Court feels to us like just a formality even though of course it's oober important (you know, the whole making it legal thing). We never know how big of a deal we want to make Adoption Day, because it's not as if it were the day that they became a part of our family - that happened LONG before the actual Adoption Day. But it IS a day where we can celebrate adoption, the amazing way that God chose to make us all a family.
It was a lot of fun introducing our lawyer, Megan, to Timon and also fun for her to see Douglas two years after HIS adoption finalized.
While we were waiting, Micah and Douglas walked around exploring. Douglas decided to open up a random door that happened to lead to a court room that was in session. Oops!
That night, Heather and Brian and the boys came over to celebrate with us. We had a picnic in the back yard with homemade sushi (rice and beans for the kids - they're not into Sushi quite yet!).
We finished off the night with a marshmallow roast in the chimenea.
Timon of course slept through the entire thing, but it was still important to us that we celebrate in some way.
Plus, we're always game for an excuse to celebrate around here!
It was amazing how quickly this finalization process went. 30 days. That's crazy fast. Douglas' finalization was fast and that took three months. I think because it was so fast it didn't really sink in for me. It was hard to believe that it was really all over after we shook the judge's hand, got our 2-year-old to finish up his important meeting, and walked out of the court house. But, alas - it really is over. Really, really, really. <insert sigh of relief>
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