Happy Readoption Day!

It was just a formality because our kids came home from Haiti with a full and final adoption in place. But it's nice to have an official record filed in our state for extra protection. This process allows us to get US certificates of foreign birth (it will state that the kids were born to us in a foreign country) and we were also able to legally change their names too.  Previously Samson was Samson Pierre P. and now he's Samson Immanuel. Lydie was Lydie Fignole P. and now she is Lydie Joy.

We arrived at the juvenile court at 8:30 a.m. this morning. We waited quite a while to enter the court room.  I think it was about 9:15 before we went back. The judge was very nice. Our lawyer had prepped us ahead of time so we weren't nervous or anything. We sat down and Stephen was first to be sworn in and answer a serious of questions asked by our lawyer. Then it was my turn. While I was answering the questions, Samson was being very antsy on my lap and the judge stopped the proceeding at one point and said he could talk into the microphone. They all got a laugh about that. Then Lydie had to talk into the microphone too of course. It was quite fun.  After the proceeding the judge and our lawyer congratulated us and applauded. It felt so good to have this last little piece of the process finished.

Of course, things like this never go completely flawless.  Before we went back to court I had taken each kid back to the bathroom.  I had set my purse down on the bathroom counter and somehow it rolled into the sink.  The sink had an automatic faucet and a deluge of water poured over it. Luckily it was closed and upside down so the damage was minimal, but COME ON! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Today was a good day. Happy readoption day Lydie Joy and Samson Immanuel!