A family will spend the holidays together three months after a young mother abandoned her baby at Bergan Mercy Hospital. A judge ordered their permanent reunion on Wednesday.

"She's got another child at home and the boyfriend, the father of the two children was there and they plan on moving on with life," says Ryan Hoffman, attorney for 19-year-old Montana Sanwick.

With the crack of a judge's gavel, Sanwick's baby son is her’s once again. "Family is very excited,” says Hoffman. “This is what we wanted was reunification and commend Montana for taking the necessary steps to get Evan back in her care."

The family declined an on-camera interview, but by phone the baby's father, Joshua Howe, says the family is relieved.

"Very happy with how things turned out even though it was upsetting at first. I think that I want everyone to understand that we're a very safe and loving family and we look forward to moving on with the rest of our lives.”

In support of his ruling, Judge Doug Johnson found that Sanwick had been "completely compliant with a plan for reuniting the family."

One report presented in court suggested that Sanwick exhibited "a strange behavior that led to a short-term reaction, a traumatic event.”

It’s a statement Sanwick's boyfriend agrees with. "Being a parent at 18 is stressful enough. How is this not going to add to our stress?"

For now, Howe says the family will try to return to normal and will turn their attention to holiday pictures that will hopefully have happier memories than the one taken by a hospital security camera of Sanwick and her baby just before he was left in a restroom.

Hoffman said Montana left Evan in the bathroom on Labor Day because she was scared and didn't know how she was going to care for a second child. Sanwick also has a two-year-old daughter.

The newborn was made a ward of the state.

Hoffman said the child was left at the hospital because Sanwick thought Nebraska had a "safe haven" law.

When this story broke in September, it shed light on the fact that Nebraska is one of only two states that does not have such a law. Other states allow parents to abandon children at hospitals or fire stations..

Channel 6 News spoke with a representative of the Child Saving Institute in Omaha who said if an expectant mother is having questions, she should contact Child Protective Services.