During our 6 months together, there's still been some final details of the adoption that we were waiting on- post placement visits and our finalization. Each month, our social worker would come visit and interview us on our transition and FINALLY, this week we traveled to Ft. Worth for our finalization in front of the judge.
Never having been to court before except for mock trial in high school, I wasn't sure how to look at finalization. I had heard it would be quick and pretty informal so we invited family to come, and my mom surprised us by asking my aunt to fly in as well as the pastor who married us and his wife. Our time in the courtroom was brief, but so emotional and wonderful as we listed to the judge ask us if we were ready to be C's forever mommy and daddy. And, while I've always thought of myself as her mother, hearing the judge decree us to be her parents was just as sweet as when our pastor declared Adam and I husband and wife over 8 years ago.
We were blessed to have a family friend, Caroline Jurgensen- whose photography is AMAZING- document the entire finalization and here are some sneak peaks.
Answering questions from the lawyer as mom, dad and family look on.
Mr. A confirming he would be the forever daddy with our pastor smiling in the background.
Everyone with the judge- C's sticking out her tongue (her newest trick)
Happy forever family
C with her Nana and Granddaddy
Our little munchkin
Hello beautiful girl
I'm not sure how often I'll blog- I'm hoping to continue to be able to document fun aspects of parenthood, reflections on adoption and infertility, and general craziness of life. But I have to say, concentrating on our little girl is amazing and I'm thrilled to keep that at a top priority.
I would like to say a big thank you to those who read the blog, have prayed for us, have given financially and have supported this process. If you had asked me 10 years ago if this was how I imagined growing our family I would have said no, but looking into sweet Caroline's face, I am so glad God's plan was the one followed as now I can't imagine it any other way.
Blessings to you all!
Love,
Katy, Adam and Caroline
