Happy Adoption Day Alex!

Today we celebrated Alex's adoption day. We headed to the courthouse bright and early and were met by our photographer and some wonderful friends and family.  We entered the courtroom a few minutes early and found that they were unable to locate our paperwork (flashbacks to missing paperwork from USCIS).  The file clerk was stuck in traffic and court would be delayed. The kids were amazingly well behaved while we waited a little over a half hour for the paperwork to be located when the clerk arrived.  Our judge had come out to introduce herself earlier and when she entered again, court started.  It was a special day for Judge Julie as this would be her first adoption case since she transferred to family court. We answered a few questions and Judge Julie declared that our son would officially be renamed and be now know as our son forever!  We are so thankful for so many people joining us so early in the morning and for an amazing photographer to capture this for us.

We celebrated with our traditional breakfast at Perkins and spent the rest of the day enjoying time together as a family (although daddy had to go back to work for a little while).  

This day as we celebrate, we also remember that our joy comes at someone else's sorrow. 

 "A child born to another woman calls me Mom. The depth of the tragedy and magnitude of the privilege are not lost on me" -Jody Landers