Finalized!!
Posted on Thursday, May 29th, 2008 at 1:48 amYesterday Joshua’s adoption was finalized!
We were at the courthouse at 1pm. When we got there, one of the attorney’s mentioned that the judge was gone because his wife was in the hospital, and they were trying to find another judge to do the adoption finalization. Well, the other judge was busy. Around 2pm, our attorney found out that the original judge was going to come back to do some work and then go back to the hospital. The judge was back about 3:30pm, and we were done by 4pm. Our party was supposed to start at 4pm, but luckily we got a hold of the only person that was coming by early to let him know it wasn’t starting until later.
When we finally got into the courtroom, Joshua was hungry so I was finishing up a feeding. He decided to spit up, projectile style, all over my glasses, face, and hair. (you can’t make this stuff up) Donald was trying his best to keep from cracking up, but he graciously cleaned off my glasses. The attorney and the judge swore me in and asked me questions confirming my willingness to adopt Joshua. I started BAWLING and couldn’t answer the questions in a coherent manner, but we got through it. It was a great feeling when the judge said “The court concurs that they should adopt this child.” It’s FOREVER!!!!
Check out the photos on our flickr page!!!
I couldn’t help crying when I read this: it’s forever! Congratulations!
Congratulations. God has answered many prayers. Joshua has a great sense of timing. I loved your post. Sorry we couldn’t make it to the party — our basement has taken on water. Blech. Love hearing your mommy stories. Keep sharing with us.
At least it was memorable. Congratz on it all being final. A very happy day.
Congrats Jessie!!! I’m so thrilled for your growing family!
And in all of this we know that it was always meant to be that you two would be little Joshua’s parents. What a blessing! Prayers have been answered!!
Congratulations! That is such a great story!