulders which made her look like a little angel with wings. It was adorable. She was beautiful. I was worried that she'd fuss and we wouldn't be able to focus on what was happening, but she was calm throughout the entire ceremony. It was quick and simple, yet most definitely the happiest day of my life.

6 comments:

rebecca said...
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Jamie said...

I'm so happy for you and happy to know you. Your family is just full of blessings! You're such a caring woman you deserve every bit of happiness this life has to offer. You are so strong, and have been through so much. (And here I was wining to you this morning about a hillbilly haircut~.)

rebecca said...

I have tears streaming down my face. The days we took Kylie and then Larkin to the Temple were some of the happiest of my life too! Kammis is a beautiful blessing. Thanks for sharing her picture and her story. :)

Da Franklin's said...

That is the cutest picture of Kammi!! She is so special and blessed to have such wonderful parents that will be with her for eternity. Love you guys!!

JackieB said...

so sweet!

Jodi said...

What a sweet post. I love hearing about this time in your life.