Adoption Day!

Ok, I told you all I'd be back... I am slowly back to blogging.  I have an active & mobile 9 month (seriously where did the time go??) who keeps me a little busy. But it is nap time now... so I may get a few spare minutes to write!

So D (I am still using an abbreviation for the most part for security for him) had a long adoption day!  We got to the court house on time, waited for a few family members to show up, and waited. Waited we did, for a long time, sigh... Our scheduled court hearing was at 10am, we did not get in the court room until a little after 11:30. The waiting room was PACKED when we got there. But slowly emptied. There were very few other people waiting by the time we got into the court room ( the judges break for lunch at like noon I think our CW was saying)  We all sit in our spots and the judge calls us up one at a time. First hubby, then me, then D's CW. When the Judge was ready to rule he called us all up to ring the gavel together as a family to symbolize that we are all now a family. It was a very joyous event for us, and emotional for me. A child that I had dreamt of for so long. I wanted a family for so long & here he was making us a family.

After the court hearing, we went out to lunch to celebrate with family that were at the hearing.  A few days later we had a big party with lots of guests to celebrate us becoming a family! It was a really nice party hosted at my parents house with about 65 or so people in attendance!

Here are a few Pictures of adoption day and two from the party of our thumbprint tree and one of the cakes.

Hope you enjoy the pictures! And yes his name is Dalton, his birth parents chose it and after much discussion between the hubs and I, we chose to keep it.