Today, we were all out the door by 8:00 am. Despite the fact that the little one's hadn't had their teeth brushed, we all made it out fully clothed..and only half of us had eaten breakfast! (Thank goodness for coffee! My Dad and I drink two different type's of coffee, but I got to the machine first this morning!)
Today.. November 30, 2006, we Re-Adopted Shen Xiao Tian, so she is now officially Esther Joy Xiao Tian. She is forever ours now! Because only my Dad travelled to China, Esther didn't become a citizen when she came home. But, once we re-adopted her, we finalized the adoption, changed her name, and she is now officially a citizen of the United States of America!!
It was funny during the court procession, the clerk (?) was reading off her new American name (which she butchered pretty badly!) but forgot to say our last name. So Esther piped up and said our last name, which we all thought was funny. Also, sometimes the judge asks to see the originals of all our China paperwork, so my Dad brought our binder of what he *thought* was Esther's adoption paperwork.. and it turned out being Emma's! Fortunately, the judge didn't ask, so it was alrght!
The judge was very nice and we're glad that we have that step of the process out of the way! Now, we can focus more on our next adoption!!
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Congratulations!
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