Monday, April 23rd at 2:00 pm we have our final hearing over the telephone with the judge to finalize the adoption.
Amy is 100% our daughter and has been since Mike and I fell in love with her in the hospital. (I am now a firm believer of love at first sight!)
Our finalization just symbolizes to me the end of the long, drawn out, painfully thorough legal process.
We've endured criminal background checks and having our finger prints taken at the court house, credit checks and financial analysis's, medical reports from thorough physicals, a series of 3 home studies with a social worker, 3 post placement visits with another social worker, 4 potential birthmother matches/emotional roller coaster rides that didn't work out, 3 appointments with a consultant, writing illustrating and publishing our profile, and MILES of paperwork!
We have one last technicality to muster, and then we are legally free & clear.
And I'd do it all over again a katrillion times for Amy.
There were so many acts of fate that fell perfectly into place for us to be fortunate enough to adopt Amy. Looking back on it, I don't think that any of it was by luck or chance. Amy was conceived to be me & Michael's daughter. We just had to fight our way through lots of obstacles to get to her.
2 comments:
Oh Sarah Jane, you make me cry!
We couldn't be more thrilled that all of this work is finally coming to an end and that the three of you can finally be the happy family you are, without anything else to worry about!
Congratulations!
Yeah! We love you all so much and we are so happy to hear such great news! Thank you for sharing your experience with us. love, lauren & adam & family
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