Monday, October 27, 2008

Forever Family

We're official! Evie slept through the whole proceeding, which consisted of us being sworn in and then answering "yes" or "no" to a long string of questions from our lawyer, such as: "Do you realize that after this final declaration Evelyn will be yours forever and you can't give her back?" This made both J and me want to laugh and answer sarcastically "really? crap." But we restrained our natures and simply answered "yes." Basically all of the questions were geared toward establishing for the record that we are who we appear to be, that there was no coercion of birthparents involved and that we will provide Evie with health insurance, education and a stable family. The judge was very nice and wished us congratulations afterward.

I know, this post was pathetically short compared to my usual verbosity. Never fear, I have a couple of doozies planned for the next couple of days. Stay tuned.

8 comments:

  1. Yay! Congrats on your finalization. How nice to be able to do it so soon...here in Nebraska we can't finalize until 6 months!

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  2. Congratulations! I am so happy for you and your husband!

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  3. CONGRATS! We still have to wait until March to finalize. I am slighty green with envy that you already had your court date!

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  4. Wahoo!! So happy for all 3 of you! :)

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  5. Congratulations...this is great!

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  6. Congratulations!! What a beautiful little girl you have!

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  7. Happiest of Days!!!! ***hugs!***


    I'm so thrilled for the three of you!
    Evie is a very luck little girl!

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  8. I know how thrilled and relieved you and J both are that Evie is finally "yours." I love you both and can't wait to meet Evie!

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