It's 4:15pm Wednesday here (8:15am there) and it is official! We are now a family of 5!!! I still can't really believe it.....maybe won't officially believe it until we are back in Pelham! But, we didn't get to see the boys today.....court took a little longer than expected due to a problem with a juror not showing up. Then our driver had already gone to the orphanage this morning for some paperwork for us. So, we just decided to wait until tomorrow so that we can surprise the boys with the official news then! Court was about what we expected.....a bunch of talking we couldn't understand with Andrew whispering some of it to us. We did get questioned as to why we wanted to adopt and how we thought Jackson would do with the addition of 2 brothers. The judge was very happy to find out that Jackson is here with us and has already gotten to enjoy time with his brothers. Overall, it was not quite as nervewracking as we had prepared ourselves for. The judge was actually cracking jokes with our translator and posed in a picture with us at the end. After it was over, he wanted to ask us a couple of questions.....they ended up being about our economy and our camera.....both of which we know very little about. HaHa! Anyway, all is well and we are so excited! Thanks again for all your support and love.....we really couldn't make it without you!

Philip Dean Maxwell ---- 09-13-02

Ryan Gregory Maxwell --- -8-15-04

And Jackson's birthday falls right in between on 03-11-03. Things are certainly going to be very busy at our house! God has richly blessed us!!!!