25 // adoption

                                    

                                          
A month later.. 
                          
A lot can happen in one month, Ava has made a couple friends which has made me a couple of mum friends, Bella comes over every second day to hang out and see Ava, tye and I are going really good, we went to the next level of our relationship and slept together and Ava absolutely adores him, he also picks me up some days from school, Jayden and I are still working on our friendship but it hasn't been the same since and I've came to terms with that and Mel has organised everything for Tiffany and I to get adopted which will happen today which tiff and I are over the moon about and now it's finally summer school holidays which mean schools about to end and I'm about to graduate next year.
                          
Everything was finally falling into place and I couldn't of been happier. 
                          
I took a long much needed shower and chucked on a sunflower bodysuit and Tiffany was wearing black jeans with a grey shirt and a long cream cardigan, we took two cars because that's what you need to do when your in a big family, I was in the car with Mel Tiffany grace and Ava and the boys went with Steve. 
As we finally reached to the courthouse where adoptions were held, all of Tiffany's friends and my friends were standing in front of us, I ran up to tye and Bella and gave them a big hug and thanked them for coming. Honestly having both my friends and my family here with me today meant more than I could explain. 
                          
We were all standing and sitting in the waiting room just talking, I took a minute or two to look around every single one of them had smiles on their faces while they were talking it wasn't just Tiffany and I that were over the moon it's was everyone, they were all looking forward to this moment as much as Tiffany and I were, with everything we went through we finally got lucky and we finally found our forever home, Steve was holding Ava and was mucking around with her smiling and laughing which I hardly ever saw because he was always at work and when he was home he was either sleeping or in a grumpy mood but seeing him truely happy today meant the world to me because that just means he was excited to officially welcome two more daughters and a granddaughter.
                          
After 5 minutes of waiting we finally got called in my heart was beating and my hands were sweaty, as we walked through the big brown courtroom doors Tiffany grabbed hold of my head while everyone else was walking behind us, Mel Steve Tiffany and I all walked to the front of the courtroom where there was four seats and a table in front of the judge while everyone else sat behind us. 
                          
After a few minutes of the judge talking about adoption and all this other crap he finally said "I now pronounce you Taylor and Tiffany Brown" and just like that we were finally apart of this amazing family Tiffany and I jumped up and down gave each other a big hug and then gave everyone else a big hug 
"Your finally actually my sister" grace said jumping into my arms
This wasn't just mine and Tiffany's happy day this was all of the families happy day I didn't realise that until now. 
                          
After signing a few paperwork's to make it official we went and changed avas name to Ava Louise Brown and now we all had the same last name and now we were all a big happy family. 
                          
We spent our first day at home as officially a family, we cooked dinner together as a family and we watched a movie as a family, everyone was still so excited we all couldn't believe that just happened and that these kids were now officially my siblings and these adults were officially my parents. 
                          
Tiffany and I had been waiting for this moment this day for our whole lives and we didn't do it apart we did it together. I found them and I gave them a home and a forever family.
                          
The next day we decided to celebrate it with our families and friends Tye Bella and two of my mum friends Sarah and Amy came over Tiffany's friends came over and everyone else's friends came over too, we were having our first party and BQQ together as a family, we had music going on and Steve even set up a bonfire, it was a perfect night with friends and family, Ava even had her friends over running around having a good old time. It was like a dream come true.
                          
I always thought I was made out of bad luck because everything that happened in my life was always bad but I guess the saying you need to get through the storm first to reach the rainbow is true. 
                          
I took a minute to look around to see my new family and to appreciate them, grace was trying to drag Jayden on to the dance floor but he wasn't having it, brendon was talking to my new mum and dad and laughing, Ava was running around with her new friends and Tiffany was talking and laughing with her friends, she looked really happy for the first time that I've seen and she wasn't faking it like she used to and i was talking to tye and Bella telling them how I've been waiting for this moment how I haven't been this happy how I finally got my forever family and they were saying they were proud of me and everyone else all the friends of the family were just talking or dancing. I was finally happy Tiffany finally was happy and Ava was finally happy she was finally comfortable around us and she finally came to me when she needed something or wasn't feeling well and she didn't ask for rob or Rachael anymore.
                          
I still kept my promise and stayed in contact with rob and Rachael and Rachael was finally coming around and saying I was doing a really good job with Ava and that she looked really happy which I loved to hear because my duty was to make my little girl happy and have the best life she could have and I felt like I didn't fail as a mother anymore I didn't fail as a sister anymore, I gave them everything that they deserved I found a loving family for them I found a roof over their heads I gave them clothes on their back. I felt like I was finally succeeding in life and in my family now.