Friday, June 27, 2008

it's official!

two weeks ago today we were in texas finalizing tate's adoption, and it was terrific! it was official for me the moment i laid eyes on his picture, and now the state of texas agrees with me!

i can't believe it's been six months, and i have to say, it's just as special with the second baby as it was with the first. i'm twice blessed.


first, they swore us in (hard to raise your right hand when you're holding a 20 lbs. baby!)

our attorney asked us a bunch of legal mumbo jumbo, then she got to the good stuff. she asked us if we would love this baby forever and be his parents forever. of course we said yes!

tate slept through the whole thing, and big brother got shy when it was time for the pix.

at the end, the judge reached under his desk and handed tate a little stuffed bear--it was so sweet, and yet another moment that i'll never forget.

5 comments:

veggiemom said...

Congratulations!!! I remember how exciting that day was with Ruby.
Kerri and Ruby

Jocelyn said...

Congrats!!!

Bloggin' Mama said...

Yay!! And seriously, is there anywhere that kid won't sleep?????

I'm so ready for a trip to OKC and to meet Tate (and see Jack again, too), but the whole 6.5 months preggo thing (and gas prices) kinda gets in the way of travelling these days. It's looking like we'll be there for a few days sometime in December though.

Stephanie GO said...

Yea!!! Well now there's SOMETHING good about the State of TX. I love the pic with the bald judge!

Sparkz said...

Sweet! Congratulations. What a special day! Gotta love Texas!!!