The Status Hearing

For the Status Hearing I had to fly to Texas by myself because my husband had training that same week and he couldn't miss that. Then I flew to Texas I was anxious, it was hard for me to sit still. My mother-in-law picked me up from the airport around 8am. After that we went to an appointment she had with the chiropractor. Right after that we went to her place so she could pick up some of the stuff she needed for the trip. We drove all day that day, it was raining and you your barely see the road. Since I was on a red eye flight I was very tired, I was trying to keep my eyes open but it was hard. When my mother-in-law saw me, she told me that it was OK if I wanted to lay the seat back and take a nap. I felt bad, but I wasn't going to be able to stay awake for the rest of the trip. From my mother-in law's house to the hotel the trip was about 3 hours or at least I felt like that, maybe a little bit more than that. We stopped to eat something, then we stopped at this hotel and right when we entered we had to exit and ask for a refund, I don't think I have to tell you the details... Then we finally found a better hotel around the area, very close to the courthouse. That night we were too tired to go visit anybody. The following day, with more energy we went to visit my brother-in-law's wife and his kids, my other sister-in-law that was in foster care and we met one of my mother-in-law's good friend for lunch.
My mother-in-law thought there was a possibility of me being able to take the baby with me after court so we went to Walmart and she got her a car seat, diapers, clothes, etc
After that we headed back to the hotel to meet with the CASA lady. When I saw her, she was a lot different from how I picture her before, very pretty lady and with a pretty smile. She wanted to interview my mother-in-law , and I have to say that I was shocked after all the things I heard. I felt there's a lot I don't know about my husband's family.
After the interview we went to bed, I was exhausted and I knew I needed to rest because the next day was the day of the hearing.
The next morning, I was a wreck, I was so nervous that I couldn't even swallow my breakfast. We got to court early, I think we were the first ones there. While we were there we could see all the lawyers, CPS personnel, CASA people getting ready. Finally, we saw the baby's parents arriving with the grandma. I didn't recognize my sister-in-law, she looked like she had lost a lot of weight and their appearance wasn't very healthy. They came to us and say hi and My sister-in-law gave my mother-in-law a big hug. After that they sat in the bench right behind us. They presented two cases before they presented ours. When they called their case, you could barely hear what they were saying. Suddenly I heard my name, they wanted me approach the judge. They asked me to state my name, then CPS and CASA told the judge our intentions and the judge told the parents that if they didn't complete their plan by the next court hearing, the baby will we placed with us, they agreed. The judge ordered for a home study to be expedited for us for this possible placement....