I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy for you.
BUT don't think the battle is over, always be prepared and still keep notes on his calls,how often he comes for how long,what he does with her when he is there.
A Prayer Answered! Thank you God.

Congratulations!!! Another child saved by loving grandparents, truly a great gift for christmas.
Love Grandmamelody

Congratulations!!!!I am soooo happy for you and your family.Now you can have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!love Mommymamaw

Congratulations!!! What a wonderful Christmas! I agree with Jade5. I document everything.

Thank you so much for the congrats...we're just so excited...and yes we will be documenting everything...just in case he decides to do something stupid...never know with the brain frying drugs he takes...ugh....thanks again everyone! Truly is going to be a great Christmas!!

May God Bless you! it's so refreshing to know someone won the good fight. It gives me faith that my battle will end someday too!

Congratulations!!!!
What a wonderful early Christmas gift...
I am so happy for you and your family and thankful that your granddaughter is in a good home.

What sort of interaction observations do I need to be writing down when my grand daughter is visited by her mom--my husband and I are guardians

Anything and everything. They can still take you back to court and fight you any time they want to.
Here in Ar. they have one year to do it. Well in our case 3 months short of it being one year she filled.
We.you can never let your guard down. It doesn't matter if they are ready or not to take the child back they can still drag you back to court.
Write down each time she calls even if it is to talk to you. Take note if she called to ask you somehting did she even ask how the child was doing. During vists, did she play with her child or just sit there. Anything and everything write it down.

Irish....just write notes on how your grand daughter reacts when she sees mom and how they interact together...write down emtions by both mom and child...anything negative or positive...it all helps....good luck with that.

I am so thrilled for you. Santa Claus gave you the best present of all. My daughter is also a drug addict. I will only let her visit her son under my roof. I will be going to court on January 28, 2008 for permanent custody. Jade is so right about documenting everything. I document everything, everyday. I even document no phone calls from the mother. Congrats and good luck.

I would like to thank you all for your kind words and congratulations. We find ourselves in a very unique situation...my daughter could have fought to get her back because she has improved 100%,however she knew it was best for my grand daughter to be with us...she didn't want to put her through any trauma. My daughter had severe post partum depression and was unable to care for her. Since we've had my grand daughter....my daughter had another baby...a baby boy born Oct.16/07...he is now 2 month old and my daughter is raising him and doing very well. She sees her daughter twice a week and she loves her dearly. I am just glad she is well now and is able to care for my grandson. We have a good relationship now and my daughter is trying to make up for the mistake she made with her baby girl. I know it won't be easy for my grand daughter as she gets older...she will have questions as to why she lives with us and why her brother lives with mom...but with explaination and patience she will come to understand that her mom needed to do what was best for her....again thank you all and I hope every has a very Merry Christmas and a great New Year!

I to keep track of the NO CALLS
There seems to be so many more no calls then actual calls. Which is so weird since she kept bring up in court saying we wouldn't let her call or talk to her. What I do is she has to call my cell phone, I even had the message thing removed becasue I wanted actual phone conversations logged. Anyway with the cell phone keep all your monthly bills. It will show each and every time she calls or you call her. That away you have proof. I do keep a log of what all was said and I put the phone on speaker, and if mommy says anything that should not be said I can here it or when she calls stoned/drunk I hear her sleerrred speech. Anything you hear her say is not hear say in court....very important! So make sure you hear everything she says to your grand child.

KathyAK, that's great that your daughter is cleaning up her life. I hope she stays on the right path. It sounds like she and your grandaughter have a postive relationship and that is so important. I can only hope that my daughter will be clean one day. Merry Christmas!

So KAthy is your daughter taking meds this time to help or did she just not have the probelem this time. I really do not know much about post tramdic after having a baby. I am so glad she is doing so much better this time. And so glad that she realizes that the time that has past with the first one that she is better off with you.That says a lot about your daughter, she truely has her kids best interst in mind.