Adoption is Final!

Today it became official in the eyes of the US courts that Caleb is ours!  Our final adoption decree is in the mail and his Alabama birth certificate is being created!  Before we moved, we attended the initial court hearing and appeared before the judge.  Today, our lawyer attended the final hearing and he is all ours! We are so thankful that we were able to get this taken care of before we moved.  Typically, our adoption agency doesn't grant the permission to adopt until you have had the child for 6 months and have completed 3 post placement visits.  However, they made an exception in our case and gave us permission early so we could complete the adoption before moving.  This saved us the hassle of trying to complete it once we moved.  We are so grateful that they did that.  Now we can work on submitting the paperwork to make him a US citizen and get him a social security card!  Enjoy these pictures from our court day!

The courthouse

Waiting for our court time..

Taking a photo-op before court

Swearing in..

The judge signing the paperwork

Posing with the judge and our lawyer

Our FIVE kids outside the courthouse!