Amazing Day!!!

Wow! It was a crazy and absolutely emotional, amazing day.
At 3:30 today, I drove to town and met my new son! Because we have to maintain
his anonymity at this time, I will Simply refer to him as "A".
He is an incredibly cute, smart little boy. We already adore him, but we do see that
he's going to keep us very busy! He was pretty confused and a little scared today, but settled
in fairly well considering. He has been living with his grandmother for the past year, but
I believe this placement was mandated by DHS. His paperwork stated that there is a plan
for reunification with his birth mother, with adoption as a secondary option.
His caseworker is super sweet. She followed us home today and brought all of his things to help
him get settled in. I really like her. She is very "genuine", which is refreshing.
She did give me the impression that she doesn't expect his birth mother to shape up. I guess that Grandma is okay, and A wanted to call her tonight, so we did. She thanked me over and over. It was a little tough when A first got here and he told me that his grandma had told him that he wasn't allowed to call me "Mom". That hurt a little...but I can understand it.
He did call me Mom towards the end of the night, but I could tell that he was really worried about it. I'll have to talk with the caseworker and see what she thinks.
He was pretty nervous at bedtime, so we allowed him to come out and lie on the couch...and he promptly fell asleep. He was SOOOO cute!
We're all very excited...and exhausted!

I spoke with my step-dad today and he doesn't seem to be worried about my mom. I think I'll reserve my non-worrying until I hear what the doctors say.