God's Intervention!

Today we went to Springfield IL to get all our documents for Illinois State sealed!  Daddy, Mommy and Ava went on the adventure!  It was about a 4 hour drive each way, but driving them there saved us about 10 days of waiting on the paperwork:)   The drive was longer then we had expected and we got there with only 30 minutes to spare before they closed for the day! That was the first stress!  Then we went to the wrong building!!  A nice security guard took us outside and pointed directly to the building we needed!   So Momma ran down the block to make it in time!  This broke big sister Ava's heart!  She and Daddy followed Momma, but  Ava was in meltdown mode by the time they got to the Secretary of State office! We give the lady at the desk our paperwork and she says "these wont work--I can't certify them"!!  Now MOMMA is near meltdown!!!!   I beg and plead and am ready to cry---I explain we have a daughter in Taiwan waiting for us, we just drove 4 hours each way to get it done---it will add ALOT of time on our wait----this lady won't budge!  Says there is nothing she can do!  It has to be redone! Now Momma is in meltdown mode, Ava is still crying crocodile tears because Momma left here down the block and now Momma is ready to join her!!!  Daddy just keeps saying "I don't understand"!!!   This seemed to go on forever, when a nice lady that worked there says "Im a notary and I can notarize these and then we can certify them"!!!   Praise GOD!!!!   The first lady  wasnt happy at all, but her nice coworker stepped forward and helped us!!!!!  God intervened!  Turns out the nice lady that helped us had a sister that was adopted and she has a soft spot for adoptive families :)  GOD is good!!!  So all worked out great because God put the right people in our lives at the right time all to bring our sweet baby home!!  I just love God moments!!   And we are mailing the nice lady some chocolate on Monday with a BIG thank you!!!  Bless her HEART!!!!  Everything is now State Certified for Illinois!!!!  Then Momma, Daddy and Ava went to Darcy's Pint and had a "horseshoe" that is a native food of Springfield IL!!  It was quite yummy!!!  YUMMY goodness!! THE HORSESHOE!! Momma and Ava outside the capital building!! Holding the sacred paperwork! Teasing Dayne because she got to eat at an Irish pub!  Worth it all!!!